Peru

#e48a50

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

This is Peru, a strong orange at 24 degrees. 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 #e48a50, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e48a50

RGB228, 138, 80

HSL24, 73%, 60%

HSV24, 65%, 89%

CMYK0%, 39%, 65%, 11%

Lab65.94, 29.23, 44.99

XYZ42.53, 35.25, 12.15

Decimal14977616

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone1575 C

Shades of peru

#e07a38 #db6a22 #c35f1e #ab531a #934717 #7b3c13 #63300f #4b240c #331908 #1b0d04

Tints of peru

#e69560 #e99f70 #ebaa80 #eeb590 #f0bfa0 #f3cab0 #f5d5c0 #f8dfd0 #faeae0 #fdf5f0

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#50aae4 Analogous#e45060 Analogous#e4d450 Triadic#50e48a Triadic#8a50e4 Split complementary#50e4d4 Split complementary#5060e4

Peru in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 39, 65, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e48a50 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 39 65 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 40 64 17

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 #e48a50 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e48a50; }
.text { color: #e48a50; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e48a50; }

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 #e48a50 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e48a50 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 #e48a50 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 #e48a50 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 #e48a50 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.