Peru

#bc844d

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

This is Peru, a soft orange at 30 degrees. 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 #bc844d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc844d

RGB188, 132, 77

HSL30, 45%, 52%

HSV30, 59%, 74%

CMYK0%, 30%, 59%, 26%

Lab59.64, 15.62, 37.91

XYZ30.33, 27.73, 10.77

Decimal12354637

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone729 C

Shades of peru

#b07842 #9e6d3c #8d6135 #7c552f #6b4a28 #5a3e22 #49321c #382715 #271b0f #160f08

Tints of peru

#c28f5e #c89b6e #cfa67f #d5b28f #dbbda0 #e1c8b0 #e7d4c1 #eedfd1 #f4ebe2 #faf6f2

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#4d85bc Analogous#bc4d4d Analogous#bcbc4d Triadic#4dbc84 Triadic#844dbc Split complementary#4dbcbc Split complementary#4d4dbc

Peru in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 30, 59, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc844d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 30 59 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 32 58 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 #bc844d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc844d; }
.text { color: #bc844d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc844d; }

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 #bc844d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc844d 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 #bc844d 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 #bc844d 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 #bc844d are worked out. 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.