Peru

#bb945f

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. 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 #bb945f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb945f

RGB187, 148, 95

HSL35, 40%, 55%

HSV35, 49%, 73%

CMYK0%, 21%, 49%, 27%

Lab63.81, 7.93, 33.48

XYZ33.15, 32.57, 15.37

Decimal12293215

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone729 C

Shades of peru

#b4884d #a37b45 #916e3e #7f6036 #6e532f #5c4627 #4a3820 #392b18 #271e11 #151009

Tints of peru

#c19e6e #c8a87c #ceb28b #d4bb9a #dac5a9 #e1cfb7 #e7d9c6 #ede3d5 #f3ede4 #faf7f2

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#5f86bb Analogous#bb665f Analogous#b4bb5f Triadic#5fbb94 Triadic#945fbb Split complementary#5fb4bb Split complementary#665fbb

Peru in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 21, 49, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb945f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 49 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 49 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Peru in css

Copy #bb945f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb945f; }
.text { color: #bb945f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb945f; }

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 #bb945f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb945f 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 #bb945f 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 #bb945f 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 #bb945f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.