Peru

#c87f51

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 soft. 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 #c87f51, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c87f51

RGB200, 127, 81

HSL23, 52%, 55%

HSV23, 60%, 78%

CMYK0%, 37%, 60%, 22%

Lab59.94, 23.74, 36.48

XYZ32.89, 28.05, 11.47

Decimal13139793

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone722 C

Shades of peru

#c2713e #af6637 #9c5b31 #89502b #764525 #633a1f #502f19 #3d2413 #2a190d #170d07

Tints of peru

#cd8b61 #d29771 #d7a281 #dcae91 #e1baa1 #e6c6b1 #ebd2c1 #f1ddd1 #f6e9e1 #fbf5f1

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#519ac8 Analogous#c8515f Analogous#c8ba51 Triadic#51c87f Triadic#7f51c8 Split complementary#51c8bb Split complementary#515ec8

Peru in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 36, 60, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c87f51 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 60 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 59 28

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 #c87f51 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c87f51; }
.text { color: #c87f51; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c87f51; }

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 #c87f51 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c87f51 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 #c87f51 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 #c87f51 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 #c87f51 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.