Bohemian Blue
#0000aa
Inky, medium-saturation blue for purple-forward accents
About Bohemian Blue
Bohemian Blue sits darker than its neighbors but without the warmth they sneak in underneath. This is pure saturated blue, no purple creeping up to soften it, no temperature shift to make it feel alive. It's colder than Cobalt, flatter than Blue Hour, and it doesn't breathe the way either of them do.
You reach for it when you need that authoritative blue that actually reads as blue, not blue-purple or blue-with-an-apology. Think infrastructure tools, operating system interfaces, technical dashboards where the color has to land heavy and stay readable on dark backgrounds. It works harder than the lighter siblings because it doesn't rely on restraint or undertone play, it just commits. Pair it with blacks and it locks in sharp. Against cool grays it tightens without disappearing.
Warm accents will collapse against it, same as the others. Keep it with blacks and cool neutrals. Don't expect this one to play nicely with anything that isn't cold, it's not built for compromise, and honestly, it doesn't need to be.
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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.
On White #ffffff
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
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