Peru

#ca8325

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for peru, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Peru is a mid orange with confident 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 #ca8325, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca8325

RGB202, 131, 37

HSL34, 69%, 47%

HSV34, 82%, 79%

CMYK0%, 35%, 82%, 21%

Lab60.71, 20.08, 57.87

XYZ32.81, 28.92, 5.6

Decimal13271845

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone145 C

Shades of peru

#b87822 #a76c1f #95611b #845518 #724a15 #603e12 #4f330e #3d280b #2b1c08 #1a1105

Tints of peru

#d9902f #dd9b45 #e1a75a #e5b270 #e9be85 #edc99a #f0d5b0 #f4e0c5 #f8ebdb #fcf7f0

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#256cca Analogous#ca3125 Analogous#beca25 Triadic#25ca83 Triadic#8325ca Split complementary#25beca Split complementary#3125ca

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, 35, 82, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca8325 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 35 82 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 36 79 27

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 #ca8325 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca8325; }
.text { color: #ca8325; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca8325; }

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 #ca8325 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca8325 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 #ca8325 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 #ca8325 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 #ca8325 are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.