Information about #87A2ED color
Basic facts about this digital color
#87A2ED presents itself as a strongly colored steel-blue azure — one that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Portage (#8B9FEE). Slightly further away sit Light Sapphire Blue (#8BA2E7) and Resolutiion Blue (#7FA3E6).
In RGB terms — rgb(135, 162, 237) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 8.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #87A2ED is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#87A2ED color variations
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#87A2ED color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#87A2ED color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#87A2ED color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#87A2ED color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#87A2ED 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 #87A2ED color
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Nearest named colors to #87A2ED
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#8B9FEE
#8BA2E7
#7FA3E6
#8B96E7
#88ACE0
#8F99FB
#7C9ED9
#8AB9F1
#8B98D8
#76ABDF
#8BB9E7
#8F8CE7
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#87A2ED
- RGB135, 162, 237
- CMYK40, 29, 0, 7
- CSSrgb(135, 162, 237)
- HSL224°, 74%, 73%
- HSL Precise224.118°, 73.913%, 72.941%
- HSV224°, 43%, 93%
- HSB224°, 43%, 93%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.529
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.635
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.929
- GLSLvec3(0.529, 0.635, 0.929)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.529, 0.635, 0.929, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.529, 0.635, 0.929)
- Percentage of Red in RGB52.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB63.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB92.9%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID87A2ED
- DECIMAL ID8889069
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- This page visited10 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
