Green

Pistachio

#93C572
HEX
#93C572
RGB
rgb(147, 197, 114)
HSL
hsl(96, 42%, 61%)

Green family

About Pistachio

Pistachio (#93C572) is a medium, muted green. Green sits at the center of the spectrum and is the color most associated with nature, growth and balance, giving this shade a calm, refreshing character.

Psychology

Green is restful and reassuring. It is strongly tied to health, growth and money, and because the eye processes green easily it can reduce visual fatigue and promote a sense of balance.

Applications

Green is everywhere in health, wellness, finance, environmental and organic brands. It works for success states and confirmations in UI, and its many shades range from fresh spring accents to deep, premium forest tones.

History

Greens were historically difficult to produce; early pigments like verdigris and malachite were unstable or toxic. A breakthrough came with Scheele’s green and later chrome green in the 18th and 19th centuries, which popularized the color despite some toxicity concerns.

Meaning

Green symbolizes nature, renewal, safety and prosperity across most cultures. It also means “go” in signaling and is the color of many environmental and religious movements.

Why use this color

Choose green for brands that want to feel natural, healthy, trustworthy or financially sound. It is a versatile hue that works equally well as a calm background or a vibrant accent.

Accessibility

Against white, #93C572 has a 2.0:1 contrast ratio; against black it is 10.5:1. Black text on #93C572 meets WCAG AA for normal text.

Fun facts

  • The human eye distinguishes more shades of green than any other color.
  • Green is used for night-vision displays because the eye is most sensitive to green light.
  • Many early green pigments were toxic, including Scheele’s green, which contained arsenic.

Shades, tints & tones

Variations

Ten lightness steps plus Pistachio's tints, shades and tones — every swatch copies its hex on click.

Lightness scale

Tints (toward white)

Shades (toward black)

Tones (toward gray)

Color theory

Color harmonies

Proven schemes built around Pistachio. Each swatch is one click from your clipboard.

Complementary

#93c572#a472c5

Analogous

#bdc572#93c572#72c57a

Triadic

#93c572#7293c5#c57293

Split-complementary

#93c572#7a72c5#c572bd

Tetradic

#93c572#72bdc5#a472c5#c57a72

Monochromatic

#233616#4b742f#75b54a#a7d08b#d6e9c9

Accessibility

Blindness simulator

See how Pistachio is perceived with common types of color vision deficiency.

#93C572

Normal vision

Standard trichromatic vision, shown for reference.

#cbba6c

Protanopia

Red-blind. Reds look darker and can be confused with greens and browns.

#c4b677

Deuteranopia

Green-blind. Greens look muted and can be confused with reds and browns.

#93bfb1

Tritanopia

Blue-blind. Blues look greenish and yellows fade toward pink.

#b7b7b7

Achromatopsia

Complete color blindness. Everything is seen in shades of gray.

WCAG

Contrast checker

How Pistachio performs against black and white text, with WCAG AA and AAA ratings.

AaWhite on Pistachio
2.01:1
AAAAAAA LargeAAA Large
AaBlack on Pistachio
10.47:1
AAAAAAA LargeAAA Large

The ratio is identical whether Pistachio is used as the text or the background.

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Color palettes

Curated palettes that put Pistachio to work, with copy-all support for each.

Complementary

Roughly 180° across the wheel from #93C572 (hue 96°) sits #a472c5, held together by the #d9e7d0 tint and the neutrals #f4f4f5 and #18181b.

Analogous

#93C572 with its two closest neighbours, #bdc572 and #72c57a, for a 42%-saturation run that stays inside one family; #d9e7d0 and #548235 add depth without breaking it.

Triadic

#93C572 plus #7293c5 and #c57293, a triangle that sits 120° apart at every corner, with #f4f4f5 and #18181b doing the quiet work underneath.

Monochromatic

One hue at 5 lightness steps: #f4f9f1 through #0e1609, starting from #93C572 at 61% lightness.

Pistachio (#93C572) is a green-family color. Use its values, variations, harmonies and palettes above to put it to work in your next design.

Frequently asked questions

Pistachio is #93C572 — rgb(147, 197, 114) / hsl(96, 42%, 61%). Pistachio (#93C572) is a medium, muted green. Green sits at the center of the spectrum and is the color most associated with nature, growth and balance, giving this shade a calm, refreshing character.

Good to know

  • Pistachio is one of 609 named colors in the library.
  • Its complementary hue sits 180° away on the color wheel: #a472c5.

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