Periwinkle

The color code of Periwinkle indicates, that blue is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with red it also forms the basic color magenta, but still remains as dominant basic color for the initial color impression. Learn more …

But due to the amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Periwinkle is somewhat limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 45 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 50 %, Periwinkle is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#8973e6`
RGB	`rgb(137, 115, 230)`
HSL*	`hsl(251, 70%, 68%)`
Lab*	`55.37 35.53 -55.7`
CMYK*	`40% 50% 0% 10%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

45 %

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