Peru

#ce8a53

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 #ce8a53, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ce8a53

RGB206, 138, 83

HSL27, 56%, 57%

HSV27, 60%, 81%

CMYK0%, 33%, 60%, 19%

Lab63.28, 20.39, 39.63

XYZ36.1, 31.92, 12.44

Decimal13535827

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone722 C

Shades of peru

#c87c3f #b97035 #a5642f #905729 #7c4b23 #683f1e #543318 #402712 #2c1b0d #180e07

Tints of peru

#d39563 #d7a073 #dcaa82 #e0b592 #e5c0a2 #e9cbb2 #eed5c2 #f2e0d1 #f7ebe1 #fbf6f1

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#5397ce Analogous#ce535a Analogous#cec753 Triadic#53ce8a Triadic#8a53ce Split complementary#53cec7 Split complementary#535ace

Peru in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 33, 60, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ce8a53 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 33 60 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 34 59 25

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

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #ce8a53 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ce8a53; }
.text { color: #ce8a53; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ce8a53; }

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 #ce8a53 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ce8a53 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 #ce8a53 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 #ce8a53 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 #ce8a53 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.