Color of the Day:

Light Sky Blue#87CEFA

Light Sky Blue - 03/11/1940

Light Sky Blue is the Color of the Day for 03/11/1940. Light Sky Blue has a hex value of #87CEFA. On the RGB scale it has values of Red: 135, Green: 206, and Blue: 250

Color Spaces of Light Sky Blue

Hex87CEFA#87CEFA
RGB135 206 250rgb(135 206 250)
RGB %53 81 98rgb(53 81 98)
CIELAB79.29, -14.43, -29.1
CMY47, 19, 2
CMYK46, 18, 0, 2
HSL203, 92, 75hsl(203 92% 75%)
HSV203, 46, 98hsv(203 46% 98%)
HSI202, 31, 197
HWB203, 53, 2hwb(203 53% 2%)
LCH79.29, 32.48, 243.62
XYZ48.01, 55.43, 74.6

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All About Light Sky Blue

Light sky blue is a soft and gentle shade of blue that is reminiscent of the clear blue sky on a sunny day. This color is often associated with calmness, serenity, and tranquility, and is a popular choice for creating a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere.

Light sky blue is also a popular choice for graphic designers and artists, as it can be used to create a range of moods and emotions. It is often used for watercolor paintings, illustrations, and digital designs, and can convey a sense of freshness, youthfulness, and freedom.

Overall, light sky blue is a versatile and attractive color that can be used in many different contexts. Whether you are designing a new outfit, decorating a room, or creating a work of art, light sky blue is a calming and refreshing choice that is sure to impress.

Light Sky Blue in Fashion

In fashion, light sky blue is a refreshing and soothing color that is often used for spring and summer clothing. It is a popular choice for dresses, blouses, and skirts, and pairs well with other pastel colors such as pale pink, lavender, and mint green. Its light and airy qualities make it a great choice for beachwear and resort wear, as well as casual everyday outfits.

Light Sky Blue in Interior Design

In home decor, light sky blue is a popular choice for creating a serene and tranquil environment. It is often used for walls, bedding, and curtains, and pairs well with other neutral colors such as white and beige. Its calming qualities make it a great choice for bedrooms and bathrooms, where it can create a relaxing and soothing atmosphere.

Closest Common Color

Light Sky Blue is closest to the common color blue. Blue is a primary color on both the RGB and RYB model. Blue has strong associations with serenity, tranquility, and reliability. Blue is key when it comes to planet earth. Blue skies and blue oceans encompass our planet. Although blue is not something we commonly see in nature, it is a very popular color choice among people! Some blue things are the ocean, sapphires, high temperature flames, and blueberries.

Shades of Light Sky Blue

A shade is a concept of darkening a color. Below you will find the shades of colors from Light Sky Blue all the way to Black evenly distributed.

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Tints of Light Sky Blue

A tint is a concept of lightening a color. Below you will find the tints of colors from Light Sky Blue all the way to White evenly distributed.

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Tones of Light Sky Blue

A tone is a concept of adding gray to a color. Below you will find the tones of colors from Light Sky Blue all the way to Gray evenly distributed.

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Monochromatic Colors of Light Sky Blue

A monochromatic color scheme is based on a single color and contains both shades and tints of that color. Below you will find a monochromatic color scheme based off of Light Sky Blue.

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Complementary Color of Light Sky Blue

Complementary colors are two colors that are the complete opposite of each other on the color wheel. Complementary colors are used by many including graphic designers, painters, and other artists. Knowing the complementary color for a given color is useful because using them together creates a visual contrast which can really make a design pop! Below you will find the complementary color of Light Sky Blue.

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Split Complementary Colors of Light Sky Blue

A Split Complementary color scheme is based on a single color and then finds the complementary color of the main color and uses that as a reference to find two colors to the left and right of that complementary color on the color wheel. A total of three colors make up a split complementary color scheme. A common example of a split complementary color scheme in an RGB Model is red, green-cyan, and blue-cyan. Below you will find a split complementary color scheme based off of Light Sky Blue.

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Triadic Colors of Light Sky Blue

A triadic color scheme is made up of three colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel. In a traditional sense you start with one color to as the baseline and the two other colors serve as accent colors. On the color wheel this can be envisioned as a triangle. Below you will find a triadic color scheme based off of Light Sky Blue.

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Tetradic Colors of Light Sky Blue

A tetradic color scheme is made up of four colors that form a rectangle on the color wheel. This color harmony is also known as a double complementary color scheme becuase it is made up of two complementary color pairs. Below you will find a tetradic color scheme based off of Light Sky Blue.

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Analogous Colors of Light Sky Blue

An analogous color scheme is made up of three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. In a traditional sense you start with a single color as the baseline, a second color, and an accent color or a mixture of the first two colors as the third color. Below you will find an analogous color scheme based off of Light Sky Blue.

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Variations of Light Sky Blue

A variation of a color is the idea of swapping the values of Red, Blue, and Green with one another to create a new color. The color Light Sky Blue has RGB values of R:135, G:206, and B:250. Using this information, we can create the following 5 variations using RBG, GRB, GBR, BRG, and GBR. Out of the 5 possible variations of Light Sky Blue, 5 of them will be unique without counting our orignal color of Light Sky Blue.

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Web Safe Color of Light Sky Blue

A web safe color is a color that will not be dithered when shown on a web browser that only has 256-color support. Although this is not much of an issue in modern browsers today it is important to understand the history. A web safe color will always appear as intended across any device/browser. There are 216 colors that are considered web safe. Below you will find the closest web safe color to Light Sky Blue.

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CSS Code for Light Sky Blue

Text Color
.text-class { color: #87CEFA; }

This paragraph tag has text in the color #87CEFA

Text Shadow Color
.txt-shdw-class { text-shadow: 2px 2px 2px #87CEFA; }

This text has a shadow in the color #87CEFA

Border Color
.brdr-class { border: 5px solid #87CEFA; }

This div tag has a border color of #87CEFA

Background Color
.bg-class { background-color: #87CEFA; }

This div tag has a background color of #87CEFA

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Light Sky Blue Accessibility

When it comes to accessibility it is important to consider the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 issued by W3C. The WCAG provides a set of standards to determine if two colors have an appropriate contrast ratio in order to be readable on a web. This is achieved by measuring luminance, also known as brightness, between the color of your text and the background color. The WCAG has several levels of conformance: (A - Lowest, AA - Mid Range, AAA - Highest). If you meet the requirements of a higher range of conformance then you automatically meet the lower levels. For Example, if you meet AAA then by default you also meet AA and A. The contrast ratios that need to be met also consider the size of the font. Below are the contrast ratios needed to be compliant.

  • Level AA (large text/18-point font): 3:1
  • Level AA: 4.5:1
  • Level AAA (large text/18-point font): 4.5:1
  • Level AAA: 7:1

In the following sections we take a look at conformance levels AA and AAA for both large sized text and normal sized text. We took care of all the calculations so you will be able to see right away whether or not a text color of Light Sky Blue is readable according to the WCAG against both Black and White backgrounds.

Light Sky Blue Contrast on Black Background

The color Light Sky Blue has passed 4 out of 4 WCAG tests against a Black background. This means there is a 100% accessibility rating and therefore makes Light Sky Blue a perfect choice against a Black background.

WCAG AALarge TextPass
WCAG AANormal TextPass
WCAG AAALarge TextPass
WCAG AAANormal TextPass

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Light Sky Blue Contrast on White Background

The color Light Sky Blue has passed 0 out of 4 WCAG tests against a White background. This means there is a 0% accessibility rating and therefore makes Light Sky Blue a poor choice against a White background.

WCAG AALarge TextFail
WCAG AANormal TextFail
WCAG AAALarge TextFail
WCAG AAANormal TextFail

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