Peru

#ca9972

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

Peru is a mid orange with grounded warmth. 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 #ca9972, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca9972

RGB202, 153, 114

HSL27, 45%, 62%

HSV27, 44%, 79%

CMYK0%, 24%, 44%, 21%

Lab66.94, 13.36, 27.57

XYZ38.79, 36.55, 20.93

Decimal13277554

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone4655 C

Shades of peru

#c28a5d #ba7b49 #a76d3f #936037 #7e522f #694528 #543720 #402a18 #2b1c10 #160f08

Tints of peru

#cfa27f #d4ac8c #d8b598 #ddbea5 #e2c7b2 #e7d1bf #ecdacc #f0e3d8 #f5ece5 #faf6f2

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#72a3ca Analogous#ca7277 Analogous#cac572 Triadic#72ca99 Triadic#9972ca Split complementary#72cac5 Split complementary#7277ca

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, 44, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca9972 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 24 44 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 26 44 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Peru in css

Copy #ca9972 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca9972; }
.text { color: #ca9972; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca9972; }

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 #ca9972 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca9972 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Peru on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ca9972 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn peru into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ca9972 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 #ca9972 are worked out. 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.