Peru

#c8985d

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 #c8985d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8985d

RGB200, 152, 93

HSL33, 49%, 57%

HSV33, 54%, 78%

CMYK0%, 24%, 53%, 22%

Lab66.16, 11.04, 37.76

XYZ37.02, 35.53, 15.26

Decimal13146205

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone729 C

Shades of peru

#c18c49 #b47e3d #a07136 #8c6330 #795529 #654722 #52391c #3e2c15 #2a1e0e #171008

Tints of peru

#cda16c #d2ab7b #d7b48a #dcbe98 #e1c7a7 #e6d1b6 #ebdac5 #f0e4d4 #f5ede3 #faf7f2

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#5d8dc8 Analogous#c8625d Analogous#c3c85d Triadic#5dc898 Triadic#985dc8 Split complementary#5dc2c8 Split complementary#635dc8

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, 24, 53, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8985d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 24 53 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 26 53 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 #c8985d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8985d; }
.text { color: #c8985d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8985d; }

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 #c8985d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8985d 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 #c8985d 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 #c8985d 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

Every value on this page for #c8985d is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.