Information about #87AECF color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#87AECF falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(135, 174, 207) — 52.9% red, 68.2% green, 81.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 28 / 13 / 0 / 19. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #87AECF reads as a pleasantly vivid azure and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Polo Blue (#8AA7CC). Slightly further away sit Blake (#88A7C8) and Metallic Glacier (#89B1C2).

In RGB terms — rgb(135, 174, 207) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #87AECF: 9.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for white. No one has named #87AECF so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#87AECF color variations

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

#87AECF color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#87AECF color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#87AECF color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#87AECF 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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#87AECF 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 #87AECF

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

Mooni Blue color link
Mooni Blue

#95B5D6

Relax color link
Relax

#99AED0

Dark Sky Blue color link
Dark Sky Blue

#8CBED6

Seagull color link
Seagull

#77B7D0

Moby color link
Moby

#8EB2BE

Stratosphere color link
Stratosphere

#97A0CE

Vista Blue color link
Vista Blue

#7C9ED9

#87AECF color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#87AECF
  • RGB135, 174, 207
  • CMYK28, 13, 0, 19
  • CSSrgb(135, 174, 207)
  • HSL208°, 43%, 67%
  • HSL Precise207.5°, 42.857%, 67.059%
  • HSV208°, 35%, 81%
  • HSB208°, 35%, 81%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.529
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.682
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.812
  • GLSLvec3(0.529, 0.682, 0.812)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.529, 0.682, 0.812, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.529, 0.682, 0.812)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB52.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB68.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB81.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID87AECF
  • DECIMAL ID8892111
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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