Serene Sea

#78a7c3

Softer, balanced sea blue for calm charts

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About Serene Sea

Serene Sea looks like daylight on water that's paused mid-breath. It's a blue that feels clean and airy, not settled like , and not drained toward gray like . Compared to , it keeps more blue presence and a cooler, sea-glass undertone, so it doesn't drift into that gentle warmth.

I reach for it when you want a background that reads as clearly blue without performing. Think product dashboards and health portals, onboarding screens for SaaS, and data charts where the UI needs calm structure, not the quiet neutrality of . It's the one you reach for when secondary buttons and cards should feel supported by color, while staying crisp against white. Use it for table surfaces, chart panels, and headers that need to feel steady but not muted.

Pair it with mid-neutral grays and slightly cooler text tones. If you throw it against warm beige backgrounds, that sea-glass coolness can start to feel flatter than you intended.

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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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2.59:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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On Gray 900 #18181b

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6.85:1AAAAA Large

On Black #000000

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8.11:1AAA

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