Windsurfing

#3a7099

Brisk medium blue with balanced sea-wind lift

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About Windsurfing

I keep seeing Windsurfing on the waterline of a coastal app mock, where the blue feels breezy but still disciplined. It's a medium blue with a clean, slightly lighter read than , and it doesn't have 's office-worn softness. Compared to , it leans more airy, less settled, with a more directional, outdoorsy energy.

I use it for dashboards and finance apps when I want hierarchy to feel quick and current without tipping into the darker chart-table authority of . It's great for navigation bars, map-ish panels, status chips, and selected filters in SaaS admin screens that need to move fast. In logistics reporting consoles and investor decks, it works as that "active" blue on segment labels and secondary CTAs, especially alongside light grays and crisp typography.

Quirk: it reads a bit cooler than in dense UI. If the rest of your palette is warm, nudge it with warm whites or cream grays so it doesn't feel too crisp.

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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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5.31:1AAAAA Large

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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4.87:1AAAAA Large

On Gray 900 #18181b

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3.34:1FailAA Large

On Black #000000

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3.96:1FailAA Large

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