Has a nice vibrant blue that is toned down nicely by the cream and grey, and it goes well with my light grey sectional sofa.  Our furniture holds it in place so I didn't put down a rug pad, but it could definitely use one for comfort.  **Note** this rug let off a very strong off-gassing odour and had to spend four days unrolled out on our back patio before we could bring it in.  Overall, it offers the quality I expected for the price.