#FD4659Watermelon (#FD4659) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 20°, lightness 0.67 and chroma 0.218. 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 | #FD4659 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(253, 70, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(354, 98%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(354, 72%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 72%, 65%, 1%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(58 69.2 31.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.665 0.218 20) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Watermelon is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#fe4052 — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged#ff4457 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#fd4659 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#fe475b — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedAgainst white it measures 3.39:1 and against black 6.2:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
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.
#ffe6e5 · #ffaaaa · #fd4659 · #d72942 · #a20027 · #680015
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.
#ff9d5f · #ff7853 · #fd4659 · #dc3974 · #b83383 · #922e89
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.
#dea761 · #fd4659 · #cc3646 · #7b4e00 · #7a001b · #372000
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.
#00dfe8 · #fd4659 · #966463 · #8a3237 · #63161e · #38070c
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#dbf9fa · #fd4659 · #916f6e · #3a4d4e · #321213 · #000202
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.
#e6f5f6 · #bccdce · #8da1a2 · #0c282a · #000607 · #fd4659
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#dbd8b2 · #cd98b8 · #fd4659 · #1d7290 · #32426d · #020d25
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#ccfdff · #fd4659 · #008e6e · #00506c · #00241a · #00050c
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#dbfdd4 · #fd4659 · #339017 · #0040a0 · #00184b · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f4f6c4 · #fd4659 · #7e7e00 · #005457 · #220056 · #000203
#FF6D74 · #FF8D8E · #FFA8A8 · #FFC2C1 · #FFDAD9
#D62F44 · #B01430 · #89001F · #600013 · #3B0007
#EA6067 · #D67273 · #C08080
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.