Peru

#be8a40

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 #be8a40, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#be8a40

RGB190, 138, 64

HSL35, 50%, 50%

HSV35, 66%, 75%

CMYK0%, 27%, 66%, 25%

Lab61.22, 12.27, 46.34

XYZ31.25, 29.49, 8.9

Decimal12487232

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone145 C

Shades of peru

#ad7e3a #9d7235 #8c662f #7b5929 #6a4d24 #5a411e #493519 #382913 #281d0d #171108

Tints of peru

#c49551 #caa063 #d0ab75 #d6b687 #dcc099 #e2cbaa #e9d6bc #efe1ce #f5ece0 #fbf7f2

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#4074be Analogous#be4b40 Analogous#b3be40 Triadic#40be8a Triadic#8a40be Split complementary#40b3be Split complementary#4b40be

Peru in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 27, 66, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #be8a40 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 27 66 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 29 65 31

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 #be8a40 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #be8a40; }
.text { color: #be8a40; }
.border { border: 2px solid #be8a40; }

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 #be8a40 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #be8a40 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 #be8a40 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 #be8a40 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 #be8a40 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.