Greek Flag Blue Color

#0d5eaf

Greek Flag Blue is soft, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #f2a150
Complementary Color #ae5e0d
Color Shade: cool cyan (210° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 36.86% (better contrasting with white)
Greek Flag Blue Color Sample
Greek Flag Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0d5eaf

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Greek Flag Blue Color. The Liberalist color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Mondrian Blue (#0f478c) for more calm effect. Try Bright Navy Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ae5e0d is the best complementary color to Greek Flag Blue. Orange shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #0d5eaf complementary color is Pumpkin Skin, 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 Tory Blue are #0daeae and #0d0dae. Thus found on the left and right of #0d5eaf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Niagara and Ultramarine colors as they work well with Greek Flag Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Greek Flag Blue palette consists of #aeae0d and #ae0d0d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ae5e0d). Try La Rioja and Totem Pole colors in combination with #0d5eaf, 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 #0d5eaf 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 Greek Flag Blue. Thus Christi and Jazzberry Jam giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Greek Flag Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pumpkin Skin, Violet Eggplant, and La Palma split by 90° on the color wheel. #0d5eaf square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, orange 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. Greek Flag Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#ae5e0d) and two others. The Jazzberry Jam is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Green Haze – 120° from the complementary Pumpkin Skin. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ae0d5e and #0dae5e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0d5eaf is made of 5% red, 33% green and 62% blue. In a HSL mode Greek Flag Blue has a hue angle of 210°, a saturation of 86.17% and a lightness of 36.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0d5eaf is made of 63.53% cyan, 31.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.37% black ink.

HEX #0d5eaf
RGB Decimal rgb(13,94,175)
RGB Percentage 5%, 33%, 62%
CMYK 63.53, 31.77, 0, 31.37
HSL hsl(210,86.17%,36.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(210,92.57%,68.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.8922,9.2653,-49.3252)
XYZ xyz(11.9065,11.1861,42.089)
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