Peru

#cd8a61

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

This is Peru, a soft orange at 23 degrees. 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 #cd8a61, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd8a61

RGB205, 138, 97

HSL23, 52%, 59%

HSV23, 53%, 80%

CMYK0%, 33%, 53%, 20%

Lab63.36, 21.11, 32.24

XYZ36.42, 32.02, 15.57

Decimal13470305

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone722 C

Shades of peru

#c67b4c #bc6c3c #a86135 #93552f #7e4928 #6a3d21 #55311b #402514 #2c190e #170d07

Tints of peru

#d2956f #d69f7e #dbaa8c #dfb59b #e4bfa9 #e8cab8 #edd5c6 #f2e0d5 #f6eae3 #fbf5f1

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#61a4cd Analogous#cd616e Analogous#cdc061 Triadic#61cd8a Triadic#8a61cd Split complementary#61cdc0 Split complementary#616ecd

Peru in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 33, 53, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd8a61 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 33 53 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 34 53 26

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 #cd8a61 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd8a61; }
.text { color: #cd8a61; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd8a61; }

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 #cd8a61 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd8a61 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 #cd8a61 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 #cd8a61 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 #cd8a61 are worked out. 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.