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Perylene

CAS 198-55-0

Also registered as 3 other CAS numbers

69736-15-8 · 77392-71-3 · 733006-66-1

Perylene chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Perylene in plain language

What it is

Also known as Peri-dinaphthalene · Perilene · F0123-0004 · Perylen · Perylene (purified by sublimation) · Perylene 10 microg/mL in Cyclohexane

Show all 10 names

UNII-5QD5427UN7 · alpha-perylene · perileno · α-Perylene

What it does

Used in consumer products as a colourant.

  • Colourant
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Perylene appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 9 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Construction and building materials, Raw materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Dye, Pigment.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 9 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Construction and building materials, Raw materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Dye, Pigment.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Perylene yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2020-11-30

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

    Open →
  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

    Open →

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Perylene in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

9

Named organisations

6

Laboratory suppliesConstruction and building materialsRaw materials

Typical roles

Colourant
See products using Perylene →