diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0bbc27c..6274189 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ var supportsColor = require('supports-color');
 var defineProps = Object.defineProperties;
 var chalk = module.exports;
 
+// use bright blue on Windows as the normal blue color is illegible
+if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+	ansiStyles.blue.open = '\u001b[94m';
+}
+
 function build(_styles) {
 	var builder = function builder() {
 		return applyStyle.apply(builder, arguments);
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 824a1cb..2b13d66 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ if (!chalk.supportsColor) {
 - `red`
 - `green`
 - `yellow`
-- `blue`
+- `blue` *(on Windows the bright version is used as normal blue is illegible)*
 - `magenta`
 - `cyan`
 - `white`
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index ceaaee4..ca5049e 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ describe('chalk', function () {
 
 	it('should support nesting styles of the same type (color, underline, bg)', function () {
 		assert.equal(
-			chalk.red('a' + chalk.blue('b' + chalk.green('c') + 'b') + 'c'),
-			'\u001b[31ma\u001b[34mb\u001b[32mc\u001b[34mb\u001b[31mc\u001b[39m'
+			chalk.red('a' + chalk.yellow('b' + chalk.green('c') + 'b') + 'c'),
+			'\u001b[31ma\u001b[33mb\u001b[32mc\u001b[33mb\u001b[31mc\u001b[39m'
 		);
 	});
 
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ describe('chalk', function () {
 
 	it('should be able to cache multiple styles', function() {
 		var red = chalk.red;
-		var blue = chalk.blue;
+		var green = chalk.green;
 		var redBold = red.bold;
-		var blueBold = blue.bold;
+		var greenBold = green.bold;
 
-		assert.notEqual(red('foo'), blue('foo'));
-		assert.notEqual(redBold('bar'), blueBold('bar'));
-		assert.notEqual(blue('baz'), blueBold('baz'));
+		assert.notEqual(red('foo'), green('foo'));
+		assert.notEqual(redBold('bar'), greenBold('bar'));
+		assert.notEqual(green('baz'), greenBold('baz'));
 	});
 
 	it('should alias gray to grey', function () {
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ describe('chalk.styles', function () {
 
 describe('chalk.hasColor()', function () {
 	it('should detect whether a string has color', function () {
-		assert(chalk.hasColor(chalk.blue('foo')));
-		assert(!chalk.hasColor(chalk.stripColor(chalk.blue('foo'))));
+		assert(chalk.hasColor(chalk.green('foo')));
+		assert(!chalk.hasColor(chalk.stripColor(chalk.green('foo'))));
 	});
 });