Too Blue to Be True

#0088ff

Deeper royal blue for bold navigation accents

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About Too Blue to Be True

It's the you notice in a product screenshot where the rest of the UI is pretty quiet, like a progress bar that suddenly stops you mid-scroll. Too to Be True sits in the "too saturated to be just another link" zone, but it's still clean and crisp, not heavy like the deeper workhorse blues around it.

I use it in dashboards and finance apps when I need the accent to feel decisively there without turning punchy like . Compared with Fresh of Bel Air, it has more depth and less airy clarity, so it doesn't look thin on textured cards. Versus Out of the , it's cooler and more assertive, so it reads like action, not just a highlight. And against , it's less sky-forward and more inked-in, with a stronger undertone that holds up in dense layouts.

Pair it with white or mid-tone grays and keep the surrounding accents calmer. If you stack it with multiple bright blues, it starts to feel like everything is shouting at once.

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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

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3.52:1FailAA Large

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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3.23:1FailAA Large

On Gray 900 #18181b

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5.03:1AAAAA Large

On Black #000000

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5.97:1AAAAA Large

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