61 Trendy Blue Nail Designs for a Stunning and Versatile Look

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Blue may just be one of the most popular colors out there. It’s a color that may evoke a certain feeling of serenity and calmness in those who see it.

That means blue is a great, versatile, and modern color for anything you own: clothes, accessories, and even your nails. In fact, you can go for simple, funky, or even sophisticated blue nail designs!

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with blue nail polish that has glitter and rhinestones under the dark blue French tips — Image courtesy of @minea.nails

In this article, we list our favorite nail designs that will show you how gorgeous the color is for your nails!

61 Beautifully Blue Nail Designs To Choose From

With blue having more than 100 unique shades, you can spice up blue nail designs however you want, and the results will always be spectacular!

1. Sky Blue Droplets on Blue French Tips

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with pale pink nail polish base that has glittery turquoise nail tips and light blue droplets — Image courtesy of @nailsby_avril

This design is perfect for those who love wearing French tips. The glittery turquoise tips stand out sharply against the pale-pink base, while the light-blue droplets scattered all over the nails give it a dewy, unique look.

2. Japan-Inspired Blue Nails

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a blue nail polish that has Japanese imagery like the torii and Sakura blossoms — Image courtesy of @nailsby_avril

Tell us what your favorite country is without having to tell us! We love this design that blends blue with uniquely Japanese imagery like the torii, while the sakura blossoms look stunning against the rich blue backdrop!

3. Blue Silver French Tips

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a nude nail polish base that has wavy blue French tips, a silver border and a lone silver dot at the cuticles — Image courtesy of @nailsby_avril

When we say you can get creative with your blue nail polish designs, this is what we mean. Combining wavy blue French tips with a silver border and a lone silver dot at the cuticles makes for an eclectic, otherworldly design!

4. Sky Blue and Gold

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a nude nail polish base that has light sky blue tips and golden swirls — Image courtesy of @nailsby_avril

There are almost no limits to color combinations for sky-blue nail designs. In this particular look, light sky blue tips are perfectly decorated with golden swirls, creating a sophisticated and chic look!

5. Silver Swirls on Blue Nails

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a blue nail polish that has silver swirls — Image courtesy of @1999houseofnailsnz

We just love how creative nail designs with blue polish can be. This one mixes blue gradient nails with silver swirls that look unique! We also adore how the clear droplets accentuate each nail.

6. Dazzling Blues

A woman's fingernails with a combination of nude and sky blue nail polish that has swirls in different shades of blue on the accent nails — Image courtesy of @nailsby_harieva

For a playful mix of designs, try painting swirls in different shades of blue on the accent nails while painting the rest sky blue. But the design on the ring finger naturally stands out from the rest with a swirly blue French tip!

7. Navy Blue Nail Design

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a nude and navy blue nail polish that has blue heart-shaped tips with eyes on select nails — Image courtesy of @polishedbykiah

Combining solid navy blue nails with blue Comme Des Garçons hearts on select nails is an unexpected and uncommon design that looks spectacular. We adore just how perfectly shaped the blue hearts are as well!

8. Swirly Blue and Light Green

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with nude-colored nails that has deep shades of blue swirls and light green curvy lines — Image courtesy of @leannehaycock_

This design contrasts gorgeously deep shades of blue swirls with nude-colored nails. Adding light-green curvy lines between the two colors makes the design even better!

9. Blue Nail Art

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with blue-on-blue nail polish combination that has light blue cloud-shaped accents with the deeper aqua blue base color — Image courtesy of @mad.nice.mani

With so many shades of blue out there, a blue-on-blue nail polish combination is certainly feasible.

Here, the mix of the light-blue cloud-shaped accents with the deeper aqua-blue base color looks fantastic. It’s perfect to show off at a pool party!

10. Intricate Pattern

A woman's fingernails with a neutral-colored nails that has different patterns using lines and dots in blue polish — Image courtesy of @mad.nice.mani

Blue accents on neutral-colored nails just look so stunning. In this manicure, each nude nail is painstakingly painted with different patterns using lines and dots, with only the deep blue color as the uniting factor.

The result looks intricate!

11. Blue Nail Design With Butterflies

A woman's fingernails with a blue nail polish that has crisscross of blacks and blues with white studs — Image courtesy of @dips_drinks_diamonds

Butterflies are simply among the world’s most gorgeous insects, and this design pays homage to their beautiful wings. The crisscross of blacks and blues with white studs just looks absolutely flawless!

12. A Light Sprinkle on Blue Nails

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a shade of royal blue that has a light sprinkle of silvery dust on the side of the accent nail — Image courtesy of @nails.byabb

Simple, elegant, and chic. We’re in love with this shade of royal blue that’s just so deep and rich. However, the light sprinkle of silvery dust on the side of the accent nail elevates this look to a whole new level!

13. Gleaming Blue

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with deep blue nails and accent nails that feature large chunks of blue glitter that has sparkling blue French tip — Image courtesy of @bysarahnailartist

Blue nails with glitter are a bold style of choice. Just look at this design that mixes deep-blue nails and accent nails with large chunks of blue glitter! That sparkling blue French tip looks spectacular as well.

14. Blue Hearts

A closeup of a woman's fingernail with deep shade of blue that has heart pattern in different shades of blue nail polish — Image courtesy of @zabenails

We’re obsessed with just how cute this design is. This particularly deep shade of blue is a lovely choice for your nails, but going for a heart pattern in different shades of blue on your accent nail makes the entire look fun and exciting!

15. Light-Blue French Tips With White Flowers

A closeup of a woman's fingernail with light blue French tips with fully painted ones that has lone white flower on one nail — Image courtesy of @zabenails

We love how this design combines light-blue French tips with fully painted ones, making the manicure more stylish. And the lone white flower on one nail adds some daintiness to the design!

16. Sparkly Blue Nail Design

Want blue nails that are eye-catching and edgy? Try adding glitter and rhinestones to them! This design combines both.

We especially adore how the rhinestones are arranged like a crown on the cuticles under those dark-blue French Tips!

17. L.A. Dodgers on Blue Nails

Image courtesy of @gocaranzanails

If you’re an avid fan of the L.A. Dodgers, you can express your fondness for them through your nails!

Blue gradient tips that fade into pink polish make for a perfect background for the L.A. Dodgers logo, letting everyone know which team you support!

18. Marble and Blue Nails

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a combination of light blue and marbly swirls of pale pink, gold, and white on clear accent nails — Image courtesy of @gocaranzanails

Using light-blue nails to contrast the marbly swirls of pale pink, gold, and white on clear accent nails is genius. Both designs can elevate each other’s appearance in your manicure!

19. Blue Gradient Nails

A woman's fingernails with different shades of glossy blue nail polish — Image courtesy of @kuypernailart

This is one of the best designs for blue coffin nails. We love how each blue shade gets lighter as it moves from the pinky to the thumb. It calls to mind the color of the sky as the sun rises!

20. Simply Blue

A woman's long fingernails with sky blue nail polish — Image courtesy of @kuypernailart

If you’re more of a fan of simple things, don’t worry. In our opinion, just wearing sky blue on long nails instead of more common colors like red already makes them look fabulous.

21. Checkered Blues

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a combination of pale pink and light blue nail polish that has checkered patterns nail designs — Image courtesy of @mynailgirlness

The combination of pale pink and light blue on your nails already makes for an electrifying look, but using it to create checkered patterns — like the ones in this design — is inspired. Our favorite has to be the nail with six blue squares!

22. Royal Blue Nail Design

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with royal blue nails that has silver streaks — Image courtesy of @speakeasynails_

If you want to electrify your royal blue nails, just add silver streaks over them! We love how the design evokes the imagery of lightning against the deep blue night sky.

23. Water Flowers

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a nude nail polish that has a mix of blue, white, and glitter, gold lines and blue-and-white flowers — Image courtesy of @speakeasynails_

We love how the mix of blue, white, and glitter makes your nails look like small pools of water, with gold lines acting like the sand encasing them.

And the design of dainty blue-and-white flowers makes your nails look endlessly elegant!

24. Sky Ombré

A woman's fingernails with a bright blue nails that has blobs of white on select nails — Image courtesy of @holliebedsbeauty

Nothing reminds you of a good morning better than bright blue nail designs like this one. We love how the light-blue nails embody the bright sky while the blobs of white are added to blue ombré nails as the clouds.

25. Impressionism-Inspired Design

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a white nail polish base that has soft strokes of blue and pale pink polish — Image courtesy of @leannehaycock_

If you don’t want to wear solid blocks of color, we can get around it using this blue gel nail design. The soft strokes of blue and pale-pink polish are reminiscent of Claude Monet’s impressionist art, making you look artsy and creative.

26. Playful Spots of Blue

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a light blue nail polish that has dark blue spots and thin lines — Image courtesy of @rachelsbeauty_

This playful combination of dark-blue spots over light-blue polish is just perfect for when you’re wearing denim. The thin lines swirling around the dark-blue spots also give the nails a textured look that we love!

27. Dainty Everyday Clouds

A woman's fingernails with a glittery clear base that has cloud-shaped tips in white and different shades of blue — Image courtesy of @letyournailsglow_

We adore these cloud-shaped tips in white and different shades of blue, which may also point to how clouds look at different times of the day.

And the glittery clear base with just the barest hint of blue works well as the canvas of this design!

28. Blue Cola Nail Design

A woman's fingernails with a nude nail polish base that has color combination of blue, white, and hot orange — Image courtesy of @nails.by.iz_

If this color combination of blue, white, and hot orange reminds you of a certain soda brand, you’re not alone!

But what makes it perfect are the watery strokes of polish on top of clear nails, giving you a bold, edgy look that’ll surely catch anyone’s attention.

29. Blue Smileys

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with darker blue nail polish base that has round smiley face on select nails — Image courtesy of @mynailgirlness

A great mix of simple and unexpected comes to us through this design. The lighter shade of blue used for the round smiley face makes it pop out wonderfully well against the darker-blue base!

30. Swirly Blues

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with pale pink nail polish base that has dotted black-and-white swirls and different shades of blue swirls — Image courtesy of @mynailgirlness

It’s amazing just how the dotted black-and-white swirls are much more noticeable when they’re combined with swirls in different shades of blue swirls on top of pale-pink nails. This is a stylish look you don’t see every day!

31. Blue Abstract Nail Art

A woman's fingernails with a nude nail polish that has light and dark blue swirls along the top, bottom, and sides and black dots — Image courtesy of @nailsby_harieva

A pretty twist to combining blue and nude colors in your mani is to paint various light- and dark-blue swirls along the top, bottom, and sides of your nails and top every swirl with black dots.

The result is a fun, playful design for short nails!

32. Light-Blue Nail Designs

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a combination of a nude and light blue nail polish that has blue, white, and silver stripes with black dots on the accent nails — Image courtesy of @nailsby_harieva

A mix of the ordinary and unconventional! We love how the blue, white, and silver stripes with black dots on the accent nails contrast well with the solid light-blue nails in this manicure.

33. Starry Evening Sky

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a darker shades of blue nail polish that deep blue and gold flakes — Image courtesy of @tiptoenailstudio1

Isn’t it great how darker shades of blue immediately evoke the image of the night sky in your mind? The contrast of deep-blue and gold flakes over the accent nails is perfect for this specific imagery.

34. Dainty Lacy Blues

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a pale pink nail polish that has blue nail art — Image courtesy of @natalie_thedollshouse

This blue nail art looks deceptively simple, doesn’t it? Don’t be fooled, however, as each light-blue detail is carefully painted on top of pale-pink nails, and the result looks like lace that’s both quaint and charming.

35. Chic and Simple

A woman's fingernails with single-shade blue nail polish — Image courtesy of @sjpolished

Choosing to use single-shade blue nail polish for a simple and chic look is already trendy on its own. However, this manicure will also make the perfect base for blue nail art to be incorporated seamlessly into your look.

36. Plain but Playful

A woman's fingernails with a nude and blue nail polish that has blue butterflies, French tips, quarters, and block colors — Image courtesy of @sjpolished

You can choose to have fun with your nails the way you want. In this design, the combination of blue butterflies, French tips, quarters, and block colors make for a varied and interesting look!

37. Calm Blue French Tips

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a color transitions from pale pink to light sky blue nail polish — Image courtesy of @bysarahnailartist

Ombré French tips are all the rage these days, and blue is an exceptionally pretty choice of color for them. Just look at how the color transitions from pale-pink to light sky blue! This is an elegant and breathtaking nail design to try.

38. Blue Curves

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a combination of white plus various shades of blue for the curvy lines — Image courtesy of @rmnailtech

Swirls all around! We’re a fan of how no two nails look exactly alike in this design, even if they all use a combination of white plus various shades of blue for the curvy lines. It’s both a lively and spirited choice for a nail design!

39. Brilliant Elegance

A closeup of a woman's long square-shaped fingernails with a combination of a nude and blue nail polish that has shimmery blue glitter nails with dainty blue flowers and a crisp white French tip — Image courtesy of @aracelis_nailsz

Long square-shaped nails make great bases for elaborate nail designs. This selection combines shimmery blue glitter nails with dainty blue flowers and a crisp white French tip with gorgeous rhinestones!

40. Glam Designs on Blue Acrylic Nails

A woman's fingernails with a nude nail polish that has navy blue tips and gold rhinestones — Image courtesy of @aracelis_nailsz

French tips with a curvy twist! The navy-blue tips here are paired with neutral-colored acrylic nails, making the rich color stand out without much effort. The gold rhinestones serve as glamorous finishing touches too!

41. All About Textured Blues

A woman's fingernails with a nude nail polish that has textured animal print and rhinestones in French tips and light blue and silver glitter — Image courtesy of @aracelis_nailsz

This design is not just content with the use of simple nail polish. The French tips are gorgeously designed with textured animal print and rhinestones. Add light-blue and silver glitter to the mix, and you’ll have a remarkable nail design!

42. Wavy French Tips

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a pale pink nail polish that has wavy blue tips — Image courtesy of @getnaileddbybri

Put a lovely twist on the usual French manicure by going for wavy blue tips! We just love the several shades of light-blue polish in this design and the way the tips are painted to look like water waves crashing on your nails!

43. Butterflies and Glitter

A woman's fingernails with a combination of nude and light blue nail polish that has blue glitter, the light blue French tip, and the addition of pretty blue butterflies and rhinestones — Image courtesy of @kikinails_ebeauty

This design combines many of our favorites: the generous use of blue glitter, the light-blue French tip, and the addition of pretty blue butterflies and rhinestones. They all contribute to making this look flawless, creative, and chic.

44. Nude Blues

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a combination of a nude and navy blue nail polish that has black evening stars on the French tip in the middle and blue curves on the tips and cuticles on select nails — Image courtesy of @nails.by.iz_

What we love about this navy-blue and nude manicure is the addition of black evening stars on the French tip in the middle. But the blue curves on the tips and cuticles of select nails also deserve special attention!

45. White and Light Blue

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a combination of sky blue and white nail polish that has streaks of light blue and silver glitter on top of the white nail polish — Image courtesy of @tiptoenailstudio1

The white accent nail with light-blue streaks and silver glitter looks like a gorgeous centerpiece when very light blue-colored nails surround it. It’s a relatively simple but incredibly chic nail design that you can rock anywhere!

46. Electric Blues Nail Designs

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a light blue nail polish that has swirly design in darker shade of blue — Image courtesy of @nails.bylynsey

There are endless possibilities for using a swirly design for your nails. Here, the combination of light blue with its deeper, darker shade makes for an electric and dynamic mani!

47. Pretty Florals

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a different shades of blue nails that has flower designs — Image courtesy of @nails.bylynsey

Using different shades of blue on each nail already has us hooked on this mani. But it’s the addition of the pretty white daisies that make these blue nails with flower designs perfect for spring or summer!

48. Blue Short Nails With Glitter

A woman's fingernails with a clear and blue nail polish that has silver glitter on clear base and blue-and-white nazar on the clear nails — Image courtesy of @nagelistic

Wearing a solid shade of blue nail polish on three nails while the other two only have clear polish and silver glitter on them? Flawless.

But the addition of the blue-and-white naza r on the clear nails makes this look unique and one of a kind!

49. Gorgeous Floral Blue Nails

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a nude and blue nail polish that has pink roses and green leaves — Image courtesy of @rachelsbeauty_

Blue is a perfectly suitable color for spring! Just combine blue nails with pink roses and green leaves for a lovely, flowery look on two nude-colored nails.

50. Blue Safari

A woman's fingernails with a combination of nude and blue nail polish that has blue French tips with black and white zebra prints on select nails — Image courtesy of @nails.by.iz_

This is definitely meant for those who love exploring their wild side. Just mix up your blue French tips with black-and-white zebra prints, and voilà! A stunning look for your nails!

51. Delicate Blooms

A woman's fingernails with a pale pink and blue nail polish that has blue flowers with gold centers — Image courtesy of @nails.by.iz_

Flowers go with anything, especially on your nails. We love how dainty the blue flowers with gold pistils look on a bed of pale-pink nail polish compared to solidly blue-painted nails!

Definitely a great choice for those who adore cute designs.

52. Blue Nail Designs on Short Nails

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a nude and blue nail polish that has mix of blues, gold, and black lines — Image courtesy of @nails.by.iz_

Blue works well on all nails, even short ones. This playful mix of blues, gold, and black lines on two of your nails looks both dramatic and artistic on your short nails.

53. Elegantly Blue

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a nude pink and solid blue nail polish — Image courtesy of @natalie_thedollshouse

See how shocking the sudden appearance of nude pink between the solid blue colors on your accent nails is? It’s not too heavy on details but still manages to look eye-catching!

54. Blue Chrome

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a combination of metallic blue and nude nail polish that has metallic blue foil flakes — Image courtesy of @natalie_thedollshouse

The chrome-blue foil flakes on nude and blue accent nails look outstanding when contrasted with their simple, solid-colored counterparts. Just try putting them under a light, and watch the metallic blues pop off like crazy!

55. Baby Blue Nail Design

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a blue nail polish base that has blues and whites nail designs on select nails — Image courtesy of @natalie_thedollshouse

If you’re a fan of art and Pablo Picasso, this manicure is just for you. We love how the blues and whites on the two accent nails are reminiscent of cubist designs with how they’re layered on top of each other in an abstract way.

56. Quiet Blue Stars

A woman's fingernails with a blue nail polish that has silver stars on the accent nails — Image courtesy of @sjpolished

If you like your design simple, then this one’s for you. We love how hypnotizing this particular shade of blue already is, but adding the silver stars on the accent nails gives this design a more elegant, otherworldly feeling.

57. Solid Blues

A woman's fingernails with solid blue color nails — Image courtesy of @sjpolished

For those who want their nails to look effortlessly elegant and chic, choosing to wear just one solid blue color on all their nails is definitely a viable option. This particular shade looks electrifying enough on its own!

58. Dark Blue Nails With Glitter

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with dark blue nail polish that has glitter — Image courtesy of @sjpolished

Another way to wear dark-blue nails? Top them off with glitter! The result is a fun and sparkly look that’s perfect for everyone.

59. Blue Yin and Yang

A woman's fingernails with a different shades of blue nail polish that has yin and yang design — Image courtesy of @mad.nice.mani

This manicure should be the top choice for anyone who loves the yin and yang design. The blue color makes this design look even more eye-catching!

60. Lovely Blue Nail Designs

A closeup of a woman's fingernails with a combination of a glossy nude and blue nail polish that has blue yin and yang nail art, polka-dot French tips, tips with smiley faces, and blue flowers — Image courtesy of @rmnailtech

A blend of all cute things in lovely shades of blue! There’s the blue yin and yang nail art, polka-dot French tips, tips with smiley faces, and blue flowers on nude nails.

We’re partial to the smiley face, though; just looking at it makes us smile too!

61. Sharp Blue

A woman's fingernails with a pale pink nail polish base that has blue French tip and and the gold star on one nail — Image courtesy of @nailsby_avril

This is a killer look for stiletto-shaped nails. The sharp angles inside the blue French tip naturally pop out when paired with the pale-pink base, and the gold star on one nail adds a luxurious effect.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Does Blue Nail Polish Say About You?

Blue is a more unusual color to wear on your nails than red, pink, or purple. It may give others the impression that you’re fun, unique, and unafraid to try new things!

Do Blue Nails Go With Everything?

This is what’s fun about blue nails. They go well with many colors and styles.

Wearing blue nails also gives you a more modern look, so pairing them with any clothing, be they formal or casual, will still make you look stylish and elegant.

The Very Best Blue Nail Designs, All For Your Consideration

From simple monochromatic strokes to more elaborate nail art, blue nail designs are perfect choices for when you want to incorporate a more modern look into your appearance.

Also, with so many shades of blue out there, you’re sure to find one that fits your taste, style, and mood!

So don’t hesitate to choose this color for your nails. If you aim to look bolder and more confident this year, blue is the right shade for you!

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