#FFADAD · Melon

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#FFADAD is a light, highly saturated beige color, closest to Melon and near Melon and Baby Pink. In OKLCH it has 83% lightness and 0.10 chroma at hue 19°. Beige suggests quiet warmth and neutrality; it is the go-to background for organic and luxury brands, which makes #FFADAD a natural choice for backgrounds for interiors, fashion and minimal sites. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#FFADAD
RGBrgb(255, 173, 173)
HSLhsl(0, 100%, 84%)
CMYK0, 32, 32, 0
CSS var--melon
Contrast1.77:1 white · 11.83:1 black

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How to use #FFADAD

Black text passes WCAG AA on #FFADAD (11.83:1); white text does not (1.77:1).

For a calm scheme pair #FFADAD with its analogous neighbors #FFADD6 and #FFD6AD; for contrast use its complement #ADFFFF as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--melon: #FFADAD;

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