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Recognised as Country

Peru

  • PE
  • South America
  • PEN
  • .pe

Peru (PE/PER) is a country in South America with its capital at Lima. It covers about 1,285,216 km² with a population of roughly 34,000,000, uses the PEN, dials on +51, owns the .pe internet domain and keeps its capital on America/Lima. It borders 5 countries.

Identity

Official short namePeru
CapitalLima
ContinentSouth America
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2PE
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3PER
Internet TLD.pe
Calling code+51
Currency codePEN

Geography

Approximate centre-9.19, -75.0152a representative point, not a calculated centroid
Latitude9.19° S
Longitude75.0152° W
HemisphereSouthern and Western
Area1,285,216 km²496,225 square miles
Land neighbours5
Distance from London9,783 kmto the approximate centre of Peru, not to Lima. WSW, bearing 252.5°
Antipode9.19, 104.9848the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth

Time

These values depend on today’s date and change daily.

Time zone of the capitalAmerica/Limathe IANA zone for Lima; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC-05:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC-05:00
Offset in JulyUTC-05:00
Current offsetUTC-05:00
Local time now23 Sept 2026, 09:10
Hours ahead of UTC-5

Population & scale

Population34,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density26.5 per km²≈
Share of world population0.42%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset19 of 196
Population rank in this dataset44 of 196

Neighbouring countries

Ecuador890 km centre to centre
Colombia1,532 km centre to centre
Brazil2,574 km centre to centre
Bolivia1,469 km centre to centre
Chile2,966 km centre to centre

About this data

Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change

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Peru (colour)

  • #CD853F
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Named: Peru

#CD853F is the CSS colour orange with RGB values 205, 133, 63 and HSL 30°, 59%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

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Colour values

#CD853F#CD853F
HEX#CD853F
RGBrgb(205, 133, 63)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.5216, 0.2471
RGB percentages80.4%, 52.2%, 24.7%
HSLhsl(29.6, 58.7%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(29.6, 69.3%, 80.4%)
CMYK0%, 35.1%, 69.3%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,468,991
CSS custom property--colour: #CD853F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.02:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#327AC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B8B37no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#AC9C40no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Tritanopia#DF7576no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 0Sandy brown · ΔE 12.4Chocolate · ΔE 18.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.9Light salmon · ΔE 21.2Dark salmon · ΔE 22.8
This is a named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)exact match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableperu

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3F87CD
Analogous#CD3F40, #CDCC3F
Triadic#3FCD85, #853FCD
Split complementary#3FCDCC, #3F40CD
Tetradic#40CD3F, #3F87CD, #CC3FCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7ECE1
Lighter +30%#EDD2B8
Lighter +20%#E2B890
Lighter +10%#D89F67
Darker −10%#AC6C2D
Darker −20%#845222
Darker −30%#5B3918
Darker −40%#33200D
More saturated +25%#EB8521
Less saturated −25%#AF855D

Channel breakdown

R205
G133
B63
Red205 (80.4%)
Green133 (52.2%)
Blue63 (24.7%)
Hue29.58°
Saturation (HSL)58.68%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CD · G 85 · B 3F

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