Water Nymph
#81d0df
Softer, water-light cyan for airy sectioning
About Water Nymph
Water Nymph looks like light caught on a clean pool float, but it's not the dusk shine of Infinity Pool. This shade has a more pastel, sunlit cyan feel: it's lighter and softer, with a gentler saturation curve, so it doesn't push forward with that water-reflection character.
Compared with Cerulean Skies, it keeps more blue identity and less of that airy midtone calm. Versus Over the Sky, Water Nymph holds a slightly richer tint and stays more "colored" than "fresh air." I use it for dashboards and booking flows in retail, hospitality scheduling, and logistics status screens where you want a pleasant secondary surface. Think card headers, step progress backgrounds, and subtle hover panels behind toggles.
Quirk: next to cooler whites, it can read flatter. Pair it with deeper denim or charcoal UI chrome so it keeps its light, playful temperature instead of drifting toward pale mint.
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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
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
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