Table of Contents

• LED Benefits
• LED Technology
• Red LEDs -- Color, Brightness and Chemistry
• LED Lens Configurations  
• A Comparison Between Incandescent Lamps and LEDs
• Cost Justification for LED Lamps
• Effect of Rise in Ambient Temperature on Based LED Lamp's Longevity
• What White-Light LEDs Can Illuminate and How They Can Be Used
• LED or Incandescent? What's Brighter? What's Better?
• LED Color Chart 
• Backlighting Surfaces Using Discrete LEDs
• Discrete & SMT Ratings

LEDtronics Discrete LED Color Chart

LEDtronics Code LED Chip Code Peak Wave length (nm) Dominant Wave length (nm) X Coordi- nate (typ) Y Coordi- nate (typ) Color Name Nominal Fwd Voltage (Vf@20ma) Intensity (mcd) 5mm LEDs (For Reference) Radiant Power mW/sr Viewing Angle LED Die Material Discrete LED Weblink 941 IR IR941 940 N/A     Infrared 1.3 N/A 16mW@20mA 22°-30° GaAIAs/GaAs need url 881 IR IR881 885 N/A     Infrared 1.6 N/A 31mW@50mA 12°-20° GaAIAs/GaAs need url 851 IR IR851 843 N/A     Infrared  1.7 N/A 86mW@50mA 12°-20° GaAIAs/GaAs need url 0UR R3KF/R6 654 641 0.72 0.28 Ultra Red 1.9 1000mcd@20mA 13mW@20mA 22°-30° GaAIAs/GaAlAs need url 00R R3/R4/R5 640 625 0.70 0.30 HE Red 2.0 220mcd@20mA 1.8mW@20mA 12°-20° GaAsP/GaP   0ER E3K 634 624 0.70 0.29 Super E.Red 2.2 8000mcd@20mA 45mW@20mA 12°-20° InGaAIP need url 0UO O3KF 616 610 0.66 0.33 Super Orange 2.0 2000mcd@20mA 7mW@20mA 22°-30° InGaAIP need url 00O O4/O5 609 604 0.64 0.35 Orange 2.0 220mcd@20mA 0.7mW@20mA 12°-20° GaAsP/GaP   0UY Y3KF 598 593 0.60 0.40 Super Yellow 2.0 5000mcd@20mA 10mW@20mA 12°-20° InGaAIP need url 0PY Y3KH 592 589 0.57 0.42 Super P.Yellow 2.3 4000mcd@20mA 8mW@20mA 22°-30° InGaAIP need url 00Y Y3/Y4/Y5 582 584 0.54 0.45  Yellow 2.1 170mcd@20mA 0.3mW@20mA 12°-20° GaAsP/GaP   0IW   3000K N/A 0.44 0.41 Warm White 3.3 5500mcd@20mA 17mW@20mA 12°-20° InGaN need url XPW   6000K N/A 0.31 0.34 Pale White 3.3 5500mcd@20mA 17mW@20mA 40°-50° InGaN   0WW   8000K N/A 0.26 0.25 Cool White 3.3 5800mcd@20mA 23mW@20mA 12°-20° InGaN need url 0CW 8000K N/A 0.28 0.27 Cool White 3.4 8400mcd@20mA 33mW@20mA 12°-20° InGaN need url XCW   8000K N/A 0.28 0.28 Cool White 3.3 16000mcd@20mA 60mW@20mA 12°-20° InGaN need url 0UG G1K 575 573 0.47 0.53 Super L.Green 2.0 1800mcd@20mA 3mW@20mA 12°-20° InGaAIP need url 00G G3/G4/G5 563 569 0.44 0.55 HE Green 2.3 210mcd@20mA 0.03mW@20mA 12°-20° GaP/GaP   UPG PG350 563 564 0.41 0.59 Super P.Green 2.1 400mcd@20mA 0.6mW@20mA 40°-50° InGaAIP   0PG PG5 557 560 0.37 0.61 Pure Green 2.2 140mcd@20mA 0.2mW@20mA 12°-20° GaP/GaP   0AG AG10K 522 528 0.18 0.71 Aqua Green 3.4 15,000mcd@20mA 30mW@20mA 12°-20° InGaN need url 0BG BG7K 501 502 0.08 0.52 Blue Green 3.4 4300mcd@20mA 16mW@20mA 40°-50° InGaN coming 0PB PB4KB 455 460 0.14 0.04 Super Blue 3.2 3000mcd@20mA 61mW@20mA 12°-20° InGaN need url 00B UB500 425 447 0.15 0.05 Ultra Blue 4.0 250mcd@20mA 5mW@20mA 12°-20° SiC/GaN need url 405 uv UV405 402 420 0.17 0.006 Ultra Violet 3.8 39mcd@20mA 53mW@20mA 12°-20° SiC/GaN need url 395 uv UV395 397 419 0.17 0.006 Ultra Violet 3.7 35mcd@20mA 39mW@20mA 12°-20° SiC/GaN need url 370 uv UV750 378 N/A 0.35 0.32 Ultra Violet 3.3 150mcd@20mA 18mW@20mA 10° GaN need url