Peru

#ae8a6f

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

Peru is a mid orange with confident warmth. 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 #ae8a6f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae8a6f

RGB174, 138, 111

HSL26, 28%, 56%

HSV26, 36%, 68%

CMYK0%, 21%, 36%, 32%

Lab60.18, 9.84, 19.67

XYZ29.41, 28.32, 18.96

Decimal11438703

Web safe#999966

Pantone479 C

Shades of peru

#a57d5f #967054 #86644b #755842 #654c39 #554030 #443326 #34271d #241b14 #140f0b

Tints of peru

#b5957c #bda08a #c4aa97 #ccb5a4 #d3c0b1 #dbcbbf #e2d5cc #eae0d9 #f1ebe6 #f9f6f4

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#6f93ae Analogous#ae6f73 Analogous#aeaa6f Triadic#6fae8a Triadic#8a6fae Split complementary#6faea9 Split complementary#6f74ae

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, 21, 36, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae8a6f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 36 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 37 38

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 #ae8a6f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae8a6f; }
.text { color: #ae8a6f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae8a6f; }

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 #ae8a6f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae8a6f 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 #ae8a6f 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 #ae8a6f 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 #ae8a6f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.