Melon Balls Color

#f2bd85

Melon Balls is calm, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #0d427a
Complementary Color #85baf2
Color Shade: orange (30.83° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 73.53% (better contrasting with black)
Melon Balls Color Sample
Melon Balls Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f2bd85

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Melon Balls Color. The Flaming Cauldron color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Copper River (#f7a270) for more energetic effect. Try Inventive Orange as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#85baf2 is the best complementary color to Melon Balls. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f2bd85 complementary color is Jordy Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tacao are #f28685 and #f0f285. Thus found on the left and right of #f2bd85 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Froly and Sahara Sand colors as they work well with Melon Balls.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Melon Balls palette consists of #8685f2 and #85f0f2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#85baf2). Try Portage and Spray colors in combination with #f2bd85, 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 #f2bd85 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Melon Balls. Thus Biloba Flower and Magic Mint giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Melon Balls contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jordy Blue, Sulu, and Lavender Magenta split by 90° on the color wheel. #f2bd85 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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 Balls tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#85baf2) and two others. The Magic Mint is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Persian Pink – 120° from the complementary Jordy Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #85f2bd and #f285ba.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f2bd85 is made of 43% red, 34% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Melon Balls has a hue angle of 30.83°, a saturation of 80.74% and a lightness of 73.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f2bd85 is made of 0% cyan, 20.78% magenta, 42.74% yellow and 5.1% black ink.

HEX #f2bd85
RGB Decimal rgb(242,189,133)
RGB Percentage 43%, 34%, 24%
CMYK 0, 20.78, 42.74, 5.1
HSL hsl(30.83,80.74%,73.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30.83,45.04%,94.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(80.1604,12.1557,35.5456)
XYZ xyz(59.0492,56.9659,30.0736)
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