Peru

#cd9766

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 #cd9766, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd9766

RGB205, 151, 102

HSL29, 51%, 60%

HSV29, 50%, 80%

CMYK0%, 26%, 50%, 20%

Lab66.57, 14.48, 33.64

XYZ38.64, 36.07, 17.5

Decimal13473638

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone729 C

Shades of peru

#c68951 #be7b3e #a96d37 #946030 #7f522a #6a4523 #56371c #412a15 #2c1c0e #170f08

Tints of peru

#d2a074 #d6aa82 #dbb390 #dfbd9e #e4c6ac #e8d0ba #edd9c8 #f1e3d6 #f6ece4 #fbf6f2

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#669ccd Analogous#cd6668 Analogous#cdcb66 Triadic#66cd97 Triadic#9766cd Split complementary#66cdcb Split complementary#6668cd

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, 26, 50, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd9766 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 50 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 50 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 #cd9766 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd9766; }
.text { color: #cd9766; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd9766; }

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 #cd9766 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd9766 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 #cd9766 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 #cd9766 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 #cd9766 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.