Watermelon #FD4659

About this color

#FD4659 is a medium-light, vivid red. In OKLCH its lightness is 67%, its chroma 0.218 and its hue 20°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Watermelon. Black text reads best on it, at 6.19:1.

Colors that go with Watermelon

Matches found by rotating Watermelon around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Watermelon

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Watermelon, closest first.

• Plasma Glow
• Strobe Afterhours
• Magenta Rave
• Laser Overdrive
• Hibiscus Break
• Pool Festival
• Popsicle Night
• Watermelon Break

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Watermelon, with their ΔE distance.

• Light Red #FF474C ΔE 0.016
• Grapefruit #FD5956 ΔE 0.031
• Red Pink #FA2A55 ΔE 0.033
• Pinky Red #FC2647 ΔE 0.035
• Strawberry #FB2943 ΔE 0.035
• Paradise Pink #EF476F ΔE 0.040
• Coral Pink #FF6163 ΔE 0.042
• Orangey Red #FA4224 ΔE 0.049

More about Watermelon

• Shades of red
• What red means

How to make Watermelon

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 1 part red
• 1 part pink

Recipe result: #EC4F5C, a difference of ΔE 0.031 from Watermelon. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

What colors make red? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Watermelon in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Watermelon

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FFF2F1

   oklch(97.1% 0.014 22.8)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FEE2E1

   oklch(93.5% 0.031 20.2)

3. Step 200

   200

   #FECAC9

   oklch(88.4% 0.059 19.6)

4. Step 300

   300

   #FEA5A4

   oklch(81% 0.106 20.3)

5. Step 400

   400

   #F86E73

   oklch(70.7% 0.169 20.3)

6. Step 500

   500 (this color)

   #FD4659

   oklch(66.5% 0.218 20)

7. Step 600

   600

   #D70037

   oklch(55.6% 0.223 20.1)

8. Step 700

   700

   #B6002D

   oklch(49.1% 0.197 20.1)

9. Step 800

   800

   #970024

   oklch(42.8% 0.172 20)

10. Step 900

    900

    #7C0C20

    oklch(37.8% 0.143 19.7)

11. Step 950

    950

    #490C13

    oklch(27% 0.09 19.8)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Watermelon with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.