Sweet Watermelon Color

#fc5669

Sweet Watermelon is soft, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #03a996
Complementary Color #56fce9
Color Shade: cool red (353.13° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 66.27% (better contrasting with white)
Sweet Watermelon Color Sample
Sweet Watermelon Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fc5669

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Sweet Watermelon Color. The Red Flag color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Strawberry (#fb2943) for more calm effect. Try Carnation as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#56fce9 is the best complementary color to Sweet Watermelon. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fc5669 complementary color is Aquamarine, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Carnation are #fc56bb and #fc9656. Thus found on the left and right of #fc5669 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hot Pink and Tan Hide colors as they work well with Sweet Watermelon.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sweet Watermelon palette consists of #56bbfc and #56fc96 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#56fce9). Try Malibu and Screamin' Green colors in combination with #fc5669, 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 #fc5669 offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Sweet Watermelon. Thus Cornflower Blue and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sweet Watermelon contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aquamarine, Green Yellow, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #fc5669 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm 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. Sweet Watermelon tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#56fce9) and two others. The Screamin' Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Heliotrope – 120° from the complementary Aquamarine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #68fc56 and #e956fc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fc5669 is made of 57% red, 19% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Sweet Watermelon has a hue angle of 353.13°, a saturation of 96.51% and a lightness of 66.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fc5669 is made of 0% cyan, 65.09% magenta, 57.64% yellow and 1.18% black ink.

HEX #fc5669
RGB Decimal rgb(252,86,105)
RGB Percentage 57%, 19%, 24%
CMYK 0, 65.09, 57.64, 1.18
HSL hsl(353.13,96.51%,66.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(353.13,65.87%,98.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(60.2224,64.0825,24.9731)
XYZ xyz(46.0225,28.3709,16.4151)
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