Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Pistachio

Pistachio is an earth tone green color with HEX #93C572. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 147, 197, 114, HSL 96, 42%, 61%, cool temperature, and is useful for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design.

#93C572 green cool earth-tone
HEX #93C572
RGB rgb(147, 197, 114)
HSL hsl(96 42% 61%)
CMYK cmyk(25, 0, 42, 23)
Luminance 0.4735
Contrast Black 10.47:1White 2.01:1

CSS Utilities

--color-pistachio: #93C572;
.bg-pistachio { background-color: #93C572; }
.text-pistachio { color: #93C572; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.4735
Black text10.47:1AA Pass
White text2.01:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    114
  ],
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    42,
    61
  ],
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  ],
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ],
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    "#000000",
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  ]
}
Harmonies
{
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  ],
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    "#C57293"
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    "#A472C5",
    "#C57A72"
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  ]
}
Variants
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  "saturated": "#8FDB5C",
  "desaturated": "#98AF88",
  "pastel": "#D9E5D2",
  "neon": "#A0FF61"
}
Pairings
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}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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  ],
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      "growth",
      "balance"
    ],
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      "gardening",
      "organic products"
    ],
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  },
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  "temperature": "cool",
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Pistachio Color

Pistachio sits in the green family with cool temperature and earth tone visual character. Pistachio is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include nature, growth, and balance, which makes it relevant for wellness and outdoor brands. In design work, Pistachio is most useful for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Green color familyBrowse named green colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Earth Tone colorsFind colors with earth tone visual character.Pistachio accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #93C572.Pistachio CSS utilitiesUse Pistachio in CSS variables and utility classes.#93C572 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Pistachio paletteOpen the generated palette based on Pistachio.Pistachio harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Pistachio against black and white text.

Black text10.47:1AA Pass
White text2.01:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Dark Sea Green#8FBC8F
Sage Green#9CAF88
Willow Green#A8B88F
Dark Khaki#BDB76B
Sage Gray#B2AC88

Color Harmonies

#A472C5#A472C5
#BDC572#BDC572
#72C57A#72C57A
#7293C5#7293C5
#C57293#C57293
Open full Pistachio harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#C5E0B3#C5E0B3
#649C40#649C40
#8FDB5C#8FDB5C
#98AF88#98AF88
#D9E5D2#D9E5D2
#A0FF61#A0FF61

Pairings

Black#000000
#A472C5#A472C5
#BDC572#BDC572
#72C57A#72C57A
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5