Peru Color

#cd853f

Peru is soft, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #327ac0
Complementary Color #3f87cc
Color Shade: warm red (29.58° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 52.55% (better contrasting with white)
Peru Color Sample
Peru Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cd853f

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Peru Color. The Great Dane color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Tanooki Suit Brown (#ae6c37) for more calm effect. Try Sesame Crunch as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3f87cc is the best complementary color to Peru. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #cd853f complementary color is Havelock Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Raw Sienna are #cc3f3f and #cccb3f. Thus found on the left and right of #cd853f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Flush Mahogany and Earls Green colors as they work well with Peru.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Peru palette consists of #3f40cc and #3fcccb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3f87cc). Try Governor Bay and Turquoise colors in combination with #cd853f, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #cd853f offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Peru. Thus Purple Heart and Shamrock giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Peru contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Havelock Blue, Apple, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #cd853f square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Peru tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#3f87cc) and two others. The Shamrock is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mulberry – 120° from the complementary Havelock Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3fcc85 and #cc3f87.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cd853f is made of 51% red, 33% green and 16% blue. In a HSL mode Peru has a hue angle of 29.58°, a saturation of 58.68% and a lightness of 52.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cd853f is made of 0% cyan, 28.23% magenta, 55.68% yellow and 19.61% black ink.

HEX #cd853f
RGB Decimal rgb(205,133,63)
RGB Percentage 51%, 33%, 16%
CMYK 0, 28.23, 55.68, 19.61
HSL hsl(29.58,58.68%,52.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(29.58,69.27%,80.39%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.7517,21.3986,47.9166)
XYZ xyz(34.4616,30.1131,8.6987)
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