Information about #879BC5 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#879BC5 presents itself as a mildly saturated azure — one that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Zephyr (#809AC6). Slightly further away sit Blake (#88A7C8) and Delta Blue (#7C9ACD).
In RGB terms — rgb(135, 155, 197) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #879BC5: 7.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for white. No one has named #879BC5 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#879BC5 color variations
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#879BC5 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#879BC5 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#879BC5 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#879BC5 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#879BC5 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 #879BC5 color
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Nearest named colors to #879BC5
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#809AC6
#88A7C8
#7C9ACD
#8AA7CC
#92A1CF
#779ECB
#93A2BA
#97A0CE
#8BA8B7
#8B98D8
#93A2B7
#85A3B2
#879BC5 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#879BC5
- RGB135, 155, 197
- CMYK24, 16, 0, 23
- CSSrgb(135, 155, 197)
- HSL221°, 35%, 65%
- HSL Precise220.645°, 34.831%, 65.098%
- HSV221°, 31%, 77%
- HSB221°, 31%, 77%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.529
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.608
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.773
- GLSLvec3(0.529, 0.608, 0.773)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.529, 0.608, 0.773, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.529, 0.608, 0.773)
- Percentage of Red in RGB52.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB60.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB77.3%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID879BC5
- DECIMAL ID8887237
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
