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Infused Iconography

#3b2e92
Notes

Infused Iconography (#3B2E92) is a true blue with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (248°, 52%, 38%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary yellow. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#3b2e92
RGB
rgb(59, 46, 146)
HSL
hsl(248, 52%, 38%)
HWB
hwb(248 18% 43%)
OKLCH
oklch(38.2% 0.157 281.9)
HSV
hsv(248, 68%, 57%)
LAB
lab(26.62% 35.13 -53.29)
LCH
lch(26.62% 63.83 303.40)
CMYK
cmyk(60%, 68%, 0%, 43%)

Etymology

Infused
adjective

Latin infundere, to pour into — past-participle of infuse. As a color modifier, infused implies a deep-pigment-and-warmth where the hue has been filled from within with the source dye. Sits at the deep-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to suffused and steeped in usage.

Iconography
noun

Greek eikonographia, image-writing — adopted into Western art history as the technical term for image-symbolism, particularly the deep-violet-and-gold Russian-school and Greek-school religious panels of Theotokos (Mother of God) icons. Iconography color refers to a Russian-school Theotokos of Vladimir icon's deep-blue robe field: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue-violet with the matte finish of egg-tempera-bound ultramarine over gesso.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#3b2e92
Original
#004295
Protanopia
#003b90
Deuteranopia
#05485c
Tritanopia
#383838
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon White
10.54:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon Black
1.99:1

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