Information about #87C8EE color

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #87C8EE is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with High Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(135, 200, 238) — 52.9% red, 78.4% green, 93.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 40 / 15 / 0 / 7. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A energetic, saturated steel-blue azure, #87C8EE appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Sky Blue (#87CEEB). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Baby Blue (#89CFF0) and Anakiwa (#8CCEEA).

The recipe behind #87C8EE is rgb(135, 200, 238), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #87C8EE background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 11.5:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.8:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#87C8EE color variations

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

#87C8EE color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#87C8EE color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#87C8EE color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#87C8EE 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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#87C8EE 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 #87C8EE

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

Sky Blue color link
Sky Blue

#87CEEB

Baby Blue color link
Baby Blue

#89CFF0

Anakiwa color link
Anakiwa

#8CCEEA

Light Cerulean color link
Light Cerulean

#8BD0E7

Bleu Celeste color link
Bleu Celeste

#7EC0EE

Light Cornflower Blue color link
Light Cornflower Blue

#93CCEA

Light Sky Blue color link
Light Sky Blue

#87CEFA

Lightblue color link
Lightblue

#7BC8F6

Pale Cyan color link
Pale Cyan

#87D3F8

Sky color link
Sky

#82CAFC

Jordy Blue color link
Jordy Blue

#8AB9F1

Middle Blue color link
Middle Blue

#7ED4E6

#87C8EE color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#87C8EE
  • RGB135, 200, 238
  • CMYK40, 15, 0, 7
  • HSL202°, 75%, 73%
  • HSL Precise202.136°, 75.182%, 73.137%
  • HSV202°, 43%, 93%
  • HSB202°, 43%, 93%
  • HEX ID87C8EE
  • DECIMAL ID8898798
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • Percentage of Red in RGB52.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB78.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB93.3%
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