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LIGHT

Luminance

Luminous intensity per projected area.

L
fL

Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.

ResultL → fLConvert lambert to foot-lambert
HOW IT IS CALCULATED

Convert through candela per square metre

Enter a lambert value to calculate foot-lambert with full internal precision before display rounding.

Display precisionAuto · 12 significant digits

Auto keeps up to 12 significant digits, trims unnecessary zeroes, and switches to scientific notation for extreme magnitudes.

QUICK REFERENCE

All units in this quantity

UnitSymbolConverted value
candela per square metre / nitfrom Lcd/m²Interactive
candela per square centimetre / stilbfrom Lcd/cm²Interactive
foot-lambertfrom LfLInteractive
lambertfrom LLInteractive

SI symbols follow international notation. U.S. and Imperial measures are labelled separately where their values differ.