Perrywinkle

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Balanced pale periwinkle with violet-cool clarity

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About Perrywinkle

On my screen, Perrywinkle lands between a soft denim haze and a lilac tint, not as icy as it looks at first glance. It's lighter than but still clearly purple, and it doesn't go airy and marker-like the way can. The undertone reads calm and slightly cool, with a gentler grip than the more assertive blues-or-violet edge of those neighbors.

I tend to use it when I want purple identity without the clinical bite, especially for dashboards and SaaS dashboards in product analytics, logistics portals, and education platforms. It's great for selected tabs, progress callouts, and secondary actions where you want the interface to feel steady, not tense. Compared to , it's cleaner and more structured, less candy-soft and less grounded-mauve.

Pair it with crisp, neutral grays and you'll keep it crisp. Next to very warm accents it can look a little washed, so I'd bump the contrast with darker text or a deeper purple token.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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2.97:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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On Gray 900 #18181b

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5.97:1AAAAA Large

On Black #000000

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7.07:1AAA

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