Peru

#c8915a

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. 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 #c8915a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8915a

RGB200, 145, 90

HSL30, 50%, 57%

HSV30, 55%, 78%

CMYK0%, 28%, 55%, 22%

Lab64.38, 14.6, 37.14

XYZ35.79, 33.27, 14.21

Decimal13144410

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone729 C

Shades of peru

#c28447 #b3773c #9f6a35 #8c5d2f #785028 #654322 #51361b #3e2915 #2a1c0e #170f08

Tints of peru

#cd9b69 #d2a578 #d7af87 #dcb997 #e1c4a6 #e6ceb5 #ebd8c4 #f0e2d3 #f5ece2 #fbf6f2

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#5a91c8 Analogous#c85a5a Analogous#c8c85a Triadic#5ac891 Triadic#915ac8 Split complementary#5ac8c8 Split complementary#5a5ac8

Peru in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 28, 55, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8915a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 28 55 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 30 55 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 #c8915a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8915a; }
.text { color: #c8915a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8915a; }

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 #c8915a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8915a 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 #c8915a 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 #c8915a 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 #c8915a 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 coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.