Rendez-Blue
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Light, cool blue-green for calm navigation bands
About Rendez-Blue
Rendez-Blue looks like the moment a bright screen surface tints toward blue without turning gray. On a light UI, it holds onto its color, but it stays calmer than the more steel-leaning Metal Gear and less weather-muted than Cloudy Valley.
I reach for this in dashboards and finance apps where you want crisp sectioning and a cool bias that still feels friendly. It also works well in healthcare portals and logistics management screens for card headers, table toolbars, and settings panels, especially when you need the background to read as intentionally blue, not just a pale wash like Blues White Shoes.
Quirk: Rendez-Blue's undertone stays cleanly blue, so paired with near-black type it stays sharp. With heavy grays it can feel slightly stricter than you expect, so I usually balance it with a touch of warmer neutrals for breathing room.
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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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