Melon Baby Color

#f47869

Melon Baby is soft, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #0b8796
Complementary Color #69e4f3
Color Shade: mid red (6.47° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 68.43% (better contrasting with white)
Melon Baby Color Sample
Melon Baby Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f47869

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Melon Baby Color. The Peach Amber color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Upstream Salmon (#f99a7a) for more energetic effect. Try Carmine Pink as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#69e4f3 is the best complementary color to Melon Baby. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f47869 complementary color is Spray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Froly are #f3699f and #f3bd69. Thus found on the left and right of #f47869 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Brilliant Rose and Rajah colors as they work well with Melon Baby.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Melon Baby palette consists of #699ff3 and #69f3bd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#69e4f3). Try Cornflower Blue and Aquamarine colors in combination with #f47869, 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 #f47869 offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Melon Baby. Thus Cornflower Blue and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Melon Baby contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spray, Sulu, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #f47869 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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 Baby tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#69e4f3) and two others. The Screamin' Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lavender Magenta – 120° from the complementary Spray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #69f378 and #f369e5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f47869 is made of 52% red, 26% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Melon Baby has a hue angle of 6.47°, a saturation of 86.34% and a lightness of 68.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f47869 is made of 0% cyan, 48.63% magenta, 54.51% yellow and 4.31% black ink.

HEX #f47869
RGB Decimal rgb(244,120,105)
RGB Percentage 52%, 26%, 22%
CMYK 0, 48.63, 54.51, 4.31
HSL hsl(6.47,86.34%,68.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(6.47,56.97%,95.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(64.7125,46.2921,30.6023)
XYZ xyz(46.5745,33.686,17.4119)
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