Sky Blue color (#87CEEB)
Sky Blue is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword skyblue
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #87CEEB, which is rgb(135, 206, 235) in RGB.
It is a light, moderately saturated cool color with a hue angle of 197° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 82% in OKLCH. On a sky blue background, black text gives the higher contrast at 12.05:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Sky Blue color codes
| CSS name | skyblue |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #87CEEB |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #87CEEBFF |
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| RGB | rgb(135, 206, 235) |
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| HSL | hsl(197, 71%, 73%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(197, 43%, 92%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(81.5% 0.0819 225.8) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(42.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for sky blue used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of sky blue
Tints mix sky blue with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
Shades
Colors that go with sky blue
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Sky Blue with color blindness
Approximately how sky blue appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using sky blue in CSS
.element {
color: skyblue;
background-color: #87ceeb;
border-color: rgb(135 206 235 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(81.5% 0.0819 225.8);
}Similar named colors
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