Sky Blue colour
A light, clear blue like a daytime sky. Open and friendly, it is a go-to for calm, trustworthy designs.
Sky Blue colour codes
Complementary palette
Triad palette
Monochromatic palette
Lighter tints
Darker shades
About sky blue
A light, clear blue like a daytime sky. Open and friendly, it is a go-to for calm, trustworthy designs. The value shown here (#87CEEB) is a widely used representation — descriptive colour names like this cover a small range rather than one fixed code, so feel free to nudge it in the colour picker to suit your project.
Palettes that work with sky blue
The complementary colour (#EBA487) sits opposite sky blue on the wheel for high contrast, while the triad spreads three balanced hues. For subtle, layered designs the monochromatic set keeps the same hue at different lightness. All are generated automatically above — click any swatch to copy.
Using sky blue in your design
For CSS, paste #87CEEB or the oklch(0.81 0.08 226) value, or download the ready-made sky-blue.css file above — it includes a full 50–950 token scale. Always check contrast before using sky blue behind text.