I don't think the page photography does this dial justice. The blue is just gorgeous. Yes, it dim light it is more black than blue, but in reasonable light it is an amazing lapis blue.
I'm not going to dock this dial for lume performance, but be aware that there is NOT much lume on it. Just thin strips on the indices. If you charge it bright sunlight, or with a UV lamp, and then immediately go into a dark place, you get a nice solid glow. However, that's not really a very "real world" use case. On the other hand, if I just wear the watch all day, some of the time outside in whatever weather nature offers me that day, but most of the time inside (with whatever natural light comes through the windows), etc, and then look at my watch at say 10 PM in a dimly lit, or even fully dark, room I'd be hard pressed to know that there was lume there. There is a faint glow, but you gotta really look for it.
I'm not diving with this watch, and I'm not really counting on being able to read the time in the full dark, so I'm not going to knock it, but this is NOT a dive dial that is going to light up a room hours after sunset.
I paired this dial with the silver Oak hands and love the combination.