Candela
This article is about the unit of luminous intensity. For other uses, see Candela (disambiguation). Candela Photopic (black) and scotopic [1] (green) luminosity functions. The photopic includes the CIE 1931 standard [2] (solid), the Judd–Vos 1978 modified data [3] (dashed), and the Sharpe, Stockman, Jagla & Jägle 2005 data [4] (dotted). The horizontal axis is wavelength in nm. Unit information Unit system SI base unit Unit of Luminous intensity Symbol cd Unit conversions 1 cd in ... ... is equal to ... international candles 0.981 cp Hefner Kerze 1.11 HK The candela ( / k æ n ˈ d ɛ l ə / or / k æ n ˈ d iː l ə / ; symbol: cd) is the base unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI); that is, luminous power per unit solid angle emitted by a point light source in a particular direction. Luminous intensity is analogous to radiant intensity, but instead of simply adding up the cont...