#EE8170Melondrama (#EE8170) is a light, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 30°, lightness 0.72 and chroma 0.137. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #EE8170 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 129, 112) |
| HSL | hsl(8, 79%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(8, 53%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 46%, 53%, 7%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(65.8 40.1 28) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.720 0.137 30) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Melondrama shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#f07c67 — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#f3816d — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged#ee8170 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ef8272 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchangedTest Melondrama in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.62:1 and against black 8.01:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffedea · #ffb3a6 · #ee8170 · #bc5c4e · #8f3b2f · #641a12
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#fdbb80 · #f89e73 · #ee8170 · #d46f7a · #b76080 · #985480
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#ee8170 · #9b8356 · #a14b3f · #654700 · #5f130b · #261800
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#ffe4df · #e1beb8 · #ee8170 · #0094a6 · #86544c · #5c3b36
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e4f6f9 · #ee8170 · #99837f · #495557 · #301c18 · #000304
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e6f5f8 · #bdcdd0 · #8ea2a5 · #102b2f · #00080b · #ee8170
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d8f9ff · #ee8170 · #009bae · #005e6a · #00272d · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#ddccec · #ee8170 · #6d9994 · #477495 · #28334c · #1e050f
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#dffae4 · #ee8170 · #549c65 · #364a9d · #0f1658 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#eef6d8 · #ee8170 · #819341 · #005e6a · #2c094f · #000305
#F59383 · #FBA597 · #FFB8AB · #FFCCC2 · #FFDFD9
#C76657 · #A24C40 · #7E3429 · #5C1C14 · #3C0402
#E08A7C · #D29287 · #C29A92
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.