Melody is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta
| Inverse Color | #413428 |
| Complementary Color | #d7cabe |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (208.8° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 79.41% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Melody Color. The Aerial View color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Stellar Blue (#9fb5ce) for more energetic effect. Try Innuendo as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#d7cabe is the best complementary color to Melody. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #becbd7 complementary color is Sisal, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Heather are #bed7d6 and #bebed7. Thus found on the left and right of #becbd7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jet Stream and Blue Haze colors as they work well with Melody.
The split-complementary Melody palette consists of #d7d6be and #d7bebe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d7cabe). Try Tana and Wafer colors in combination with #becbd7, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #becbd7 offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Melody. Thus Pale Leaf and Maverick giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Melody contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sisal, London Hue, and Surf split by 90° on the color wheel. #becbd7 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Melody tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#d7cabe) and two others. The Maverick is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sea Mist – 120° from the complementary Sisal. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d7becb and #bed7ca.
In a RGB color space, hex #becbd7 is made of 31% red, 33% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Melody has a hue angle of 208.8°, a saturation of 23.81% and a lightness of 79.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #becbd7 is made of 9.8% cyan, 4.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black ink.
| HEX | #becbd7 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(190,203,215) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 33%, 35% |
| CMYK | 9.8, 4.7, 0, 15.69 |
| HSL | hsl(208.8,23.81%,79.41%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(208.8,11.63%,84.31%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.0521,-2.0332,-7.4766) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.8569,58.5653,72.7029) |