Nearest-color comparison

Pistachio vs Sage Green

Pistachio and Sage Green are different green colors with HEX values #93C572 and #9CAF88. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 32.4, their contrast ratio is 1.18:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Pistachio and Sage Green are visually related colors. Pistachio is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.18:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Pistachio#93C572

Sage Green#9CAF88

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Pistachio and Sage Green across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance32.4

Pair contrast1.18:1

Luminance delta0.0784

Hue delta7 deg

Lighter colorPistachio

More saturatedPistachio

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Pistachio

Pistachio is #93C572, a cool green color with earth tone character. Compared with Sage Green, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#93C572 RGB147, 197, 114 HSL96, 42, 61 CMYK25, 0, 42, 23 Luminance0.4735 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Sage Green

Sage Green is #9CAF88, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Pistachio, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for interior design, wellness branding, and natural palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#9CAF88 RGB156, 175, 136 HSL89, 20, 61 CMYK11, 0, 22, 31 Luminance0.3951 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Pistachio or Sage Green

Choose PistachioPistachio is better when the design needs earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #93C572.

Choose Sage GreenSage Green is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #9CAF88.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyPistachioSage Green

HEX#93C572#9CAF88

RGB147, 197, 114156, 175, 136

HSL96, 42, 6189, 20, 61

CMYK25, 0, 42, 2311, 0, 22, 31

FamilyGreenGreen

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneEarth ToneMuted, Earth Tone

Luminance0.47350.3951

Black contrast10.47:18.9:1

White contrast2.01:12.36:1

Shared tonesEarth Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Pistachioblack text - 10.47:1

Sage Greenblack text - 8.9:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Pistachio#93C572

Sage Green#9CAF88

#C5E0B3#C5E0B3

#CAD4BF#CAD4BF

#A472C5#A472C5

#9B88AF#9B88AF

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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    },
    "description": "Pistachio is #93C572, a cool green color with earth tone character. Compared with Sage Green, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/pistachio/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "sage-green",
    "name": "Sage Green",
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    "bestText": {
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      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.9
    },
    "description": "Sage Green is #9CAF88, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Pistachio, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for interior design, wellness branding, and natural palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sage-green/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sage-green.json"
  }
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Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.18,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 7,
    "saturation": 22,
    "lightness": 0
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0784,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "earth-tone"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Pistachio",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Pistachio"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.18,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Pistachio",
      "background": "#93C572",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.47
    },
    {
      "color": "Sage Green",
      "background": "#9CAF88",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.9
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Sage Green is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #9CAF88.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/pistachio-vs-sage-green.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pistachio.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sage-green.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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