Sky

Sky (#87CEEB) is a soft cyan with a pastel character. It reads calm and airy, with enough chroma to feel intentional rather than washed out. Its HSL profile (197°, 71%, 73%) places it in the balanced band at a light lightness. It works as a background wash, large-area fill, or soft illustration tone. Add a darker ink of the same hue when you need type over it. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary orange. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel. The pale mid-blue of a clear daytime sky — the CSS keyword 'SkyBlue' at the same hex. The real sky's blue comes from Rayleigh scattering of shorter wavelengths, and drifts toward this exact tone roughly 30° above the horizon.

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