Information about #87ABCE color

#87ABCE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#87ABCE falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(135, 171, 206) — 52.9% red, 67.1% green, 80.8% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 28 / 14 / 0 / 19. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A clearly saturated steel-blue azure, #87ABCE has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Polo Blue (#8AA7CC). Slightly further away sit Blake (#88A7C8) and Metallic Glacier (#89B1C2).

In RGB terms — rgb(135, 171, 206) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 8.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #87ABCE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#87ABCE color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#87ABCE color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#87ABCE color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#87ABCE color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#87ABCE color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#87ABCE 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.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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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.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #87ABCE

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Polo Blue color link
Polo Blue

#8AA7CC

Blake color link
Blake

#88A7C8

Metallic Glacier color link
Metallic Glacier

#89B1C2

Ceil color link
Ceil

#92A1CF

Light Cobalt Blue color link
Light Cobalt Blue

#88ACE0

Relax color link
Relax

#99AED0

Moby color link
Moby

#8EB2BE

Mooni Blue color link
Mooni Blue

#95B5D6

Stratosphere color link
Stratosphere

#97A0CE

Zephyr color link
Zephyr

#809AC6

Seagull color link
Seagull

#77B7D0

Delta Blue color link
Delta Blue

#7C9ACD

#87ABCE color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#87ABCE
  • RGB135, 171, 206
  • CMYK28, 14, 0, 19
  • CSSrgb(135, 171, 206)
  • HSL210°, 42%, 67%
  • HSL Precise209.577°, 42.012%, 66.863%
  • HSV210°, 34%, 81%
  • HSB210°, 34%, 81%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.529
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.671
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.808
  • GLSLvec3(0.529, 0.671, 0.808)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.529, 0.671, 0.808, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.529, 0.671, 0.808)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB52.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID87ABCE
  • DECIMAL ID8891342
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers6 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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