Peru

#bb8263

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 soft. 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 #bb8263, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb8263

RGB187, 130, 99

HSL21, 39%, 56%

HSV21, 47%, 73%

CMYK0%, 30%, 47%, 27%

Lab59.37, 18.29, 25.57

XYZ30.73, 27.43, 15.48

Decimal12288611

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone4645 C

Shades of peru

#b37451 #a46847 #925d40 #805138 #6e4630 #5c3b28 #4b2f21 #392419 #271911 #150e09

Tints of peru

#c18e71 #c89980 #cea58e #d4b09c #dabcab #e1c7b9 #e7d3c7 #edded6 #f3eae4 #faf5f3

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#639cbb Analogous#bb6370 Analogous#bbae63 Triadic#63bb82 Triadic#8263bb Split complementary#63bbae Split complementary#6370bb

Peru in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 30, 47, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb8263 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 30 47 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 32 47 33

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 #bb8263 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb8263; }
.text { color: #bb8263; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb8263; }

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 #bb8263 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb8263 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 #bb8263 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 #bb8263 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 #bb8263 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.