Melon Red 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 | #096d97 |
| Complementary Color | #68ccf6 |
| Color Shade: | warm red (17.75° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 68.63% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Melon Red Color. The Firecracker color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Entan Red (#ec6d51) for more calm effect. Try Melon Sorbet as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#68ccf6 is the best complementary color to Melon Red. 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 #f69268 complementary color is Malibu, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Sandy brown are #f66884 and #f6d968. Thus found on the left and right of #f69268 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Froly and Energy Yellow colors as they work well with Melon Red.
The split-complementary Melon Red palette consists of #6884f6 and #68f6d8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#68ccf6). Try Cornflower Blue and Aquamarine colors in combination with #f69268, 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 #f69268 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 Red. Thus Cornflower Blue and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Melon Red contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Screamin' Green, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #f69268 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Melon Red tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#68ccf6) and two others. The Screamin' Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Persian Pink – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #68f692 and #f668cc.
In a RGB color space, hex #f69268 is made of 50% red, 29% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Melon Red has a hue angle of 17.75°, a saturation of 88.75% and a lightness of 68.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f69268 is made of 0% cyan, 39.22% magenta, 55.69% yellow and 3.53% black ink.
| HEX | #f69268 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(246,146,104) |
| RGB Percentage | 50%, 29%, 21% |
| CMYK | 0, 39.22, 55.69, 3.53 |
| HSL | hsl(17.75,88.75%,68.63%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(17.75,57.72%,96.47%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.2809,33.8244,38.2616) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.7836,41.1501,18.3629) |