Peru

#d38539

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 strong. 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 #d38539, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d38539

RGB211, 133, 57

HSL30, 64%, 53%

HSV30, 73%, 83%

CMYK0%, 37%, 73%, 17%

Lab62.44, 23.63, 51.68

XYZ35.99, 30.92, 7.94

Decimal13862201

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone722 C

Shades of peru

#c8792c #b46d28 #a16224 #8e561f #7a4a1b #673e17 #533213 #40270e #2c1b0a #190f06

Tints of peru

#d7904b #db9c5e #dfa770 #e3b282 #e7be95 #ebc9a7 #f0d4b9 #f4dfcc #f8ebde #fcf6f0

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#3987d3 Analogous#d3393a Analogous#d3d239 Triadic#39d385 Triadic#8539d3 Split complementary#39d3d2 Split complementary#393ad3

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, 37, 73, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d38539 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 73 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 71 23

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 #d38539 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d38539; }
.text { color: #d38539; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d38539; }

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 #d38539 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d38539 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 #d38539 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 #d38539 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 #d38539 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.