Periwinkle (color)

Common connotations
serenity, peacefulness, femininity and comfort
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#CCCCFF
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(204, 204, 255)
HSV (h, s, v)	(240°, 20%, 100%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(84, 42, 266°)
Source	Maerz and Paul^[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Very light purplish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

The color periwinkle is also called lavender blue and light blue violet.^[2] The color periwinkle may be considered a pale tint of purple-blue in the Munsell color system, or a "pastel purple-blue".

The first recorded use of periwinkle as a color name in English was in 1922.^[3]

In popular culture

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Periwinkle blue is the color for esophageal and stomach cancer awareness ribbons, and for anorexia nervosa and bulimia. It is also the color for pulmonary hypertension awareness ribbons.
Periwinkle was added to the Crayola palette in 1958.
Periwinkle is the official color for k-pop group f(x)'s fandom
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (book), Hermione Granger wears a periwinkle blue dress to the Yule Ball.
In the late 1990s, the Anaheim Angels changed their uniform to include this color.
In the 1960 horror film Psycho and its 1998 remake, it is mentioned that Norma Bates was buried in a periwinkle (blue) dress.
In the I Love Lucy series of episodes in which the Ricardos and the Mertzes drive cross-country from New York City to Hollywood, the car they drove was a two-tone 1955 Pontiac with the upper color being periwinkle blue.
In Snatch (film), Micky requests a periwinkle blue caravan for his Ma.

References

^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called periwinkle in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill; the color orange is displayed on page 109, Plate 43, Color Sample B8.
^ Maerz and Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: 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.
^ Simpson, J. A., and E. S. C. Weiner (1989). Oxford English Dictionary, second edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Shades of blue

Aero	Air Force blue	Air superiority blue	Alice Blue	Argentinian Blue	Azure	Azul	Baby blue	Berkeley Blue	Bice blue

Bleu de France	Blue	Blue-gray	Bondi blue	Brandeis blue	Byzantine blue	Cambridge blue	Carolina blue	Celestial Blue	Celtic Blue

Cerulean	Chefchaouen Blue	Chrysler blue	Cobalt blue	Columbia blue	Cornflower	Blue (Crayola)	Dark blue	Deep Sky Blue	Delft Blue

Denim	Dodger blue	Duke blue	Egyptian blue	Federal blue	Glaucous	Green-blue	Electric indigo	Eclipse	French blue

Honolulu blue	Ice blue	Illini blue	Indigo	Indigo dye	International Klein Blue	Jordy Blue	Lapis Lazuli	Light blue	Light Sky Blue

Majorelle Blue	Marian blue	Maya blue	Medium blue	Medium slate blue	Midnight blue	Blue (Munsell)	Navy blue	Blue (NCS)	Neon blue

Non-photo blue	Oxford Blue	Palatinate blue	Pale azure	Penn Blue	Periwinkle	Persian blue	Phthalo blue	Picton Blue	Polynesian blue

Powder blue	Prussian blue	Resolution Blue	RISD Blue	Royal Blue (web color)	Royal blue (traditional)	Ruddy Blue	Sapphire	Savoy blue	Silver Lake Blue

Sky blue	Space cadet	Steel blue	Tang Blue	True Blue	Tufts Blue	UCLA Blue	Ultramarine	United Nations Blue	Uranian Blue

Violet-blue	Vista Blue	Yale Blue	YInMn Blue	Zaffre

In popular culture

See also

References