Melon Orange Color

#f08f48

Melon Orange is soft, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #0f70b7
Complementary Color #48a9f0
Color Shade: warm red (25.36° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 61.18% (better contrasting with white)
Melon Orange Color Sample
Melon Orange Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f08f48

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Melon Orange Color. The Fire Bush color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Apricot (#eb9373) for more calm effect. Try Sassy Salmon as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#48a9f0 is the best complementary color to Melon Orange. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f08f48 complementary color is Picton Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Jaffa are #f04855 and #f0e348. Thus found on the left and right of #f08f48 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Carnation and Starship colors as they work well with Melon Orange.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Melon Orange palette consists of #4854f0 and #48f0e3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#48a9f0). Try Royal Blue and Turquoise Blue colors in combination with #f08f48, 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 #f08f48 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Melon Orange. Thus Electric Violet and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Melon Orange contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Picton Blue, Screamin' Green, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #f08f48 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta 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. Melon Orange tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#48a9f0) and two others. The Screamin' Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Brilliant Rose – 120° from the complementary Picton Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #48f08f and #f048a8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f08f48 is made of 53% red, 31% green and 16% blue. In a HSL mode Melon Orange has a hue angle of 25.36°, a saturation of 84.85% and a lightness of 61.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f08f48 is made of 0% cyan, 38.04% magenta, 65.88% yellow and 5.88% black ink.

HEX #f08f48
RGB Decimal rgb(240,143,72)
RGB Percentage 53%, 31%, 16%
CMYK 0, 38.04, 65.88, 5.88
HSL hsl(25.36,84.85%,61.18%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(25.36,70%,94.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(68.4883,31.0102,52.1966)
XYZ xyz(46.9273,38.6381,11.1154)
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