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Skyblue #87CEEB

#87CEEBoklch(0.8148 0.0819 225.8)

skyblue (#87CEEB) is a light muted blue. In OKLCH it has lightness 81.5%, chroma 0.082 and hue 225.8°; its relative luminance is 55.3%. Black text reads best on it (APCA Lc 72, WCAG 12.06:1). It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 0.3).

#87CEEB in every format

HEX#87CEEB
RGBrgb(135 206 235)
HSLhsl(197.4 71.4% 72.5%)
HSB / HSVhsb(197.4 42.6% 92.2%)
HWBhwb(197.4 52.9% 7.8%)
CMYK (formula)cmyk(43/12/0/8)
CMYK (FOGRA39 coated)cmyk(49/2/6/0)
CIELAB (D50)lab(78.85 -17.54 -21.79)
LChlch(78.85 27.97 231.2)
OKLaboklab(0.8148 -0.0572 -0.0587)
OKLCHoklch(0.8148 0.0819 225.8)
CIE XYZ (D65)color(xyz-d65 0.47056 0.55290 0.86792)
CIE xyYxyY(0.2488 0.2923 0.5529)
Display P3color(display-p3 0.5916 0.8006 0.9090)
Linear sRGBcolor(srgb-linear 0.24228 0.61721 0.83077)
CSS nameskyblue

Text on #87CEEB

White textWCAG 1.74:1 · APCA Lc 35
Black textWCAG 12.06:1 · APCA Lc 72

Color blindness

Machado 2009 simulation
#87CEEBnormal
#BECBEDprotanopia
#AFBFEBdeuteranopia
#5DD7D7tritanopia

Tints and shades

OKLCH lightness steps, hue held
#C5F8FF
#9CE3FF
#82C9E6
#69B0CC
#5097B2
#377E99
#1A6781
#005069
#003A52
#002537
#00111E

Harmonies

hue rotations in OKLCH
Complementary
#87CEEB
#F0B296
Analogous
#87CEEB
#7FD3D3
#A0C5F7
Triadic
#87CEEB
#EAADCE
#C9C688
Split complementary
#87CEEB
#F3ADB1
#E1BC86
Tetradic
#87CEEB
#D7B3E7
#F0B296
#ABCF9A

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