Peru

#ce8a5c

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

Peru sits in the orange range, mid and soft. 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 #ce8a5c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ce8a5c

RGB206, 138, 92

HSL24, 54%, 58%

HSV24, 55%, 81%

CMYK0%, 33%, 55%, 19%

Lab63.4, 21.09, 35.02

XYZ36.47, 32.07, 14.39

Decimal13535836

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone722 C

Shades of peru

#c87b47 #bc6e39 #a76232 #93562c #7e4a26 #6a3e20 #55321a #412613 #2c1a0d #180e07

Tints of peru

#d2956b #d79f7a #dbaa89 #e0b598 #e4c0a7 #e9cab6 #edd5c4 #f2e0d3 #f6eae2 #fbf5f1

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#5ca0ce Analogous#ce5c67 Analogous#cec35c Triadic#5cce8a Triadic#8a5cce Split complementary#5ccec3 Split complementary#5c67ce

Peru in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 33, 55, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ce8a5c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 33 55 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 34 55 25

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 #ce8a5c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ce8a5c; }
.text { color: #ce8a5c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ce8a5c; }

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 #ce8a5c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ce8a5c 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 #ce8a5c 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 #ce8a5c 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 #ce8a5c is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.