Peru

#cf8230

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. 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 #cf8230, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cf8230

RGB207, 130, 48

HSL31, 62%, 50%

HSV31, 77%, 81%

CMYK0%, 37%, 77%, 19%

Lab61.17, 23.16, 54.2

XYZ34.25, 29.44, 6.67

Decimal13599280

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone1385 C

Shades of peru

#bd772c #ab6b28 #986023 #86541f #74491b #623d17 #4f3212 #3d260e #2b1b0a #191006

Tints of peru

#d38e43 #d89957 #dca56a #e1b07d #e5bc90 #eac8a4 #eed3b7 #f3dfca #f7ebdd #fcf6f1

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#307dcf Analogous#cf3230 Analogous#cdcf30 Triadic#30cf82 Triadic#8230cf Split complementary#30cdcf Split complementary#3230cf

Peru in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 37, 77, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cf8230 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 77 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 75 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 #cf8230 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cf8230; }
.text { color: #cf8230; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cf8230; }

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 #cf8230 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cf8230 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 #cf8230 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 #cf8230 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 #cf8230 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.