Sizzling Watermelon Color

#fa005c

Sizzling Watermelon 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 #05ffa3
Complementary Color #00fa9e
Color Shade: red magenta (337.92° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 49.02% (better contrasting with white)
Sizzling Watermelon Color Sample
Sizzling Watermelon Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fa005c

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Sizzling Watermelon Color. The Kurenai Red 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 soft alternative called Magenta Elephant (#de0170) for more calm effect. Try Fancy Fuchsia as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#00fa9e is the best complementary color to Sizzling Watermelon. 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 #fa005c complementary color is Spring Green, 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 Rose are #fa00d8 and #fa2100. Thus found on the left and right of #fa005c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Purple Pizzazz and Scarlet colors as they work well with Sizzling Watermelon.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sizzling Watermelon palette consists of #00d8fa and #00fa21 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#00fa9e). Try Cyan / Aqua and Green colors in combination with #fa005c, 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 #fa005c 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 Sizzling Watermelon. Thus Blue Ribbon and Bright Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sizzling Watermelon contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spring Green, Chartreuse Yellow, and Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #fa005c 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. Sizzling Watermelon tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#00fa9e) and two others. The Bright Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Electric Violet – 120° from the complementary Spring Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5cfa00 and #9d00fa.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fa005c is made of 73% red, 0% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Sizzling Watermelon has a hue angle of 337.92°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 49.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fa005c is made of 0% cyan, 98.04% magenta, 61.96% yellow and 1.96% black ink.

HEX #fa005c
RGB Decimal rgb(250,0,92)
RGB Percentage 73%, 0%, 27%
CMYK 0, 98.04, 61.96, 1.96
HSL hsl(337.92,100%,49.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(337.92,100%,98.04%)
CIE-LAB lab(53.0552,81.2302,23.1245)
XYZ xyz(41.3561,21.0967,12.0176)
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