Sky Blue — 11-step color scale

Sky Blue (#87ceeb) sits at 500, untouched. Every other step is Sky Blue composited over white or black at a decreasing opacity, so the whole ramp stays in one hue family instead of drifting toward another color at the ends.

Open Sky Blue in the generator

8%50

24%100

40%200

56%300

80%400

100%500your color

80%600

56%700

40%800

24%900

8%950

Each step is the base composited over white or black at the opacity shown.#87ceeb

For text that needs to pass AA on white, 700, 800, 900, 950 clear the 4.5:1 line. On a dark surface, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 do.

Semantic colors from Sky Blue

Success, warning, error and the rest are derived from Sky Blue itself, then checked so they stay distinguishable from the base — and from each other — under the three types of color blindness. The distance below is CIEDE2000 after each simulation.

Derived from #87ceeb

Suggested	Protanopia	Deuteranopia	Tritanopia
success#7cbf9f	25.7	23.8	7.3
warning#d6a17a	33.3	36.7	47.8
error#dd9a97	23.0	29.0	60.3
discovery#8fafe2	8.0	6.5	8.9
info#4280a2	22.7	23.7	22.9
neutral#9daaaf	13.5	13.6	17.8

CIEDE2000 distance from the base under each simulation. The lowest of the three decides, and a dot marks the ones that land under 11.

The discovery suggestion starts out colliding with Sky Blue under Deuteranopia — ΔE₀₀ 6.5, below the 11 threshold — so the engine shifts its hue within the discovery family until the pair pulls apart again.

Export Sky Blue

The same five formats the generator produces, for this scale. Copy any block, or open the tool to tweak the ramp first.

CSS

:root {
  --color-color-50: #f5fbfd;
  --color-color-100: #e2f3fa;
  --color-color-200: #cfebf7;
  --color-color-300: #bce4f4;
  --color-color-400: #9fd8ef;
  --color-color-500: #87ceeb;
  --color-color-600: #6ca5bc;
  --color-color-700: #4c7384;
  --color-color-800: #36525e;
  --color-color-900: #203138;
  --color-color-950: #0b1013;
}

SCSS

$color-color-50: #f5fbfd;
$color-color-100: #e2f3fa;
$color-color-200: #cfebf7;
$color-color-300: #bce4f4;
$color-color-400: #9fd8ef;
$color-color-500: #87ceeb;
$color-color-600: #6ca5bc;
$color-color-700: #4c7384;
$color-color-800: #36525e;
$color-color-900: #203138;
$color-color-950: #0b1013;

JavaScript

export const color = {
  50: '#f5fbfd',
  100: '#e2f3fa',
  200: '#cfebf7',
  300: '#bce4f4',
  400: '#9fd8ef',
  500: '#87ceeb',
  600: '#6ca5bc',
  700: '#4c7384',
  800: '#36525e',
  900: '#203138',
  950: '#0b1013',
};

JSON

{
  "color": {
    "50": "#f5fbfd",
    "100": "#e2f3fa",
    "200": "#cfebf7",
    "300": "#bce4f4",
    "400": "#9fd8ef",
    "500": "#87ceeb",
    "600": "#6ca5bc",
    "700": "#4c7384",
    "800": "#36525e",
    "900": "#203138",
    "950": "#0b1013"
  }
}

Figma Variables

{
  "color": {
    "50": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.9607843137254902,
          0.984313725490196,
          0.9921568627450981
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#F5FBFD"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:1",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "100": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.8862745098039215,
          0.9529411764705882,
          0.9803921568627451
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#E2F3FA"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:2",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "200": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.8117647058823529,
          0.9215686274509803,
          0.9686274509803922
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#CFEBF7"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:3",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "300": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.7372549019607844,
          0.8941176470588236,
          0.9568627450980393
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#BCE4F4"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:4",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "400": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.6235294117647059,
          0.8470588235294118,
          0.9372549019607843
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#9FD8EF"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:5",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "500": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.5294117647058824,
          0.807843137254902,
          0.9215686274509803
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#87CEEB"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:6",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "600": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.4235294117647059,
          0.6470588235294118,
          0.7372549019607844
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#6CA5BC"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:7",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "700": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.2980392156862745,
          0.45098039215686275,
          0.5176470588235295
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#4C7384"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:8",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "800": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.21176470588235294,
          0.3215686274509804,
          0.3686274509803922
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#36525E"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:9",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "900": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.12549019607843137,
          0.19215686274509805,
          0.2196078431372549
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#203138"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:10",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "950": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.043137254901960784,
          0.06274509803921569,
          0.07450980392156863
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#0B1013"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:11",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    }
  },
  "$extensions": {
    "com.figma.modeName": "Value"
  }
}

Open Sky Blue in the generator How the scale is built