Peru

#da8421

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 #da8421, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#da8421

RGB218, 132, 33

HSL32, 74%, 49%

HSV32, 85%, 85%

CMYK0%, 39%, 85%, 15%

Lab62.94, 26.25, 61.96

XYZ37.44, 31.52, 5.55

Decimal14320673

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone1385 C

Shades of peru

#c7781e #b46d1b #a16118 #8d5615 #7a4a13 #673e10 #54330d #41270a #2e1c07 #1b1004

Tints of peru

#e09033 #e39b48 #e6a75d #eab272 #edbd87 #f0c99c #f3d4b1 #f6e0c6 #f9ebdb #fdf7ef

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#2177da Analogous#da2821 Analogous#d3da21 Triadic#21da84 Triadic#8421da Split complementary#21d3da Split complementary#2821da

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, 39, 85, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #da8421 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 39 85 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 40 82 21

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #da8421 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #da8421; }
.text { color: #da8421; }
.border { border: 2px solid #da8421; }

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 #da8421 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #da8421 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 #da8421 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 #da8421 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

The figures for #da8421 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.