Highlands

#449084

High-mounted blue-teal for airy, modern sections

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About Highlands

On my monitor, Highlands looks like a calm sheet of mountain air over glass. It's clearly blue-green, but it doesn't feel teal-sharp or green-warm, it lands in between with a steadier, slightly more muted presence. Compared to , it's less electric and less cyan-leaning, more settled in tone. Compared to and , it avoids that greener lift and stays closer to blue without turning icy.

I use Highlands when I want the interface to feel composed, not clinical. It's great for SaaS dashboards and health platforms where you need blue family trust with a softer temperature, especially for section headers, secondary buttons, and chart series that shouldn't shout. It also holds up well in productivity tools, where hover states and selection rings need to look intentional without becoming the loudest thing on the page, that the one you reach for when accents start to feel too demanding.

Pair it with charcoal text and cool grays, and keep an eye on saturation if your UI assets were tuned for the brighter teals in this set.

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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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3.77:1FailAA Large

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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3.46:1FailAA Large

On Gray 900 #18181b

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4.70:1AAAAA Large

On Black #000000

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5.57:1AAAAA Large

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