Periwinkle (color)

Periwinkle is a color in the blue family. Its name comes from the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb (Vinca minor) which has flowers of the same color.

This box shows the color periwinkle.

The color Periwinkle is also called lavender blue.^[1] The color periwinkle may be considered a pale tint of indigo – a pastel indigo.

The first written use of periwinkle as a color name in English was in 1922.^[2]

Meaning of periwinkle

The color periwinkle may represent serenity, calmness, winter and ice. A periwinkle ribbon represents stomach cancer and esophageal cancer awareness.
The color periwinkle is the color of the downvote icon on Reddit.
The color is considered to be a blue due to the Hue and saturation being far into the blue spectrum

Tones of periwinkle color comparison chart

Name	HEX Code	Red	Green	Blue	Hue	Sat	Lum	Source
Light Lavender Mist	#F5F5FD	245	245	253	240°	3%	98%	(Xona.com Color List "Lavender Light)
Lavender Mist	#E6E6FA	230	230	250	240°	8%	94%	(web color Lavender)
Light Melrose	#E7E4EF	231	228	239	256°	5%	92%	(Melrose Light (Xona.com color list))
Light Logan	#D9D8EA	217	216	234	243°	8%	88%	(Logan Light (Xona.com color list))
Light Periwinkle	#C5D0E6	197	208	230	220°	14%	84%	(Periwinkle (Crayola))
Periwinkle	#CCCCFF	204	204	255	240°	20%	90%	(Lavender Blue)(PerBang.dk)(Maerz and Paul)
Melrose	#C7C1FF	199	193	255	246°	24%	88%	(Xona.com color list)
Light Chetwode Blue	#C5C2EF	197	194	239	244°	19%	85%	(Chetwode Blue Light (Xona.com color list))
Light Moody Blue	#C1BBEC	193	187	236	247°	21%	83%	(Moody Blue Light (Xona.com color list))
Perano	#ACB8E8	172	184	232	228°	26%	79%	(Resene color list)
Light Steel Blue	#B0C4DE	176	196	222	214°	21%	78%	(web color)
Panama Blue	#B3BCE2	179	188	226	229°	21%	79%	(Plochere)
Logan	#AAA9CD	170	169	205	242°	18%	73%	(Xona.com color list)
Rich Periwinkle	#9999FF	153	153	255	240°	40%	80%
Deep Periwinkle	#8080FF	128	128	255	240°	50%	75%
Chetwode Blue	#8581D9	133	129	217	243°	41%	68%	(Xona.com color list)
Moody Blue	#7F76D3	127	118	211	246°	44%	65%	(Xona.com color list)
Toolbox	#746CC0	116	108	192	246°	44%	59%	(Crayola colored pencils)
Medium Periwinkle	#7A83BF	122	131	191	232°	36%	61%	(Deep Periwinkle (Pantone TPX 17-3932))

Related pages

List of colors

References

↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196—Lavender blue shown as one of the three major variations of lavender under heading lavender; Page 190—Lavender blue is listed as blue-lavender, first use of the color term is identified as 1926, and the color is identified with periwinkle.
↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; color sample of Periwinkle: Page 109 Plate 43 Color Sample B8

[1] Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196—Lavender blue shown as one of the three major variations of lavender under heading lavender; Page 190—Lavender blue is listed as blue-lavender, first use of the color term is identified as 1926, and the color is identified with periwinkle.

[2] Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; color sample of Periwinkle: Page 109 Plate 43 Color Sample B8

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