Beautiful navy blue color, soft velvet. We had to go buy a bed frame to put under our Tempurpedic mattress and support, then add steel supports (what a job!) so that we could lean back on the headboard (it is not against a wall). It would have been helpful if the item's description included the need for a bed frame, and the fact that it must be against a wall to be stable enough to lean on. Now that these issues have been addressed, we love it.