HEX atlas value

#87CEFA

#87CEFA is a cool blue HEX color nearest Light Sky Blue. RGB 135, 206, 250, HSL 203° 92% 75%, luminance 0.562; view contrast and conversions.

blue cool pastel

#87CEFA Sample readable text

HEX #87CEFA

RGB rgb(135, 206, 250)

HSL hsl(203 92% 75%)

CMYK cmyk(46, 18, 0, 2)

Luminance 0.562

Contrast Black 12.24:1White 1.72:1

CSS

--color-87cefa: #87CEFA;
.background-87cefa { background-color: #87CEFA; }
.text-87cefa { color: #87CEFA; }

HEX meaning and use

About #87CEFA

#87CEFA is classified as a cool blue value with pastel visual character. #87CEFA is visually closest to Light Sky Blue, a named blue color with HEX #87CEFA.

The RGB channels are 135, 206, and 250, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 203deg with 92% saturation and 75% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.562, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text12.24:1AA Pass

White text1.72:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #87CEFA needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000012.24:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.72:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#DDF1FE#DDF1FE · #000000 text · best 18.09:1 #85FAEC#85FAEC · #000000 text · best 16.88:1 Baby Blue#89CFF0 · #000000 text · best 12.25:1 #80CEFF#80CEFF · #000000 text · best 12.19:1 Sky Blue#87CEEB · #000000 text · best 12.06:1

Generated Palette

Light Sky Blue#87CEFA

#FAB285#FAB285

#85FAEC#85FAEC

#8592FA#8592FA

#DDF1FE#DDF1FE

#2CA9F6#2CA9F6

Color Harmonies

#FAB285#FAB285

#85FAEC#85FAEC

#8592FA#8592FA

#FA85CD#FA85CD

#CDFA85#CDFA85

Variants

#DDF1FE#DDF1FE

#2CA9F6#2CA9F6

#80CEFF#80CEFF

#93CAEC#93CAEC

White#FFFFFF

#A8DEFF#A8DEFF

Nearest Named Colors

Light Sky Blue#87CEFA

Baby Blue#89CFF0

Sky Blue#87CEEB

Maya Blue#73C2FB

Aquamarine Blue#6BCAE2

Luminance0.562

Black text12.24:1AA Pass

White text1.72:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#87CEFA","rgb":[135,206,250],"hsl":[203,92,75],"cmyk":[46,18,0,2],"luminance":0.562,"contrast":{"black":12.24,"white":1.72}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":12.24,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.72,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#DDF1FE","hex":"#DDF1FE","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.09,"contrastWhite":1.16,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#85FAEC","hex":"#85FAEC","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.88,"contrastWhite":1.24,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Baby Blue","hex":"#89CFF0","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.25,"contrastWhite":1.71,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#80CEFF","hex":"#80CEFF","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.19,"contrastWhite":1.72,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Sky Blue","hex":"#87CEEB","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.06,"contrastWhite":1.74,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool blue","pastel","pastel blue","Light Sky Blue adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","calm digital interfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/87cefa.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-sky-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/baby-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sky-blue.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#FAB285","analogous":["#85FAEC","#8592FA"],"triadic":["#FA85CD","#CDFA85"],"tetradic":["#EC85FA","#FAB285","#92FA85"],"splitComplementary":["#FA8592","#FAEC85"],"monochromatic":["#DDF1FE","#87CEFA","#2CA9F6"]}

Variants

{"light":"#DDF1FE","dark":"#2CA9F6","saturated":"#80CEFF","desaturated":"#93CAEC","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#A8DEFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"light-sky-blue","name":"Light Sky Blue","hex":"#87CEFA","distance":0},{"slug":"baby-blue","name":"Baby Blue","hex":"#89CFF0","distance":10.246950765959598},{"slug":"sky-blue","name":"Sky Blue","hex":"#87CEEB","distance":15},{"slug":"maya-blue","name":"Maya Blue","hex":"#73C2FB","distance":23.345235059857504},{"slug":"aquamarine-blue","name":"Aquamarine Blue","hex":"#6BCAE2","distance":37.094473981982816}]

#87CEFA

CSS

About #87CEFA

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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