Sky blue

Sky blue
Sky blue
Common connotations
	boys, daylight, water, air, paleness
Colour coordinates
Hex triplet	#87CEEB
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(135, 206, 235)
HSV (h, s, v)	(197°, 43%, 92%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(79, 46, 223°)
Source	X11 color names
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Very light greenish blue
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

Sky blue refers to a collection of shades comparable to that of a clear daytime sky.^[1] Typically it is a shade of cyan or light teal, though some iterations are closer to light blue. The term (as "sky blew") is attested from 1681.^[1] A 1585 translation of Nicolas de Nicolay's 1576 Les navigations, peregrinations et voyages faicts en la Turquie includes "the tulbant [turban] of the merchant must be skie coloured".^[2]

Displayed at right is the web colour sky blue.

^ ^a ^b "sky blue". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
^ Cited as 1585 in Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 204; Color Sample of Sky Blue: Page 89 Plate 33 Color Sample E6.

[oed-1] "sky blue". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

[2] Cited as 1585 in Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 204; Color Sample of Sky Blue: Page 89 Plate 33 Color Sample E6.

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