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[[Image:Vinca minor 2016 G1.jpg|thumb|left|230px|A [[Vinca|periwinkle]] flower]] 

{{colorswatch|periwinkle|CCCCFF}}

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

The color ''Periwinkle'' is also called '''lavender blue'''.<ref>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.</ref>  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 language|English]] was in 1922.<ref>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</ref>

==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==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="width:100%"
|-
!Name
!width=100|Color
!HEX Code
!Red
!Green
!Blue
!Hue
!Sat
!Lum
!Source
|-
|Light Lavender Mist
|style="background:#f5f5fd;"|
|#F5F5FD
|245
|245
|253
|240°
|3%
|98%
|(Xona.com Color List "Lavender Light)
|-
|Lavender Mist
|style="background:lavender;"|
|#E6E6FA
|230
|230
|250
|240°
|8%
|94%
|(web color Lavender)
|-
|Light Melrose
|style="background:#e7e4ef;"|
|#E7E4EF
|231
|228
|239
|256°
|5%
|92%
|(Melrose Light (Xona.com color list))
|-
|Light Logan
|style="background:#d9d8ea;"|
|#D9D8EA
|217
|216
|234
|243°
|8%
|88%
|(Logan Light (Xona.com color list))
|-
|Light Periwinkle
|style="background:#c5d0e6;"|
|#C5D0E6
|197
|208
|230
|220°
|14%
|84%
|(Periwinkle (Crayola))
|-
|'''Periwinkle'''
|style="background:#ccccff;"|
|'''#CCCCFF'''
|'''204'''
|'''204'''
|'''255'''
|'''240°'''
|'''20%'''
|'''90%'''
|'''(Lavender Blue)(PerBang.dk)(Maerz and Paul)'''
|-
|Melrose
|style="background:#c7c1ff;"|
|#C7C1FF
|199
|193
|255
|246°
|24%
|88%
|(Xona.com color list)
|-
|Light Chetwode Blue
|style="background:#c5c2ef;"|
|#C5C2EF
|197
|194
|239
|244°
|19%
|85%
|(Chetwode Blue Light (Xona.com color list))
|-
|Light Moody Blue
|style="background:#c1bbec;"|
|#C1BBEC
|193
|187
|236
|247°
|21%
|83%
|(Moody Blue Light (Xona.com color list))
|-
|Perano
|style="background:#acb8e8;"|
|#ACB8E8
|172
|184
|232
|228°
|26%
|79%
|(Resene color list)
|-
|Light Steel Blue
|style="background:#b0c4de;"|
|#B0C4DE
|176
|196
|222
|214°
|21%
|78%
|(web color)
|-
|Panama Blue
|style="background:#b3bce2;"|
|#B3BCE2
|179
|188
|226
|229°
|21%
|79%
|(Plochere)
|-
|Logan
|style="background:#aaa9cd;"|
|#AAA9CD
|170
|169
|205
|242°
|18%
|73%
|(Xona.com color list)
|-
|Rich Periwinkle
|style="background:#9999ff;"|
|#9999FF
|153
|153
|255
|240°
|40%
|80%
|
|-
|Deep Periwinkle
|style="background:#8080ff;"|
|#8080FF
|128
|128
|255
|240°
|50%
|75%
|
|-
|Chetwode Blue
|style="background:#8581d9;"|
|#8581D9
|133
|129
|217
|243°
|41%
|68%
|(Xona.com color list)
|-
|Moody Blue
|style="background:#7f76d3;"|
|#7F76D3
|127
|118
|211
|246°
|44%
|65%
|(Xona.com color list)
|-
|Toolbox
|style="background:#746cc0;"|
|#746CC0
|116
|108
|192
|246°
|44%
|59%
|(Crayola colored pencils)
|-
|Medium Periwinkle
|style="background:#7a83bf;"|
|#7A83BF
|122
|131
|191
|232°
|36%
|61%
|(Deep Periwinkle (Pantone TPX 17-3932))
|-
|}

==Related pages==
* [[List of colors]]

==References==
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