Peru

#bc7749

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 #bc7749, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc7749

RGB188, 119, 73

HSL24, 46%, 51%

HSV24, 61%, 74%

CMYK0%, 37%, 61%, 26%

Lab56.45, 22.52, 36.21

XYZ28.54, 24.37, 9.5

Decimal12351305

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone723 C

Shades of peru

#ae6c40 #9d623a #8c5734 #7b4d2d #6b4227 #5a3821 #492d1b #382315 #27180e #160e08

Tints of peru

#c2845a #c8906b #cf9d7c #d5aa8d #dbb69d #e1c3ae #e8cfbf #eedcd0 #f4e9e1 #faf5f2

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#498ebc Analogous#bc4955 Analogous#bcb149 Triadic#49bc77 Triadic#7749bc Split complementary#49bcb1 Split complementary#4954bc

Peru in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 37, 61, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc7749 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 61 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 60 32

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 #bc7749 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc7749; }
.text { color: #bc7749; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc7749; }

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 #bc7749 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc7749 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 #bc7749 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 #bc7749 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 #bc7749 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.