Plutonium
#35fa00
Lime-bright chart green with a radioactive bite for alerts
About Plutonium
Plutonium lands like a bright traffic light in pure green, but with a faint, slightly radioactive punch instead of the cool CRT edge. Compared to Cyber Neon Green, it feels less like a direct signal and more like a high-saturation pigment that holds its color even as the surrounding UI gets busy. It's also tighter and more intense than Plastic Veggie, so it reads as a deliberate layer rather than a lit surface.
I use it for primary callouts where you want "act now" without slipping into yellow-leaning urgency like Acid. It's great in manufacturing HMI screens, refinery or logistics control panels, and live ops dashboards on dark interfaces where you need clean edges for active route markers, selected states, and "confirmed" buttons. It also works well in broadcast lower-thirds when the rest of the frame is neutral and you need one green to stay legible through motion.
Quirk: keep it as a single-purpose layer. If you let it run across large fills, it can start to feel harsh and too hot next to the more controlled greens.
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On White #ffffff
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
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