What’s the original color of folders on macOS (Tahoe)?

Yesterday I played with accent colors using Accents, a tool that both Michael Tsai and Stephen Hackett wrote about:

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/03/12/hardware-exclusive-mac-accent-colors/

I quickly discovered I don’t like those colors, so went back to standard blue, but now the folders in Finder are also dark blue. I think they were lighter (or cyan?) before?

What’s the original color of folders in macOS (Tahoe)?

Does anyone know the RGB values?

This is in dark mode - the colour may differ in light mode.

CleanShot 2026-03-13 at 19.49.00@2x

That’s indeed how I remembered it. Thanks!

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They are much darker here after my fiddling with Accent…