Sky #82CAFC

About this color

#82CAFC is a light, moderately saturated blue. In OKLCH its lightness is 81%, its chroma 0.101 and its hue 240°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. It is the named color Sky. Black text reads best on it, at 11.80:1.

Colors that go with Sky

Matches found by rotating Sky around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Sky

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Sky, closest first.

• Marble Recess
• Flow Pipeline
• Vector Grid
• Pearl Swell
• Boombox and Cassette
• Bubble Storybook
• Chrome Drive
• Steam and Rainfall

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Sky, with their ΔE distance.

• Lightblue #7BC8F6 ΔE 0.012
• Light Sky Blue #87CEFA ΔE 0.013
• Sky Blue #87CEEB ΔE 0.030
• Baby Blue #A2CFFE ΔE 0.038
• Pastel Blue #A2BFFE ΔE 0.043
• Vivid Sky Blue #4CC9F0 ΔE 0.048
• Carolina Blue #8AB8FE ΔE 0.049
• Light Cornflower Blue #98C1D9 ΔE 0.051

More about Sky

• Shades of blue
• What blue means

How to make Sky

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 2 parts white
• 1 part blue

Recipe result: #92C6F0, a difference of ΔE 0.022 from Sky. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make blue? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Sky in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Sky

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

1. Step 50

   50

   #EEF7FE

   oklch(97.1% 0.013 241)

2. Step 100

   100

   #D9EDFC

   oklch(93.6% 0.029 240.2)

3. Step 200

   200

   #B8DFFB

   oklch(88.5% 0.056 239.5)

4. Step 300

   300 (this color)

   #82CAFC

   oklch(81% 0.101 240)

5. Step 400

   400

   #00ABFA

   oklch(70.7% 0.162 240)

6. Step 500

   500

   #0093D7

   oklch(63.2% 0.144 239.7)

7. Step 600

   600

   #007BB6

   oklch(55.6% 0.128 240.2)

8. Step 700

   700

   #006799

   oklch(49% 0.112 240)

9. Step 800

   800

   #00557F

   oklch(42.8% 0.098 239.8)

10. Step 900

    900

    #00466A

    oklch(37.6% 0.086 240.1)

11. Step 950

    950

    #002A41

    oklch(27.1% 0.061 239)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Sky with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.