PinkLightMuted

Buckwheat Mauve

#BCA4B0

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.31:1Fails

Black text

8.56:1AAA

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About Buckwheat Mauve

Buckwheat Mauve (#BCA4B0) is a light muted pink. Its RGB value is 188, 164, 176 and its HSL value is 330°, 15%, 69%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.56:1 (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

#BCA4B0 · #A4BCB0

Analogous

#BCA4BC · #BCA4B0 · #BCA4A4

Triadic

#BCA4B0 · #B0BCA4 · #A4B0BC

Split complementary

#BCA4B0 · #A4BCA4 · #A4BCBC

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