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Sky Blue Palette

Sky Blue Palette: #87CEEB, #EBA589, #89EBD6, #899EEB. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Sky Blue Palette assigns primary #87CEEB, secondary #EBA589, surface #89EBD6, background #899EEB, accent #000000. The set spans Blue, Orange, Cyan, and Gray families with cool, warm, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #89EBD6 at 0.6959; black gives higher contrast on 4 of 5 values.

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Palette Color Roles

Sky Blue Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#87CEEBSky Blue
Secondary#EBA589#EBA589
Surface#89EBD6#89EBD6
Background#899EEB#899EEB
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-sky-blue-primary: #87CEEB;
--palette-sky-blue-secondary: #EBA589;
--palette-sky-blue-surface: #89EBD6;
--palette-sky-blue-background: #899EEB;
--palette-sky-blue-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Sky Blue Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#87CEEB
Black 12.06:1 · White 1.74:1
Best #000000
Secondary#EBA589
Black 10.28:1 · White 2.04:1
Best #000000
Surface#89EBD6
Black 14.92:1 · White 1.41:1
Best #000000
Background#899EEB
Black 8.15:1 · White 2.58:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Sky Blue Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Sky Blue Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Sky Blue Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.5529
Black text12.06:1AA Pass
White text1.74:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#87CEEB",
    "name": "Sky Blue"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#EBA589",
    "name": "#EBA589"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#89EBD6",
    "name": "#89EBD6"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#899EEB",
    "name": "#899EEB"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#87CEEB",
    "name": "Sky Blue",
    "blackContrast": 12.06,
    "whiteContrast": 1.74,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#EBA589",
    "name": "#EBA589",
    "blackContrast": 10.28,
    "whiteContrast": 2.04,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#89EBD6",
    "name": "#89EBD6",
    "blackContrast": 14.92,
    "whiteContrast": 1.41,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#899EEB",
    "name": "#899EEB",
    "blackContrast": 8.15,
    "whiteContrast": 2.58,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "sky blue palette",
  "generated palette",
  "blue palette",
  "orange palette",
  "cyan palette",
  "gray palette",
  "balanced palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "cool palette",
  "warm palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "calm digital interfaces"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-sky-blue-primary: #87CEEB;\n--palette-sky-blue-secondary: #EBA589;\n--palette-sky-blue-surface: #89EBD6;\n--palette-sky-blue-background: #899EEB;\n--palette-sky-blue-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "sky-blue",
  "name": "Sky Blue Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "sky-blue",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Sky Blue, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Sky Blue Palette combines primary #87CEEB, secondary #EBA589, surface #89EBD6, background #899EEB, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a blue palette, orange palette, cyan palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "sky blue palette",
    "generated palette",
    "blue palette",
    "orange palette",
    "cyan palette",
    "gray palette",
    "balanced palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "cool palette",
    "warm palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "calm digital interfaces"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#87CEEB",
      "slug": "sky-blue",
      "name": "Sky Blue",
      "rgb": [
        135,
        206,
        235
      ],
      "hsl": [
        197,
        71,
        73
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        43,
        12,
        0,
        8
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.5529,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 12.06,
        "white": 1.74
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sky-blue/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#EBA589",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#EBA589",
      "rgb": [
        235,
        165,
        137
      ],
      "hsl": [
        17,
        71,
        73
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        30,
        42,
        8
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.4638,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 10.28,
        "white": 2.04
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#89EBD6",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#89EBD6",
      "rgb": [
        137,
        235,
        214
      ],
      "hsl": [
        167,
        71,
        73
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        42,
        0,
        9,
        8
      ],
      "family": "cyan",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.6959,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 14.92,
        "white": 1.41
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#899EEB",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#899EEB",
      "rgb": [
        137,
        158,
        235
      ],
      "hsl": [
        227,
        71,
        73
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        42,
        33,
        0,
        8
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3577,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 8.15,
        "white": 2.58
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1,
        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#87CEEB",
      "name": "Sky Blue"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#EBA589",
      "name": "#EBA589"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#89EBD6",
      "name": "#89EBD6"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#899EEB",
      "name": "#899EEB"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#87CEEB",
      "name": "Sky Blue",
      "blackContrast": 12.06,
      "whiteContrast": 1.74,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#EBA589",
      "name": "#EBA589",
      "blackContrast": 10.28,
      "whiteContrast": 2.04,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#89EBD6",
      "name": "#89EBD6",
      "blackContrast": 14.92,
      "whiteContrast": 1.41,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#899EEB",
      "name": "#899EEB",
      "blackContrast": 8.15,
      "whiteContrast": 2.58,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-sky-blue-primary: #87CEEB;\n--palette-sky-blue-secondary: #EBA589;\n--palette-sky-blue-surface: #89EBD6;\n--palette-sky-blue-background: #899EEB;\n--palette-sky-blue-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/sky-blue.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sky-blue.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/sky-blue/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/sky-blue.json"
}
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