CSS: what is Wide Color Gamut, Display P3, sRGB.

By Xah Lee. Date: .

what is sRGB

sRGB is (Standard RGB). It basically means colors of Red Green Blue each with 256 possible levels.

what is Wider Gamut Color

Wider Gamut Color means colors outside the sRGB (Standard RGB).

Most computer displays up to 2016 cannot display colors outside of sRGB.

In 2016, displays capable of wide color gamut start to become popular.

what is Display P3

Display P3 and DCI-P3 are standard color space of wide color gamut.

Image formats supporting wide gamut colors

Image formats with native support of wide color gamut and more than 8 bits per color channel includes:

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