Peru

#bf7a30

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 strong. 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 #bf7a30, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bf7a30

RGB191, 122, 48

HSL31, 60%, 47%

HSV31, 75%, 75%

CMYK0%, 36%, 75%, 25%

Lab57.28, 20.67, 49.67

XYZ28.98, 25.21, 6.13

Decimal12548656

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone723 C

Shades of peru

#ae6f2c #9e6528 #8d5a23 #7c4f1f #6c451b #5b3a17 #4a3013 #3a250f #291a0a #181006

Tints of peru

#ce873b #d3934f #d8a063 #ddac77 #e2b88c #e7c5a0 #ecd1b4 #f1ddc8 #f6eadd #fbf6f1

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#3075bf Analogous#bf3330 Analogous#bcbf30 Triadic#30bf7a Triadic#7a30bf Split complementary#30bcbf Split complementary#3230bf

Peru in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 36, 75, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bf7a30 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 36 75 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 37 73 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Peru in css

Copy #bf7a30 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bf7a30; }
.text { color: #bf7a30; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bf7a30; }

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 #bf7a30 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bf7a30 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 #bf7a30 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 #bf7a30 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 #bf7a30 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.