Periwinkle #8E82FE

Periwinkle (#8E82FE) is a mid-tone, saturated blue with an OKLCH hue of 285°, lightness 0.67 and chroma 0.178. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX#8E82FE
RGBrgb(142, 130, 254)
HSLhsl(246, 98%, 75%)
HSVhsv(246, 49%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(44%, 49%, 0%, 0%)
CIE Lablab(60.7 34.7 -60.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.675 0.178 285)

How Periwinkle behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Periwinkle shifts subtly: drifts toward purple, loses intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.1:1 and against black 6.77:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Palettes built from Periwinkle

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#eeeeff · #c1c0ff · #8e82fe · #7467d9 · #5244a9 · #34217c

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#8ac0ff · #86a4ff · #8e82fe · #9668d7 · #9652ad · #8e3e83

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#dba0cb · #8e82fe · #7268cd · #952480 · #3d2e87 · #430e39

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#d6c900 · #8e82fe · #727295 · #524d8a · #353165 · #1c183a

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#f4f3e0 · #8e82fe · #797991 · #4c4b3f · #1c1b31 · #010100

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#f3f3e7 · #cccbbd · #a0a090 · #2a2915 · #090800 · #8e82fe

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#bcedee · #75e239 · #8e82fe · #9868b0 · #37493c · #030e21

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#f7f5cb · #8e82fe · #a66f00 · #2a5800 · #2c1a00 · #000200

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#ffeee6 · #8e82fe · #be5b28 · #00593e · #002518 · #220500

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#ffeded · #8e82fe · #c15260 · #524c00 · #002424 · #050300

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#9D96FF · #ADAAFF · #BEBDFF · #CFCFFF · #E1E2FF

Shades

#7468D7 · #5B4FB2 · #44378E · #2E206B · #1A084B

Muted

#8F88E9 · #908ED3 · #9292BD

Using Periwinkle

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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