Wing Commander Color

#0065ac

Wing Commander is soft, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #ff9a53
Complementary Color #ac4600
Color Shade: cool cyan (204.77° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 33.73% (better contrasting with white)
Wing Commander Color Sample
Wing Commander Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0065ac

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Wing Commander Color. The Artesian Water color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Harem Silk (#006383) for more calm effect. Try Seaport as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ac4600 is the best complementary color to Wing Commander. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #0065ac complementary color is Fire, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Endeavour are #00ac9c and #000fac. Thus found on the left and right of #0065ac on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Persian Green and International Klein Blue colors as they work well with Wing Commander.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wing Commander palette consists of #ac9c00 and #ac000e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ac4600). Try Buddha Gold and Bright Red colors in combination with #0065ac, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #0065ac offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Wing Commander. Thus Limeade and Flirt giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wing Commander contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fire, Purple, and Japanese Laurel split by 90° on the color wheel. #0065ac square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Wing Commander tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ac4600) and two others. The Flirt is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Green Haze – 120° from the complementary Fire. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ac0065 and #00ac47.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0065ac is made of 0% red, 37% green and 63% blue. In a HSL mode Wing Commander has a hue angle of 204.77°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 33.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0065ac is made of 67.45% cyan, 27.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.55% black ink.

HEX #0065ac
RGB Decimal rgb(0,101,172)
RGB Percentage 0%, 37%, 63%
CMYK 67.45, 27.84, 0, 32.55
HSL hsl(204.77,100%,33.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(204.77,100%,67.45%)
CIE-LAB lab(41.667,2.9636,-44.7193)
XYZ xyz(12.1001,12.2859,40.7634)
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