Sky is one of the color families shipped with this release. Daylight blue — openness and lightness..
Shades#
100200300400500600700800900950
Palette table#
| Shade | Class fragment | Value | Best role |
|---|---|---|---|
100 | sky-100 | #f0f9ff | Very light — section backgrounds, badges on light UI, tinted code blocks. |
200 | sky-200 | #e0f2fe | Light — borders on light themes, dividers with personality, chip backgrounds. |
300 | sky-300 | #bae6fd | Soft — secondary borders, disabled states with color, placeholder decorations. |
400 | sky-400 | #7dd3fc | Medium-light — icons on dark surfaces, decorative accents, chart lines. |
500 | sky-500 | #38bdf8 | The primary step — buttons, links, brand fills, key interactive elements. |
600 | sky-600 | #0ea5e9 | Hover step — hover states for 500 elements, or primary on very light UIs. |
700 | sky-700 | #0284c7 | Active step — pressed states, emphasized text on light tinted backgrounds. |
800 | sky-800 | #0369a1 | Dark — text on light palettes, headers in tinted sections, dark UI fills. |
900 | sky-900 | #075985 | Very dark — deep section backgrounds, high-contrast text carriers. |
950 | sky-950 | #0c4a6e | Darkest — near-black tinted backgrounds, hero surfaces, footer tones. |
Use it#
<div class="bg-sky-500 text-white p-6 rounded-xl">Sky surface</div>
<p class="text-sky-600 dark:text-sky-400">Adaptive text</p>
<div class="border border-sky-200 dark:border-sky-800 bg-sky-50 dark:bg-sky-950 p-4 rounded-lg">Panel</div>Per-usage guides#
Sky textstext-sky-* in practice.Sky backgroundsbg-sky-* in practice.Sky bordersborder-sky-* in practice.Sky gradientsfrom-sky-* in practice.
Contrast#
Flip point: shades 50–400 want dark text (text-slate-900); shades 500+ (approx.) want white text. Verify with the accessibility/color-contrast|contrast guide.
Related palettes#
colors/cyan|cyan · colors/blue|blue · colors/color-pairing|Pairing recipes