Information about #87B8BA color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #87B8BA reads as a mildly saturated aqua cyan and floats near the light end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Cold Front Green (#85B3B2). Nearby in the Register you will also find Moby (#8EB2BE) and Metallic Glacier (#89B1C2).
The recipe behind #87B8BA is rgb(135, 184, 186), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #87B8BA background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.6:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #87B8BA is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#87B8BA color variations
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#87B8BA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#87B8BA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#87B8BA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#87B8BA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#87B8BA 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 #87B8BA color
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Nearest named colors to #87B8BA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#85B3B2
#8EB2BE
#89B1C2
#7CB7BB
#8BA8B7
#78B1BF
#92ACB4
#93AAB9
#78AFB2
#7AC5B4
#98B7AF
#9AC0B6
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#87B8BA
- RGB135, 184, 186
- CMYK20, 1, 0, 27
- CSSrgb(135, 184, 186)
- HSL182°, 27%, 63%
- HSL Precise182.353°, 26.984%, 62.941%
- HSV182°, 27%, 73%
- HSB182°, 27%, 73%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.529
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.722
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.729
- GLSLvec3(0.529, 0.722, 0.729)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.529, 0.722, 0.729, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.529, 0.722, 0.729)
- Percentage of Red in RGB52.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB72.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB72.9%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID87B8BA
- DECIMAL ID8894650
- Name LengthThis color has no name
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- Counting from2025-01-01
