What It Could Mean If Your Toilet Seat Is Turning Blue

There are many controversial bathroom trends in the interior design world, but there's nothing trendy or stylish about an unintentionally blue toilet seat. If your toilet seat seemingly turns blue out of nowhere, you should understand the potential reasons why that happened rather than panicking because you think there's something wrong with you or your bathroom. First, ask yourself if you recently wore a new pair of blue jeans in the bathroom.

According to Healthline, some blue dye on a fresh pair of jeans can transfer to your behind, resulting in a newly blue toilet seat. TikToker @momo_bunni even posted a video showing how a toilet seat is still blue after she wore a new pair of blue jeans two years prior. So, if you have a white or pastel toilet seat in a hue besides blue, you may want to wash your new jeans before wearing them and using the throne to avoid giving the seat an unintentional blue makeover. Still, jeans are not the only explanation behind a blue-tinted toilet seat.

There are some myths that a blue toilet seat could be a sign of pregnancy. While it could be possible that pregnancy hormones contribute to the change in toilet seat color, Healthline noted that there isn't enough research and evidence to prove a definite connection between the blue seat and pregnancy.

Dr. Joyce Dermatologist — a pregnant dermatologist with over 650,000 TikTok followers — shared a video further explaining how a new blue tint on a toilet seat is likely from a condition rather than pregnancy. "This condition is called chromhydrosis, where your sweat can actually turn different colors. This happens when you have more than normal levels of lipofuscin, which is like a yellowish brown pigment that's usually found in the cytoplasm of cells, and for some reason, some people get release of this into their sweat, and their sweat can change all different colors...maybe pregnant people notice it more because we're just really sweaty when we're pregnant," explained the doctor.

Thus, before you blame your toilet seat's transformation from white to blue on your pregnancy, you might want to talk to a dermatologist to see if you could potentially have the condition — especially if you've been sweating more than you typically would before you were pregnant.

One more factor that could lead to a blue toilet seat is the cleaning product you use. For example, you should think twice before cleaning your toilet seat with bleach, as bleach and other chemicals can turn the seat blue. Or, a blue cleaning product could cause a similarly blue seat color change.

Cleaning expert and TikToker @annrussell03 explained that in some of these cases, a limescale toilet cleaner can help get rid of the blue tint while also getting rid of germs. One well-liked limescale cleaner is the Lime-A-Way Bathroom Cleaner Spray, available for $4.28 at Walmart. The product has 4.5 out of stars with around 800 reviews.

Therefore, instead of automatically assuming that your toilet is defective or you're pregnant if your toilet seat turns blue, you should consider whether you recently wore new blue jeans before using the toilet, have chromhydrosis, or use certain toilet cleaners that could have altered the hue. Then feel free to give limescale a try to return your seat to a pearly white.