We love this rug for the formal dining room in our beachy home.  We have slightly dark wood floors and a huge cherry dining table, so the rug's lightness (in color) really brightened up the whole room for us.  The "white" part is really a pretty color, but there are no areas that seem so light that spilled food would be a problem.  The rug is definitely soft enough for bare feet, and the blue is nice and rich and maybe even closer to a light navy than an aqua.  Not "greenish" at all, which we love.  Bonus: my BF keeps walking by the rug and telling me how much he loves it.