High Seas

#7dabd8

Brighter, cleaner sea blue for crisp highlights

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About High Seas

High Seas is the blue that actually sits in the upper register, lighter and more saturated than , but without the clinical edge that makes cooler blues feel withdrawn. It's got real presence on white. It reads as a color, not as a tint.

This is the one you reach for in SaaS dashboards, fintech products, and health apps where you need a primary accent that feels approachable instead of cold. Primary buttons, active states, data highlights, card headers. It's warmer and friendlier than while still carrying enough weight to anchor sections. Pair it with white space and it settles. Pair it with dark text and it snaps.

The thing worth testing: on warmer monitors it holds steady and blue. On cooler displays it can edge slightly toward cyan, which honestly just makes it feel fresher. If your interface skews toward grays and neutrals, this one won't disappear into them the way its lighter neighbors do.

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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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2.42:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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2.22:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

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7.33:1AAA

On Black #000000

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8.69:1AAA

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