Nearest-color comparison

Melon vs Pastel Coral

Melon and Pastel Coral are different red colors with HEX values #FDBCB4 and #FFB3A7. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 15.9, their contrast ratio is 1.06:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Melon and Pastel Coral are very close colors. Melon is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.06:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Melon#FDBCB4

Pastel Coral#FFB3A7

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Melon and Pastel Coral across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance15.9

Pair contrast1.06:1

Luminance delta0.0385

Hue delta1 deg

Lighter colorMelon

More saturatedPastel Coral

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

red color

Melon

Melon is #FDBCB4, a warm red color with pastel character. Compared with Pastel Coral, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FDBCB4 RGB253, 188, 180 HSL7, 95, 85 CMYK0, 26, 29, 1 Luminance0.6014 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

red color

Pastel Coral

Pastel Coral is #FFB3A7, a warm red color with pastel character. Compared with Melon, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FFB3A7 RGB255, 179, 167 HSL8, 100, 83 CMYK0, 30, 35, 0 Luminance0.5629 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Melon or Pastel Coral

Choose MelonMelon is better when the design needs pastel red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FDBCB4.

Choose Pastel CoralPastel Coral is better when the design needs pastel red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFB3A7.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyMelonPastel Coral

HEX#FDBCB4#FFB3A7

RGB253, 188, 180255, 179, 167

HSL7, 95, 858, 100, 83

CMYK0, 26, 29, 10, 30, 35, 0

FamilyRedRed

TemperatureWarmWarm

TonePastelPastel

Luminance0.60140.5629

Black contrast13.03:112.26:1

White contrast1.61:11.71:1

Shared tonesPastel

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Melonblack text - 13.03:1

Pastel Coralblack text - 12.26:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Melon#FDBCB4

Pastel Coral#FFB3A7

White#FFFFFF

#B4F5FD#B4F5FD

#A8F3FF#A8F3FF

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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      "label": "black text",
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    },
    "description": "Melon is #FDBCB4, a warm red color with pastel character. Compared with Pastel Coral, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/melon/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "pastel-coral",
    "name": "Pastel Coral",
    "hex": "#FFB3A7",
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      255,
      179,
      167
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    },
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    },
    "bestText": {
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      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 12.26
    },
    "description": "Pastel Coral is #FFB3A7, a warm red color with pastel character. Compared with Melon, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/pastel-coral/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-coral.json"
  }
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Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 15.9,
  "contrastRatio": 1.06,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 1,
    "saturation": 5,
    "lightness": 2
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0385,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "pastel"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Melon",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Pastel Coral"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.06,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Melon",
      "background": "#FDBCB4",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 13.03
    },
    {
      "color": "Pastel Coral",
      "background": "#FFB3A7",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 12.26
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Pastel Coral is better when the design needs pastel red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFB3A7.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-coral.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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