- Periwinkle
Everything about the color Periwinkle
The meaning of the color Periwinkle and color combinations to inspire your next design.
Periwinkle is a pale indigo color that takes its name from the flower. It is blue with shades of purple and sits between the two in the color wheel. The hex code for periwinkle is #CCCCFF.
Periwinkle represents serenity, calmness, winter, and ice. It can also symbolize blossoming friendships, sentimental memories, and everlasting love.
Periwinkle is an anchoring hue when used with more vibrant colors, such as oranges or greens or a complementary color when used with other shades of blue and neutrals.
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Information about Periwinkle / #CCCCFF
In a RGB color space (made from three colored lights for red, green, and blue), hex #CCCCFF is made of 80% red, 80% green and 100% blue. In a CMYK color space (also known as process color, or four color, and used in color printing), hex #CCCCFF is made of 20% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Periwinkle has a hue angle of 240 degrees, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 90%.
Color conversion
The hexadecimal color #CCCCFF has RGB values of R: 80, G: 80, B: 100 and CMYK values of C: 0.2, M: 0.2, Y: 0, K:0.
| Value | CSS | |
|---|---|---|
| Hex | ccccff | #ccccff |
| RGB Decimal | 204, 204, 255 | rgb(204,204,255) |
| RGB Percentage | 80, 80, 100 | rgb(80%, 80%, 100%) |
| CMYK | 20, 20, 0, 0 | |
| HSL | 240°, 100, 90 | hsl(240°, 100%, 90%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | 240°, 20, 100 | |
| Web Safe | ccccff | #ccccff |
| CIE-LAB | 83.57, 10.296, -24.91 | |
| XYZ | 64.54, 63.242, 103.395 | |
| xyY | 0.279, 0.274, 63.242 | |
| CIE-LCH | 83.57, 26.954, 292.457 | |
| CIE-LUV | 83.57, -2.997, -41.538 | |
| Hunter-Lab | 79.525, 10.103, -26.738 | |
| Binary | 11001100, 11001100, 11111111 |
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