Periwinkle and White color palette
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The gap here is mostly brightness, not color. Periwinkle (#A3A6E0) is a soft, cool blue with a hint of purple, and white reads as pure light beside it. At a ratio of 2.31 to 1, they feel like one quiet, airy palette rather than two distinct shades.
That softness suits weddings. Periwinkle works for bridesmaid dresses, ribbon, and stationery against white linens and florals.
In interiors, keep white on walls and trim and let periwinkle carry bedding, upholstery, or a painted cabinet. The blend point is a pale lavender-blue (#D0D2F0), good for a sheer curtain or wash of paint.
See Periwinkle and White in use
Periwinkle Tailwind scale (50-900)
White Tailwind scale (50-900)
Periwinkle to White blend
A continuous interpolation from Periwinkle to White, sampled into the 10 steps below. Tap any swatch to copy its hex.
Why Periwinkle and White blend best in OKLab
The same two colors blended three ways. This site uses OKLab, which keeps the blend smooth and evenly lit. The other two are shown so you can see what to avoid: sRGB darkens and muddies the middle, and HSL detours through colors that are not in your palette.
Accessibility
Do not place Periwinkle text on White (or the reverse) for body copy. For readable text, pair a dark scale step such as periwinkle-800 or white-900 with a light one like white-50.
Contrast pairing grid
Rows are Periwinkle steps, columns are White steps. Each mark is a Periwinkle step shown on a White step: a check means it clears WCAG AA for text (4.5:1). If you can read the mark, the pairing is legible.
| 50 | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900 | |
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| 100 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 200 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 300 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 400 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| 500 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| 600 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 700 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 800 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 900 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
✓ passes AA ✗ fails AA
Copy for Tailwind
Tailwind v4 — @theme (paste into your CSS)
@theme {
--color-periwinkle-50: #F9FAFD;
--color-periwinkle-100: #F3F4FC;
--color-periwinkle-200: #EAEBF9;
--color-periwinkle-300: #DDDFF5;
--color-periwinkle-400: #CBCEEF;
--color-periwinkle-500: #A3A6E0;
--color-periwinkle-600: #8587B7;
--color-periwinkle-700: #63658A;
--color-periwinkle-800: #393A51;
--color-periwinkle-900: #161722;
--color-white-50: #FFFFFF;
--color-white-100: #FFFFFF;
--color-white-200: #FFFFFF;
--color-white-300: #FFFFFF;
--color-white-400: #FFFFFF;
--color-white-500: #FFFFFF;
--color-white-600: #D1D1D1;
--color-white-700: #9E9E9E;
--color-white-800: #5D5D5D;
--color-white-900: #292929;
}
Tailwind v3 — tailwind.config.js
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'periwinkle': {
50: '#F9FAFD',
100: '#F3F4FC',
200: '#EAEBF9',
300: '#DDDFF5',
400: '#CBCEEF',
500: '#A3A6E0',
600: '#8587B7',
700: '#63658A',
800: '#393A51',
900: '#161722',
},
'white': {
50: '#FFFFFF',
100: '#FFFFFF',
200: '#FFFFFF',
300: '#FFFFFF',
400: '#FFFFFF',
500: '#FFFFFF',
600: '#D1D1D1',
700: '#9E9E9E',
800: '#5D5D5D',
900: '#292929',
},
},
},
},
};
CSS variables
:root {
--periwinkle-50: #F9FAFD;
--periwinkle-100: #F3F4FC;
--periwinkle-200: #EAEBF9;
--periwinkle-300: #DDDFF5;
--periwinkle-400: #CBCEEF;
--periwinkle-500: #A3A6E0;
--periwinkle-600: #8587B7;
--periwinkle-700: #63658A;
--periwinkle-800: #393A51;
--periwinkle-900: #161722;
--white-50: #FFFFFF;
--white-100: #FFFFFF;
--white-200: #FFFFFF;
--white-300: #FFFFFF;
--white-400: #FFFFFF;
--white-500: #FFFFFF;
--white-600: #D1D1D1;
--white-700: #9E9E9E;
--white-800: #5D5D5D;
--white-900: #292929;
}SCSS variables
$periwinkle-50: #F9FAFD; $periwinkle-100: #F3F4FC; $periwinkle-200: #EAEBF9; $periwinkle-300: #DDDFF5; $periwinkle-400: #CBCEEF; $periwinkle-500: #A3A6E0; $periwinkle-600: #8587B7; $periwinkle-700: #63658A; $periwinkle-800: #393A51; $periwinkle-900: #161722; $white-50: #FFFFFF; $white-100: #FFFFFF; $white-200: #FFFFFF; $white-300: #FFFFFF; $white-400: #FFFFFF; $white-500: #FFFFFF; $white-600: #D1D1D1; $white-700: #9E9E9E; $white-800: #5D5D5D; $white-900: #292929;
JSON tokens
{
"periwinkle": {
"50": "#F9FAFD",
"100": "#F3F4FC",
"200": "#EAEBF9",
"300": "#DDDFF5",
"400": "#CBCEEF",
"500": "#A3A6E0",
"600": "#8587B7",
"700": "#63658A",
"800": "#393A51",
"900": "#161722"
},
"white": {
"50": "#FFFFFF",
"100": "#FFFFFF",
"200": "#FFFFFF",
"300": "#FFFFFF",
"400": "#FFFFFF",
"500": "#FFFFFF",
"600": "#D1D1D1",
"700": "#9E9E9E",
"800": "#5D5D5D",
"900": "#292929"
}
}How we name colors
There is no single official authority for naming colors. We use the common, widely recognized name as the primary label for each color (here, Periwinkle and White); many common names are themselves W3C CSS named colors. For transparency we also show the nearest W3C CSS named color and the perceptual distance, ΔE, measured in OKLab. A small ΔE means the name is essentially exact; a larger one means it is the closest standard name rather than a perfect match.
Sources: W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 and the open color-name-list dataset, used to verify every color sits near a recognized name.