Radioactive Green #2CFA1F

About this color

#2CFA1F is a light, vivid green. In OKLCH its lightness is 86%, its chroma 0.282 and its hue 142°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. It is the named color Radioactive Green. Black text reads best on it, at 14.80:1.

Colors that go with Radioactive Green

Matches found by rotating Radioactive Green around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Radioactive Green

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Radioactive Green, closest first.

• Ultraviolet Afterhours
• Electric Overdrive

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Radioactive Green, with their ΔE distance.

• Electric Green #21FC0D ΔE 0.008
• Highlighter Green #1BFC06 ΔE 0.009
• Poison Green #40FD14 ΔE 0.012
• Hot Green #25FF29 ΔE 0.013
• Neon Green #0CFF0C ΔE 0.015
• Fluorescent Green #08FF08 ΔE 0.016
• Bright Green #01FF07 ΔE 0.016
• Fluro Green #0AFF02 ΔE 0.016

More about Radioactive Green

• Shades of green
• What green means

How to make Radioactive Green

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 2 parts yellow
• 2 parts white
• 1 part green

Recipe result: #B8DC53, a difference of ΔE 0.137 from Radioactive Green. Radioactive Green is more vivid than these paints can mix, so start from a ready-made green paint and adjust it.

What colors make green? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Radioactive Green in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Radioactive Green

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 200.

1. Step 50

   50

   #E4FEE1

   oklch(97% 0.047 142.3)

2. Step 100

   100

   #C2FCBC

   oklch(93.6% 0.104 142.3)

3. Step 200

   200 (this color)

   #2CFA1F

   oklch(85.7% 0.282 142.2)

4. Step 300

   300

   #14E900

   oklch(81% 0.274 142.2)

5. Step 400

   400

   #0FC200

   oklch(70.6% 0.239 142.2)

6. Step 500

   500

   #0BA700

   oklch(63.2% 0.214 142.2)

7. Step 600

   600

   #088C00

   oklch(55.5% 0.188 142.2)

8. Step 700

   700

   #057600

   oklch(49.1% 0.166 142.2)

9. Step 800

   800

   #036100

   oklch(42.7% 0.145 142.3)

10. Step 900

    900

    #025100

    oklch(37.7% 0.128 142.3)

11. Step 950

    950

    #013100

    oklch(27.2% 0.092 142.2)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Radioactive Green with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.