PinkLightMuted

Buckwheat Mauve

#BCA5B1

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.29:1Fails

Black text

8.63:1AAA

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About Buckwheat Mauve

Buckwheat Mauve (#BCA5B1) is a light muted pink. Its RGB value is 188, 165, 177 and its HSL value is 329°, 15%, 69%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.63:1 (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

#BCA5B1 · #A5BCB0

Analogous

#BBA5BC · #BCA5B1 · #BCA5A6

Triadic

#BCA5B1 · #B1BCA5 · #A5B1BC

Split complementary

#BCA5B1 · #A6BCA5 · #A5BCBB

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