Information about #87C5FB color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#87C5FB falls into the Azure Color Family — Full Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(135, 197, 251) — 52.9% red, 77.3% green, 98.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 45 / 21 / 0 / 2. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #87C5FB reads as a pure, full-strength steel-blue azure and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Expect to see shades like this in minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Sky (#82CAFC). Slightly further away sit Day Sky Blue (#82CAFF) and Light Sky Blue (#87CEFA).

In RGB terms — rgb(135, 197, 251) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #87C5FB: 11.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.8:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#87C5FB color variations

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

#87C5FB color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#87C5FB color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#87C5FB color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#87C5FB 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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#87C5FB 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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#FBF788
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#FB888C
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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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#FB88C6
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#C6FB88
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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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#BE88FB
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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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#F788FB
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Nearest named colors to #87C5FB

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

Sky color link
Sky

#82CAFC

Day Sky Blue color link
Day Sky Blue

#82CAFF

Light Sky Blue color link
Light Sky Blue

#87CEFA

Lightblue color link
Lightblue

#7BC8F6

Pale Cyan color link
Pale Cyan

#87D3F8

Baby Blue color link
Baby Blue

#89CFF0

Soft Azure color link
Soft Azure

#7EB8FC

Jordy Blue color link
Jordy Blue

#8AB9F1

Bleu Celeste color link
Bleu Celeste

#7EC0EE

Parakeet Blue color link
Parakeet Blue

#7EB6FF

Sky Blue color link
Sky Blue

#87CEEB

Anakiwa color link
Anakiwa

#8CCEEA

#87C5FB color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#87C5FB
  • RGB135, 197, 251
  • CMYK45, 21, 0, 2
  • CSSrgb(135, 197, 251)
  • HSL208°, 94%, 76%
  • HSL Precise207.931°, 93.548%, 75.686%
  • HSV208°, 46%, 98%
  • HSB208°, 46%, 98%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.529
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.773
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.984
  • GLSLvec3(0.529, 0.773, 0.984)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.529, 0.773, 0.984, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.529, 0.773, 0.984)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB52.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB77.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB98.4%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID87C5FB
  • DECIMAL ID8898043
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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