Peru

#eb8a47

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

Peru is a mid orange with confident 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 #eb8a47, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eb8a47

RGB235, 138, 71

HSL25, 80%, 60%

HSV25, 70%, 92%

CMYK0%, 41%, 70%, 8%

Lab66.74, 31.56, 50.59

XYZ44.49, 36.29, 10.62

Decimal15436359

Web safe#ff9933

Pantone1575 C

Shades of peru

#e87a2e #e26b19 #c95f16 #b15413 #984811 #7f3c0e #66300b #4d2508 #341906 #1c0d03

Tints of peru

#ed9558 #ef9f69 #f0aa79 #f2b58a #f4bf9b #f6caac #f8d5bd #fadfcd #fbeade #fdf5ef

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#47a8eb Analogous#eb4756 Analogous#ebdc47 Triadic#47eb8a Triadic#8a47eb Split complementary#47ebdc Split complementary#4756eb

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, 41, 70, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eb8a47 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 41 70 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 42 68 14

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 #eb8a47 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eb8a47; }
.text { color: #eb8a47; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eb8a47; }

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 #eb8a47 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eb8a47 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 #eb8a47 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 #eb8a47 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 #eb8a47 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.