Peru

#e08134

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

Peru is a mid orange with grounded 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 #e08134, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e08134

RGB224, 129, 52

HSL27, 74%, 54%

HSV27, 77%, 88%

CMYK0%, 42%, 77%, 12%

Lab63.17, 30.95, 55.19

XYZ39.21, 31.8, 7.32

Decimal14713140

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone158 C

Shades of peru

#da7421 #c5691e #b05d1b #9a5218 #854714 #703b11 #5a300e #45250b #301907 #1b0e04

Tints of peru

#e38d47 #e6985a #e9a46c #ebb07f #eebb92 #f1c7a5 #f4d2b7 #f7deca #faeadd #fdf5f0

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#3493e0 Analogous#e0343d Analogous#e0d734 Triadic#34e081 Triadic#8134e0 Split complementary#34e0d7 Split complementary#343de0

Peru in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 42, 77, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e08134 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 42 77 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 43 75 18

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 #e08134 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e08134; }
.text { color: #e08134; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e08134; }

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 #e08134 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e08134 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 #e08134 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 #e08134 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 #e08134 are worked out. 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.