Peru

#ab6d21

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

Peru sits in the orange range, deep and strong. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. 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 #ab6d21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab6d21

RGB171, 109, 33

HSL33, 68%, 40%

HSV33, 81%, 67%

CMYK0%, 36%, 81%, 33%

Lab51.5, 18.52, 49.6

XYZ22.54, 19.71, 4.05

Decimal11234593

Web safe#996633

Pantone153 C

Shades of peru

#9c641e #8e5a1b #7f5119 #714816 #623f13 #543510 #452c0d #37230b #281a08 #1a1005

Tints of peru

#c37c26 #d78b2f #db9947 #e0a65f #e5b477 #e9c18f #eecea8 #f3dcc0 #f7e9d8 #fcf7f0

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#215fab Analogous#ab2821 Analogous#a4ab21 Triadic#21ab6d Triadic#6d21ab Split complementary#21a4ab Split complementary#2821ab

Peru in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 36, 81, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab6d21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 36 81 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 37 79 39

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 #ab6d21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab6d21; }
.text { color: #ab6d21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab6d21; }

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 #ab6d21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab6d21 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 #ab6d21 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 #ab6d21 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 #ab6d21 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.