Pistachio #93c572

Green with a yellow appetite.

RGB

147, 197, 114

HSL

96°, 42%, 61%

CMYK

25, 0, 42, 23

Luminance

0.4735

About Pistachio

Pistachio, #93c572, is soft yellow-green — the nut’s pale kernel and the gelato’s scoop. Warmer than mint, lighter than olive, it is the most edible-looking green in the palette.

History

The nut colored Persian and Mediterranean sweets for millennia; the color name rode gelato and 1950s kitchens into design. Its recent revival tracks the pastel and "gelato palette" trends of soft-serve branding.

Psychology

Pistachio reads fresh, soft and appetizing — green’s calm with a sweet, sunny lean. It signals natural, gentle and food-adjacent.

In design

Pistachio is a soft surface and accent green: lovely on cream and charcoal, hopeless as text. Pair with terracotta, blush, cream and walnut. Food, wellness and gelato-palette brands favor its warmth.

In culture

Pistachio gelato, pistachio kitchens, the nut that turns everything it flavors green: appetite and calm in one soft shade.

Brands that own pistachio

Gelato branding#93c572 Ladurée kin#a4d17a Pastel packaging#9ecb7f Skincare soft#8fbf6c Spring fashion#9bc97a

Shades of pistachio

Sage Mint Celadon Chartreuse Fern Moss Tea green Apple green

Every format

HEX	#93c572
RGB	rgb(147, 197, 114)
HSL	hsl(96, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 42%, 23%)
LAB	lab(74.4 -31.2 36.4)
LCH	lch(74.4 48.0 130.6)
OKLCH	oklch(0.769 0.124 133.9)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #93c572;
background-color: #93c572;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#93c572] bg-[#93c572]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #93c572;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.576, green: 0.773, blue: 0.447)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#93c572")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

#93c572 on white: 2.01:1

AA ✗ fail · AA-large ✗ · AAA ✗

#93c572 on black: 10.47:1

AA ✓ pass · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✓

true color

protanopia

deuteranopia

tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red57.6%

Green77.3%

Blue44.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan25.4%

Magenta0.0%

Yellow42.1%

Key (black)22.7%

Color previews

#93c572 text on a black background

contrast 10.47:1

Card sample

#93c572 text on a white background

contrast 2.01:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #93c572;

Background color

Panel with #93c572 background

background-color: #93c572;

Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #93c572;

Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(147, 197, 114, 0.45);

Div box shadow

Elevated card

box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(147, 197, 114, 0.45);

Border & gradient

Gradient panel

border: 3px solid #93c572;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #93c572, #72C588);

Monochromatic scale

#1C2B12 #3D5E27 #5D913B #80BB59 #A6CF8B #CDE4BE #E9F3E2

Palettes built from #93c572

UI palette

Gradient stops

Accent trio

Warm–cool bridge

Shades — darker

#82BC5C #72B049 #649A3F #558436 #476E2D #395824 #2B421B #1C2C12 #0E1609

Tints — lighter

#9ECB80 #A9D18E #B3D69C #BEDCAA #C9E2B9 #D4E8C7 #DFEED5 #E9F3E3 #F4F9F1

Hue & tone neighbors

#AFC572 #A1C572 #85C572 #77C572 #AFD496 #77B64E #8FD95E #97B186

Color harmonies

Complement

Split-complement

Analogous

Triadic

Tetradic

Nearest named colors

olivedrab · ΔE 24.0 khaki · ΔE 28.6 seagreen · ΔE 29.4 forestgreen · ΔE 31.3 aquamarine · ΔE 35.0

Pistachio, answered

What is the hex code for pistachio?

Pistachio is #93c572 — a soft yellow-green; lighter gelato tones run #a4d17a.

Pistachio vs sage vs mint?

Sage is grayer, mint cooler, pistachio the warm yellow-green — the most food-coded and appetizing of the three.

What pairs with pistachio?

Terracotta and blush (gelato palette), cream and walnut (natural), charcoal for modern contrast.

Work with #93c572 in the Color Lab

Contrast Checker →Palette Generator →Palette Pro →Scale Generator →CSS Code Generator →Color Blind Simulator →Accessibility Checker →Color Distance →