Information about #87868D color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #87868D reads as a softly muted balanced grey tone and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Aluminium (#848789). Slightly further away sit Taupe Gray (#8B8589) and Silver Steel (#878786).
The recipe behind #87868D is rgb(135, 134, 141), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 5.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #87868D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#87868D color variations
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#87868D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#87868D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#87868D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#87868D color hues
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#87868D color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #87868D color
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Nearest named colors to #87868D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#848789
#8B8589
#878786
#8B8A88
#8C8C8C
#878785
#818988
#80818B
#8B8685
#808992
#7E848B
#848484
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#87868D
- RGB135, 134, 141
- CMYK2, 3, 0, 45
- CSSrgb(135, 134, 141)
- HSL249°, 3%, 54%
- HSL Precise248.571°, 2.979%, 53.922%
- HSV249°, 5%, 55%
- HSB249°, 5%, 55%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.529
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.525
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.553
- GLSLvec3(0.529, 0.525, 0.553)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.529, 0.525, 0.553, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.529, 0.525, 0.553)
- Percentage of Red in RGB52.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB52.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB55.3%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID87868D
- DECIMAL ID8881805
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
