Peru

#dd8518

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 vivid. 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 #dd8518, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd8518

RGB221, 133, 24

HSL33, 80%, 48%

HSV33, 89%, 87%

CMYK0%, 40%, 89%, 13%

Lab63.52, 26.79, 65.2

XYZ38.37, 32.21, 5.06

Decimal14517528

Web safe#cc9900

Pantone144 C

Shades of peru

#ca7916 #b66e14 #a36212 #905610 #7c4b0d #693f0b #563409 #422807 #2f1c05 #1c1103

Tints of peru

#e79126 #ea9c3d #eca853 #efb369 #f1be7f #f4ca96 #f6d5ac #f8e0c2 #fbecd9 #fdf7ef

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#1870dd Analogous#dd2318 Analogous#d2dd18 Triadic#18dd85 Triadic#8518dd Split complementary#18d2dd Split complementary#2318dd

Peru in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 40, 89, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd8518 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 89 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 86 19

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Peru in css

Copy #dd8518 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd8518; }
.text { color: #dd8518; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd8518; }

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 #dd8518 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd8518 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 #dd8518 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 #dd8518 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 #dd8518 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. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.