Peru

#a47b5a

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for peru, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Peru sits in the orange range, mid and muted. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Peru color values

Every conversion for #a47b5a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a47b5a

RGB164, 123, 90

HSL27, 29%, 50%

HSV27, 45%, 64%

CMYK0%, 25%, 45%, 36%

Lab54.86, 11.63, 24.21

XYZ24.24, 22.8, 12.8

Decimal10779482

Web safe#996666

Pantone4645 C

Shades of peru

#967052 #87654a #795b42 #6a503a #5c4532 #4d3a2b #3f2f23 #31241b #221a13 #140f0b

Tints of peru

#ad8769 #b59478 #bea088 #c6ac97 #ceb8a7 #d7c5b6 #dfd1c5 #e8ddd5 #f0eae4 #f9f6f3

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#5a83a4 Analogous#a45a5e Analogous#a4a05a Triadic#5aa47b Triadic#7b5aa4 Split complementary#5aa4a0 Split complementary#5a5ea4

Peru in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 25, 45, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a47b5a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 25 45 36

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 27 45 42

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Peru in css

Copy #a47b5a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a47b5a; }
.text { color: #a47b5a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a47b5a; }

How peru looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Peru and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a47b5a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a47b5a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Peru on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a47b5a sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around peru? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn peru into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a47b5a and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from peru, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #a47b5a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.