Mellow Melon Color

#ee2266

Mellow Melon is vivid, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green

Inverse Color #1d9
Complementary Color #22edaa
Color Shade: red magenta (340° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 53.33% (better contrasting with white)
Mellow Melon Color Sample
Mellow Melon Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ee2266

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Mellow Melon Color. The California Sunset color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Red Ribbon (#ed0a3f) for more energetic effect. Try Bright Rose as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#22edaa is the best complementary color to Mellow Melon. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e26 complementary color is Bright Turquoise, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #ed22cb and #ed4422. Thus found on the left and right of #e26 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Shocking Pink and Pomegranate colors as they work well with Mellow Melon.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mellow Melon palette consists of #22cbed and #22ed44 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#22edaa). Try Picton Blue and Malachite colors in combination with #e26, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #e26 offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mellow Melon. Thus Royal Blue and Bright Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mellow Melon contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bright Turquoise, Las Palmas, and Royal Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #e26 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid blue shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Mellow Melon tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#22edaa) and two others. The Bright Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Electric Violet – 120° from the complementary Bright Turquoise. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #65ed22 and #aa22ed.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ee2266 is made of 64% red, 9% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Mellow Melon has a hue angle of 340°, a saturation of 85.71% and a lightness of 53.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ee2266 is made of 0% cyan, 80% magenta, 53.33% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #ee2266
RGB Decimal rgb(238,34,102)
RGB Percentage 64%, 9%, 27%
CMYK 0, 80, 53.33, 6.67
HSL hsl(340,85.71%,53.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(340,85.71%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(52.1529,75.3223,15.4426)
XYZ xyz(38.2302,20.2805,14.4699)
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