Free online luminance converter - converts between 19 units of luminance, including candela/square meter, candela/square centimeter, candela/square foot, candela/square inch, etc. Also, explore many other unit converters or learn more about luminance unit conversions.
The light luminance is a measure of luminious intensity per unit area of light in a direction. It is an indicator how bright the surface is and used mostly in computer, video industry for display brigtness. Luminance units conversion to convert candela per square meter, nit, stilb, lambert and foot lambert.
The metric system unit of luminance is candela per square meter. The other common luminance units are stilb, candela per square centimeter, lambert and lumen per square meter. Candela per square meter (cd/m²): This is the standard unit for luminance in the International System of Units (SI). It represents the luminous intensity per unit area.