Information about #87A9CD color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#87A9CD falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(135, 169, 205) — 52.9% red, 66.3% green, 80.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 27 / 14 / 0 / 20. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #87A9CD reads as a pleasantly vivid azure and 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 a hair away from Polo Blue (#8AA7CC). Slightly further away sit Blake (#88A7C8) and Ceil (#92A1CF).

In RGB terms — rgb(135, 169, 205) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 8.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.4:1. #87A9CD has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#87A9CD color variations

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

#87A9CD color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#87A9CD color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#87A9CD color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#87A9CD 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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#87A9CD 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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#CD88AA
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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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#CD88CC
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#88CD89
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Nearest named colors to #87A9CD

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

Ceil color link
Ceil

#92A1CF

Metallic Glacier color link
Metallic Glacier

#89B1C2

Zephyr color link
Zephyr

#809AC6

Stratosphere color link
Stratosphere

#97A0CE

Delta Blue color link
Delta Blue

#7C9ACD

Moby color link
Moby

#8EB2BE

Relax color link
Relax

#99AED0

Light Cobalt Blue color link
Light Cobalt Blue

#88ACE0

Dark Pastel Blue color link
Dark Pastel Blue

#779ECB

Vista Blue color link
Vista Blue

#7C9ED9

#87A9CD color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#87A9CD
  • RGB135, 169, 205
  • CMYK27, 14, 0, 20
  • CSSrgb(135, 169, 205)
  • HSL211°, 41%, 67%
  • HSL Precise210.857°, 41.176%, 66.667%
  • HSV211°, 34%, 80%
  • HSB211°, 34%, 80%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.529
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.663
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.804
  • GLSLvec3(0.529, 0.663, 0.804)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.529, 0.663, 0.804, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.529, 0.663, 0.804)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB52.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB66.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.4%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID87A9CD
  • DECIMAL ID8890829
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers1 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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