Water Blue Color
Water Blue is a blue color with hex code #0E87CC. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with water blue, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Water Blue Color Values
What Does Water Blue Mean?
Water Blue belongs to the blue family of colors. Blue wins popularity surveys in every culture that runs them, and corporate design reflects it. Trust and stability are the usual words people reach for. Dark navies project authority, pale blues open a layout up, and almost nothing clashes with it. Water Blue sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Water Blue is classified as a blue (nearest centroid: brilliant blue, #4997D0).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Water Blue
Water Blue and #CD540E are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #0ECDB4 and #0E28CD, which sit beside water blue on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair water blue with triadic partners #CD0E87 and #87CD0E. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Cerulean —
#0485D1(Delta E 4) - Lochmara —
#007EC7(Delta E 5) - Bluish —
#2976BB(Delta E 8) - Curious Blue —
#2596D1(Delta E 9) - Windows Blue —
#3778BF(Delta E 9)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #0E87CC; }
.background { background-color: #0E87CC; }
.border { border: 2px solid #0E87CC; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #0E87CC40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for water blue?
Water Blue has the hex code #0E87CC. In RGB notation it is rgb(14, 135, 204), in HSL it is hsl(202, 87%, 43%), and its OKLCH value is 0.599, 0.141, 242.8.
What does the color water blue mean?
Blue-family colors like water blue carry distinct psychological associations. Water Blue belongs to the blue family of colors. Blue wins popularity surveys in every culture that runs them, and corporate design reflects it. Trust and stability are the usual words people reach for. Dark navies project authority, pale blues open a layout up, and almost nothing clashes with it. Water Blue sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with water blue?
Water Blue has three easy routes: its complement #CD540E for punch, its neighbors #0ECDB4 and #0E28CD for something calmer, or triadic partners #CD0E87 and #87CD0E when you want energy.
Is water blue a standard web color?
No — Water Blue is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #0E87CC or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make water blue lighter or darker?
To lighten water blue, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #D4EDFC (lightest tint) to #021621 (darkest shade).
About Water Blue
Water Blue is classified as a Blue in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Blue hue family. It has The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #0E87CC to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.