Wild Watermelon Color

#fc6d84

Wild 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 #03927b
Complementary Color #6dfce4
Color Shade: cool red (350.35° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 70.78% (better contrasting with white)
Wild Watermelon Color Sample
Wild Watermelon Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fc6d84

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Wild Watermelon Color. The Schauss Pink color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Fight the Sunrise (#ff99aa) for more energetic effect. Try American Pink as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6dfce4 is the best complementary color to Wild 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 #fc6d84 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 Brink Pink are #fc6dcb and #fc9d6d. Thus found on the left and right of #fc6d84 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hot Pink and Atomic Tangerine colors as they work well with Wild Watermelon.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wild Watermelon palette consists of #6dcbfc and #6dfc9d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6dfce4). Try Malibu and Mint Green colors in combination with #fc6d84, 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 #fc6d84 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 Wild Watermelon. Thus Cornflower Blue and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wild Watermelon contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aquamarine, Mindaro, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #fc6d84 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. Wild Watermelon tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#6dfce4) 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 #84fc6d and #e46dfc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fc6d84 is made of 51% red, 22% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Wild Watermelon has a hue angle of 350.35°, a saturation of 95.97% and a lightness of 70.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fc6d84 is made of 0% cyan, 56.07% magenta, 47.06% yellow and 1.18% black ink.

HEX #fc6d84
RGB Decimal rgb(252,109,132)
RGB Percentage 51%, 22%, 27%
CMYK 0, 56.07, 47.06, 1.18
HSL hsl(350.35,95.97%,70.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(350.35,56.75%,98.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(64.402,56.4697,15.1302)
XYZ xyz(49.7784,33.2987,25.6335)
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