PinkLightMuted

Buckwheat Mauve

#B9A6B2

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.29:1Fails

Black text

8.64:1AAA

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About Buckwheat Mauve

Buckwheat Mauve (#B9A6B2) is a light muted pink. Its RGB value is 185, 166, 178 and its HSL value is 322°, 12%, 69%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.64:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Buckwheat Mauve, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#B9A6B2 · #A6B9AD

Analogous

#B7A6B9 · #B9A6B2 · #B9A6A9

Triadic

#B9A6B2 · #B2B9A6 · #A6B2B9

Split complementary

#B9A6B2 · #A9B9A6 · #A6B9B7

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