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Neon Color Palettes

12 free palettes with hex codes. Electric, glowing colors that pop on dark backgrounds. Click any color to copy it.

About neon palettes

Neon palettes use colors at or near the edge of what a screen can show: maximum saturation, high brightness and hues like hot pink, electric cyan, acid lime and violet. They glow most against near-black backgrounds, which is why they define cyberpunk, synthwave, gaming, esports and nightlife design.

Neon is loud by nature, so use it with restraint. Let a dark background take most of the space, pick one or two neon colors for key elements such as headings, buttons and outlines, and keep body text a calm off-white. Very bright neons on white backgrounds usually fail contrast checks and tire the eyes.

12 neon palettes

Cyberpunk

Best text pair:Aa#0D0221 on #F5F50017.1:1AAA

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Night Arcade

Best text pair:Aa#120458 on #FFF33815.3:1AAA

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Electric Lime

Best text pair:Aa#0A0A0A on #CCFF0016.8:1AAA

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Vaporwave

Best text pair:Aa#B967FF on #FFFB963.0:1AA large

For text, useAa#000000 on #FFFB9619.5:1AAA

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Synthwave Sunset

Best text pair:Aa#2B0F54 on #FFDF0012.2:1AAA

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Club Lights

Best text pair:Aa#001EFF on #00FF9F6.0:1AA

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Highlighter

Best text pair:Aa#FF6EC7 on #FFFF332.4:1too low for text

For text, useAa#000000 on #FFFF3319.6:1AAA

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Laser Tag

Best text pair:Aa#1B1B2F on #09FBD312.7:1AAA

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Glow Stick

Best text pair:Aa#222222 on #FFF01F13.4:1AAA

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Neon City

Best text pair:Aa#1A1A2E on #F9ED6914.1:1AAA

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Acid Pop

Best text pair:Aa#111111 on #DFFF0016.6:1AAA

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Neon Noir

Best text pair:Aa#000000 on #E92EFB6.2:1AA

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Tips for neon palettes

  • A subtle outer glow (box-shadow or text-shadow in the same color) sells the neon look.
  • Bright yellow and lime work as text on black; on white they're nearly unreadable.
  • Neon colors can't be printed with standard CMYK inks; expect duller prints.

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