Peru

#a68968

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. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Peru color values

Every conversion for #a68968, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a68968

RGB166, 137, 104

HSL32, 26%, 53%

HSV32, 37%, 65%

CMYK0%, 17%, 37%, 35%

Lab58.97, 6.22, 21.83

XYZ27.17, 27.0, 16.88

Decimal10914152

Web safe#999966

Pantone479 C

Shades of peru

#9b7d5b #8c7152 #7d6549 #6e5941 #5f4c38 #50402f #403426 #31281d #221c14 #13100b

Tints of peru

#ae9476 #b69f84 #bfaa92 #c7b5a0 #cfc0ae #d7cbbc #e0d5ca #e8e0d8 #f0ebe6 #f8f6f4

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#6885a6 Analogous#a66a68 Analogous#a4a668 Triadic#68a689 Triadic#8968a6 Split complementary#68a4a6 Split complementary#6a68a6

Peru in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 17, 37, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a68968 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 37 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 38 41

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Peru in css

Copy #a68968 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a68968; }
.text { color: #a68968; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a68968; }

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 #a68968 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a68968 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Peru on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a68968 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn peru into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a68968 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

Here is how the numbers for #a68968 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.