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Luminous Intensity Converter
Candela, candlepower, carcel
Luminous Intensity Converter
About the luminous intensity converter
This converter handles 8 luminous intensity units. Enter a value in either field and the other updates instantly — there is no button to press and nothing to submit. Use the swap control to reverse the direction of the conversion.
All factors are stored against a single base unit
(
Candela) and applied in one step, so converting A → B
never accumulates rounding error from an intermediate hop.Quick reference table
| Candela | Candlepower |
|---|---|
| 1 cd | 1.019367992 Candlepower |
| 2 cd | 2.038735984 Candlepower |
| 5 cd | 5.096839959 Candlepower |
| 10 cd | 10.19367992 Candlepower |
| 20 cd | 20.38735984 Candlepower |
| 50 cd | 50.96839959 Candlepower |
| 100 cd | 101.9367992 Candlepower |
| 500 cd | 509.6839959 Candlepower |
| 1000 cd | 1019.367992 Candlepower |
All 8 units
| Unit | Equals in Candela |
|---|---|
| Candela (cd) | 1 |
| Kilocandela (kcd) | 1000 |
| Millicandela (mcd) | 0.001 |
| Candlepower | 0.981 |
| Hefner candle | 0.903 |
| Carcel unit | 9.61 |
| Decimal candle | 1 |
| Violle | 20.17 |