Peru

#b88e68

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

Peru is a mid orange with balanced 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 #b88e68, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b88e68

RGB184, 142, 104

HSL29, 36%, 56%

HSV29, 43%, 72%

CMYK0%, 23%, 43%, 28%

Lab62.11, 10.92, 26.34

XYZ31.94, 30.54, 17.31

Decimal12095080

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone729 C

Shades of peru

#b08156 #a1744c #8f6743 #7e5b3b #6c4e33 #5b422b #493522 #38281a #261c12 #150f0a

Tints of peru

#bf9876 #c5a384 #ccad92 #d2b8a0 #d9c2ad #dfccbb #e6d7c9 #ece1d7 #f3ece5 #f9f6f3

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#6892b8 Analogous#b8686a Analogous#b8b668 Triadic#68b88e Triadic#8e68b8 Split complementary#68b8b6 Split complementary#686ab8

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, 23, 43, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b88e68 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 23 43 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 25 44 34

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 #b88e68 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b88e68; }
.text { color: #b88e68; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b88e68; }

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 #b88e68 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b88e68 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 #b88e68 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 #b88e68 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 #b88e68 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.