Google is as soon as once more testing a lightweight blue colour, cyan, for its title hyperlinks within the search outcomes. Google examined this on and off fairly rather a lot over the years, however Google is testing it once more.
With that, Google can be testing darker highlighting colours.
This was noticed by a few folks on social media.
Khushal Bherwani posted this screenshot on X:
Shameem Adhikarath posted this screenshot on X:
Brodie Clark posted the darker spotlight colour on X as properly:
Google is testing blue shades in search outcomes once more. cc: @rustybrick pic.twitter.com/KUCXj67qFc
— Shameem Adhikarath (@shemiadhikarath) Could 16, 2025
🆕 Google testing Mild Cyan colour heading in Darkish mode serp. pic.twitter.com/exV95ORcGy
— Khushal Bherwani (@b4k_khushal) Could 16, 2025
I used to be capable of replicate this as properly, right here is regular gentle mode by darkish mode:
Mild blue is refreshing, no?
Google is experimenting with a darker spotlight for necessary textual content inside options. That is in comparison with the usual lighter blue that has been the default for a while now. The spotlight generally reveals for AI overviews, featured snippets & PAA. Supply: https://t.co/2FVmsuHya3 pic.twitter.com/FNXamF5TBr
— SERP Alert ⚡️ (@SERPalerts) Could 6, 2025
Discussion board dialogue at threads above.
