#EB4652Watermelonade (#EB4652) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 21°, lightness 0.63 and chroma 0.201. 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 | #EB4652 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(235, 70, 82) |
| HSL | hsl(356, 80%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(356, 70%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 70%, 65%, 8%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(54.7 63.5 30.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.634 0.201 21) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Watermelonade 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.
#ec404b — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged#ef4550 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged#eb4652 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ec4753 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Watermelonade 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 3.8:1 and against black 5.53:1, 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.
#ffd8d6 · #ff9a98 · #eb4652 · #c62a3b · #93001f · #5a000f
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.
#fb9043 · #f66c43 · #eb4652 · #cc3869 · #a93076 · #862a7b
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.
#cf9f5e · #eb4652 · #bc353f · #6f4700 · #6c0014 · #2d1900
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.
#00dee9 · #eb4652 · #8a5c5b · #7d2d30 · #571117 · #2d0306
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#ddf8fa · #be9c9b · #eb4652 · #617475 · #442424 · #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 · #eb4652
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#cefcff · #00bcc6 · #eb4652 · #008086 · #003639 · #1a0001
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#cae3c4 · #80cae3 · #eb4652 · #50866e · #344054 · #1c0410
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#dcfdd7 · #67be5a · #eb4652 · #2166e2 · #002671 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f3f6c8 · #abae00 · #eb4652 · #008086 · #36007a · #000203
#F5666A · #FE8182 · #FFA19F · #FFBDBB · #FFD8D6
#C7313F · #A41A2C · #82001A · #5C000F · #390005
#D95C5F · #C76C6B · #B37977
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.