Peru

#ca9952

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

Peru is a mid orange with balanced 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 #ca9952, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca9952

RGB202, 153, 82

HSL36, 53%, 56%

HSV36, 59%, 79%

CMYK0%, 24%, 59%, 21%

Lab66.48, 10.45, 43.83

XYZ37.27, 35.95, 12.96

Decimal13277522

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone729 C

Shades of peru

#c48e3f #b38037 #9f7231 #8c642b #785625 #65481f #523a19 #3e2d13 #2b1f0d #171107

Tints of peru

#cfa262 #d4ac72 #d9b582 #debf92 #e2c8a2 #e7d1b2 #ecdbc2 #f1e4d1 #f6eee1 #fbf7f1

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#5283ca Analogous#ca5d52 Analogous#bfca52 Triadic#52ca99 Triadic#9952ca Split complementary#52bfca Split complementary#5d52ca

Peru in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 24, 59, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca9952 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 24 59 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 26 58 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 #ca9952 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca9952; }
.text { color: #ca9952; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca9952; }

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 #ca9952 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca9952 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 #ca9952 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 #ca9952 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 #ca9952 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. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.