The table below represents typical LED chips, their asscoiated wavelengths, nominal forward voltage, intensity and radiant power. The guide
is best suited to start your research for the appropriate color and to determine some potential colors for the operating voltage you may select.
For example, white and blue are difficult to use at 3.0 Volts.
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LED Chip Code
|
Peak
Wave
length
(nm)
|
Dominant
Wave
length
(nm)
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Color
Name
|
Nominal
Fwd Voltage
(Vf@20ma)
|
Intensity
(mcd)
5mm LEDs
(For
Reference)
|
Radiant
Power
mW/sr
|
LED Die
Material
|
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851
|
IR
|
IR851
|
843
|
N/A
|
Infrared
|
1.7
|
N/A
|
86mW@50mA
|
GaAIAs/GaAs
|
|
0UR
|
|
R3KF/R6
|
654
|
641
|
Ultra Red
|
1.9
|
1000mcd@20mA
|
13mW@20mA
|
GaAIAs/GaAlAs
|
|
00R
|
|
R3/R4/R5
|
640
|
625
|
HE Red
|
2.0
|
220mcd@20mA
|
1.8mW@20mA
|
GaAsP/GaP
|
|
0ER
|
|
E3K
|
634
|
624
|
Super E.Red
|
2.2
|
8000mcd@20mA
|
45mW@20mA
|
InGaAIP
|
|
0UO
|
|
O3KF
|
616
|
610
|
Super Orange
|
2.0
|
2000mcd@20mA
|
7mW@20mA
|
InGaAIP
|
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00O
|
|
O4/O5
|
609
|
604
|
Orange
|
2.0
|
220mcd@20mA
|
0.7mW@20mA
|
GaAsP/GaP
|
|
0UY
|
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Y3KF
|
598
|
593
|
Super Yellow
|
2.0
|
5000mcd@20mA
|
10mW@20mA
|
InGaAIP
|
|
0PY
|
|
Y3KH
|
592
|
589
|
Super P.Yellow
|
2.3
|
4000mcd@20mA
|
8mW@20mA
|
InGaAIP
|
|
00Y
|
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Y3/Y4/Y5
|
582
|
584
|
Yellow
|
2.1
|
170mcd@20mA
|
0.3mW@20mA
|
GaAsP/GaP
|
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0IW
|
|
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3000K
|
N/A
|
Warm White
|
3.3
|
5500mcd@20mA
|
17mW@20mA
|
InGaN
|
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XPW
|
|
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6000K
|
N/A
|
Pale White
|
3.3
|
5500mcd@20mA
|
17mW@20mA
|
InGaN
|
|
0WW
|
|
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8000K
|
N/A
|
Cool White
|
3.3
|
5800mcd@20mA
|
23mW@20mA
|
InGaN
|
|
0UG
|
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G1K
|
575
|
573
|
Super L.Green
|
2.0
|
1800mcd@20mA
|
3mW@20mA
|
InGaAIP
|
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00G
|
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G3/G4/G5
|
563
|
569
|
HE Green
|
2.3
|
210mcd@20mA
|
0.03mW@20mA
|
GaP/GaP
|
|
UPG
|
|
PG350
|
563
|
564
|
Super P.Green
|
2.1
|
400mcd@20mA
|
0.6mW@20mA
|
InGaAIP
|
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0PG
|
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PG5
|
557
|
560
|
Pure Green
|
2.2
|
140mcd@20mA
|
0.2mW@20mA
|
GaP/GaP
|
|
0AG
|
|
AG10K
|
522
|
528
|
Aqua Green
|
3.4
|
15,000mcd@20mA
|
30mW@20mA
|
InGaN
|
|
0BG
|
|
BG7K
|
501
|
502
|
Blue Green
|
3.4
|
4300mcd@20mA
|
16mW@20mA
|
InGaN
|
|
0PB
|
|
PB4KB
|
455
|
460
|
Super Blue
|
3.2
|
3000mcd@20mA
|
61mW@20mA
|
InGaN
|
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00B
|
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UB500
|
425
|
447
|
Ultra Blue
|
4.0
|
250mcd@20mA
|
5mW@20mA
|
SiC/GaN
|
|
405
|
uv
|
UV405
|
402
|
420
|
Ultra Violet
|
3.8
|
39mcd@20mA
|
53mW@20mA
|
SiC/GaN
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