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Light Sky Blue Color

#87cefa

Light Sky Blue Color

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A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#87cefa

RGB

rgb(135, 206, 250)

HSL

hsl(203, 92%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203, 46%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(46%, 17.6%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(79.72, -10.83, -28.5)

LCH

lch(79.72, 30.49, 249.19)

OKLCH

oklch(82.1%, 0.0946, 236.78)

HWB

hwb(203, 52.9%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fab387

Analogous

#87faed

#87cefa

#8794fa

Triadic

#87cefa

#fa87ce

#cefa87

Split-complementary

#87cefa

#fa8794

#faed87

Tetradic

#87cefa

#b387fa

#fab387

#cefa87

Square

#87cefa

#ed87fa

#fab387

#94fa87

Shades

Light Sky Blue Color mixed toward black.

#49b5f7

#0c9cf5

#0875b9

#054e7b

#03273e

Tints

Light Sky Blue Color mixed toward white.

#9bd6fb

#afdefc

#c3e6fd

#d7effd

#ebf7fe

Tones

Light Sky Blue Color mixed toward gray.

#91ccf0

#9ac9e7

#a4c7dd

#adc5d4

#b7c3ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababf0 · ΔE 18.2

Deuteranopia

#a6a1ee · ΔE 19.6

Tritanopia

#8ce8e6 · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 18.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #87cefa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87cefa]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

Light Sky Blue (#87cefa) is rgb(135, 206, 250) in RGB.

No, #87cefa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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