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Convert Millinits to Candela per Square Centimeter

Millinit (mnt) to Candela per Square Centimeter (cd/cm²) luminance conversion — enter any value below to get an instant result, or use the table for common values.

Results from this calculator are estimates provided for general informational purposes only, based on formulas, rates, and standards commonly accepted as of 2026. Figures may differ slightly from other calculators or professional sources due to rounding methods, differing assumptions, or regional regulations, and rules may change over time. Always consult a qualified professional — such as a financial advisor, healthcare provider, or other relevant specialist — before making decisions based on these results.

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Result

1 mnt = 1E-07 cd/cm²

1 Millinit = 1E-07 Candela per Square Centimeter

1 Candela per Square Centimeter = 10000000 Millinits

1 mnt in every supported unit

Conversion chart: Millinit to Candela per Square Centimeter

Conversion table

Millinit (mnt) Candela per Square Centimeter (cd/cm²)
0.01 mnt 1E-09 cd/cm²
0.1 mnt 1E-08 cd/cm²
1 mnt 1E-07 cd/cm²
2 mnt 2E-07 cd/cm²
3 mnt 3E-07 cd/cm²
5 mnt 5E-07 cd/cm²
10 mnt 1E-06 cd/cm²
20 mnt 2E-06 cd/cm²
50 mnt 5E-06 cd/cm²
100 mnt 1E-05 cd/cm²
1000 mnt 0.0001 cd/cm²

Millinit (mnt)

Definition: One-thousandth of a nit (candela per square meter), used to express extremely low luminance levels well below normal viewing brightness.

History: Extended from the nit using the standard SI milli- prefix to give display and sensor engineers a convenient unit for near-black or very dim measurement ranges.

Current use: Used in display black-level and contrast-ratio testing, where modern screens can produce luminance readings just a few millinits above true black.

Candela per Square Centimeter (cd/cm²)

Definition: A metric luminance unit expressing candela per square centimeter — one ten-thousandth the area of a square meter, so numerically 10,000 times larger than cd/m² for the same physical brightness.

History: Derived directly from the SI base unit by substituting the smaller centimeter for the meter, useful when working with small, intensely bright light-emitting areas such as filament or LED die surfaces.

Current use: Occasionally used in laboratory photometry and LED chip characterization where the emitting area is only a few square centimeters and cd/m² values would be inconveniently small.

Supported Units

Unit Symbol In cd/m²
Candela per Square Meter cd/m² 1 cd/m²
Candela per Square Centimeter cd/cm² 10000 cd/m²
Candela per Square Foot cd/ft² 10.76391 cd/m²
Candela per Square Inch cd/in² 1550.0031 cd/m²
Kilocandela per Square Meter kcd/m² 1000 cd/m²
Stilb sb 10000 cd/m²
Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian lm/m²/sr 1 cd/m²
Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian lm/cm²/sr 10000 cd/m²
Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian lm/ft²/sr 10.76391 cd/m²
Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) W/cm²/sr 6830000 cd/m²
Nit nt 1 cd/m²
Millinit mnt 0.001 cd/m²
Lambert L 3183.0989 cd/m²
Millilambert mL 3.1830989 cd/m²
Foot-Lambert fL 3.4262591 cd/m²
Apostilb asb 0.31830989 cd/m²
Blondel bd 0.31830989 cd/m²
Bril bril 3.1831E-08 cd/m²
Skot sk 0.0003183099 cd/m²

About These Parameters

Value
The luminance value you want to convert, expressed in the "From" unit. Accepts decimals, so you can enter anything from a faint scotopic reading in skots to a display's rated brightness in nits.
From Unit
The unit your input value is currently measured in — a monitor spec sheet's nits, a cinema calibration report's foot-lamberts, or a scientific instrument's candela per square meter.
To Unit
The unit you want the result converted into. Use the swap button to flip From and To instantly and compare figures across display, cinema, and scientific contexts.

How Luminance Conversion Works

The Formula

Every unit here is defined by a fixed multiplier relative to candela per square meter. To convert a value from one unit to another:

result = value × (factor of "From" unit ÷ factor of "To" unit)

For Millinit → Candela per Square Centimeter: multiply by 1E-07. For example, 1 mnt × 1E-07 = 1E-07 cd/cm².

Nits vs. Candela per Square Meter

A nit and a candela per square meter are exactly the same physical quantity — "nit" is simply the shorter, everyday name adopted by the display and consumer electronics industry. When a phone, TV, or monitor spec sheet quotes "1,000 nits," that number is identical to 1,000 cd/m² in a scientific paper. The two names exist for context, not physics: engineers and physicists tend to write cd/m², while marketing copy, review sites, and display datasheets almost universally write nits.

CGS vs. SI Luminance Units

Several units on this page — the stilb, lambert, apostilb, blondel, bril, and skot — predate the modern SI system and come from the centimeter-gram-second (CGS) system of photometric units used in early 20th-century physics. They were built around the idea of a perfectly diffusing ("Lambertian") surface rather than the candela directly, which is why their conversion factors to cd/m² involve π-related constants (a lambert, for instance, equals 1/π candela per square centimeter). Most of these CGS units have been superseded by candela-per-square-meter and its nit alias in modern engineering, but they still surface in legacy scientific literature, older photometric instruments, and specialized fields like vision research that never fully migrated to SI.

Example

A luminance of 1 mnt equals 1E-07 cd/cm². For scale, a typical smartphone screen runs around 500-1,000 nits, a calibrated cinema screen is set to roughly 14-16 foot-lamberts, an overcast sky reads around 2,000-4,000 cd/m², and the full moon's surface luminance is only about 2,500 cd/m² despite looking far brighter against a dark night sky.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Candela per Square Centimeter are in 1 Millinit?

1 Millinit (mnt) equals exactly 1E-07 Candela per Square Centimeter (cd/cm²).

What's the difference between luminance and brightness?

Luminance is the objective, physically measured quantity — candela per square meter, or nits — while "brightness" is often used loosely to describe the subjective perception of how light a surface looks, which also depends on surrounding contrast and the viewer's eye adaptation. Luminance is what a light meter measures; brightness is what a person reports seeing.

Is a nit the same as a candela per square meter?

Yes — a nit and a candela per square meter (cd/m²) are exactly the same unit under two different names. "Nit" is the informal name used throughout the display and consumer electronics industry, while cd/m² is the formal SI name used in scientific and engineering contexts.

Why do cinema screens use foot-lamberts instead of nits?

The film and projection industry standardized on foot-lamberts decades before nits became common in consumer electronics, and SMPTE calibration standards for theatrical and home-theater screens (typically 14-16 foot-lamberts) are still written in that unit today. Converting to nits (1 fL ≈ 3.43 cd/m²) shows that cinema screens are actually much dimmer than a modern smartphone or TV display, which is intentional for a dark viewing room.

Why are there so many old CGS luminance units like the stilb and apostilb?

Before the SI system standardized photometry around the candela and candela-per-square-meter in the mid-20th century, different countries and scientific traditions developed their own luminance units within the centimeter-gram-second (CGS) system — the stilb and lambert in general use, the apostilb and its French-system twin the blondel for illuminated surfaces, and the extremely small bril and skot for vision research into low-light perception. Most have fallen out of everyday use but still appear in older instruments, legacy literature, and specialized scientific fields.

How accurate are these conversions?

Every conversion factor used here is the exact, internationally recognized relationship between the underlying luminance units — results are limited only by floating-point display precision, not by rounded conversion constants.

Convert Millinit to Other Luminance Units

Millinit to Candela per Square Meter Millinit to Candela per Square Centimeter Millinit to Candela per Square Foot Millinit to Candela per Square Inch Millinit to Kilocandela per Square Meter Millinit to Stilbs Millinit to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Millinit to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Millinit to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Millinit to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Millinit to Nits Millinit to Lamberts Millinit to Millilamberts Millinit to Foot-Lamberts Millinit to Apostilbs Millinit to Blondels Millinit to Brils Millinit to Skots

Possible Luminance Conversions

Candela per Square Inch to Lamberts Candela per Square Foot to Stilbs Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Bril to Foot-Lamberts Nit to Blondels Candela per Square Centimeter to Apostilbs Blondel to Brils Apostilb to Kilocandela per Square Meter Candela per Square Centimeter to Stilbs Skot to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Bril to Candela per Square Inch Millilambert to Candela per Square Centimeter Apostilb to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Bril to Apostilbs Candela per Square Centimeter to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Lambert to Candela per Square Meter Candela per Square Meter to Candela per Square Centimeter Millinit to Candela per Square Centimeter Apostilb to Millilamberts Blondel to Skots Candela per Square Meter to Foot-Lamberts Foot-Lambert to Brils Millilambert to Millinits Kilocandela per Square Meter to Lamberts Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Lamberts Millinit to Apostilbs Apostilb to Brils Millilambert to Brils Candela per Square Foot to Candela per Square Meter Foot-Lambert to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Millilambert to Foot-Lamberts Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Brils Foot-Lambert to Candela per Square Inch Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Blondels Candela per Square Foot to Nits Candela per Square Foot to Millinits Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Stilbs Candela per Square Foot to Foot-Lamberts Millinit to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Lambert to Apostilbs Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Blondels Nit to Stilbs Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Foot-Lamberts Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Brils Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Foot-Lamberts Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Candela per Square Inch Nit to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Candela per Square Meter to Stilbs Kilocandela per Square Meter to Nits Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Candela per Square Inch Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Nits Millinit to Candela per Square Meter Kilocandela per Square Meter to Candela per Square Inch Candela per Square Meter to Candela per Square Foot Kilocandela per Square Meter to Millinits Millilambert to Kilocandela per Square Meter Stilb to Millinits Lambert to Stilbs Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Millinits Blondel to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Candela per Square Meter to Apostilbs Candela per Square Meter to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Skot to Millilamberts Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Apostilbs Kilocandela per Square Meter to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Blondel to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Brils Apostilb to Candela per Square Foot Candela per Square Foot to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Foot-Lambert to Blondels Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Candela per Square Meter to Candela per Square Inch Millilambert to Stilbs Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Blondel to Candela per Square Foot Candela per Square Centimeter to Skots Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Candela per Square Foot Millinit to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Nit to Millilamberts Lambert to Skots Candela per Square Foot to Kilocandela per Square Meter Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Skots Foot-Lambert to Lamberts Millilambert to Nits Foot-Lambert to Kilocandela per Square Meter Nit to Foot-Lamberts Blondel to Candela per Square Inch Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Candela per Square Foot Candela per Square Meter to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Lambert to Nits Candela per Square Foot to Lamberts Candela per Square Inch to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Stilb to Millilamberts Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Skots Nit to Lamberts Blondel to Lamberts Stilb to Brils Candela per Square Centimeter to Candela per Square Foot Candela per Square Centimeter to Millilamberts Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Bril to Candela per Square Centimeter Foot-Lambert to Candela per Square Foot Candela per Square Centimeter to Candela per Square Meter Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Kilocandela per Square Meter Bril to Stilbs Candela per Square Inch to Blondels Blondel to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Lambert to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Skots Nit to Kilocandela per Square Meter Stilb to Candela per Square Foot Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Millilambert to Skots Millinit to Foot-Lamberts Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Bril to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Apostilb to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Apostilb to Candela per Square Inch Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Candela per Square Meter Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Kilocandela per Square Meter Stilb to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Blondels Stilb to Candela per Square Centimeter Candela per Square Centimeter to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Bril to Millinits Millilambert to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Millinit to Blondels Candela per Square Foot to Blondels Candela per Square Centimeter to Lamberts Candela per Square Inch to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Apostilb to Candela per Square Meter Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Candela per Square Foot Blondel to Apostilbs Kilocandela per Square Meter to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Candela per Square Centimeter to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Candela per Square Meter Skot to Candela per Square Centimeter Candela per Square Centimeter to Kilocandela per Square Meter Candela per Square Centimeter to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Blondel to Millilamberts Lambert to Candela per Square Foot Candela per Square Meter to Nits Millilambert to Blondels Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Stilbs Kilocandela per Square Meter to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Candela per Square Centimeter to Candela per Square Inch Lambert to Millilamberts Skot to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Foot-Lambert to Candela per Square Meter Apostilb to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Candela per Square Centimeter Candela per Square Inch to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Millilamberts Millinit to Stilbs Candela per Square Inch to Stilbs Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Nits Kilocandela per Square Meter to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Stilb to Blondels Apostilb to Millinits Millilambert to Candela per Square Meter Candela per Square Meter to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Apostilb to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Brils Apostilb to Skots Skot to Brils Kilocandela per Square Meter to Stilbs Nit to Candela per Square Meter Millinit to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Candela per Square Foot to Apostilbs Blondel to Candela per Square Centimeter Bril to Candela per Square Foot Skot to Millinits Kilocandela per Square Meter to Candela per Square Centimeter Millinit to Millilamberts Candela per Square Inch to Candela per Square Foot Millilambert to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Stilb to Candela per Square Meter Bril to Blondels Bril to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Millinit to Lamberts Lambert to Millinits Millilambert to Candela per Square Inch Skot to Lamberts Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Foot-Lamberts Kilocandela per Square Meter to Apostilbs Stilb to Apostilbs Skot to Blondels Candela per Square Meter to Skots Nit to Candela per Square Inch Apostilb to Candela per Square Centimeter Candela per Square Meter to Brils Lambert to Kilocandela per Square Meter Candela per Square Meter to Lamberts Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Candela per Square Centimeter Candela per Square Foot to Brils Bril to Skots Nit to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Apostilb to Nits Blondel to Stilbs Millilambert to Candela per Square Foot Foot-Lambert to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Candela per Square Meter to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Blondel to Kilocandela per Square Meter Millilambert to Lamberts Nit to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Foot-Lamberts Stilb to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Bril to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Apostilbs Bril to Millilamberts Candela per Square Foot to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Skot to Foot-Lamberts Bril to Nits Skot to Apostilbs Lambert to Candela per Square Inch Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Stilbs Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Nits Skot to Candela per Square Foot Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Kilocandela per Square Meter Candela per Square Foot to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Millilamberts Kilocandela per Square Meter to Blondels Candela per Square Inch to Foot-Lamberts Candela per Square Inch to Nits Apostilb to Foot-Lamberts Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Stilbs Candela per Square Centimeter to Millinits Blondel to Foot-Lamberts Millinit to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Candela per Square Inch to Millilamberts Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Candela per Square Inch Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Blondels Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Skots Candela per Square Centimeter to Brils Stilb to Nits Blondel to Candela per Square Meter Stilb to Lamberts Candela per Square Centimeter to Nits Kilocandela per Square Meter to Millilamberts Stilb to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Millinit to Skots Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Kilocandela per Square Meter Candela per Square Foot to Millilamberts Candela per Square Inch to Candela per Square Centimeter Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Candela per Square Inch Millinit to Kilocandela per Square Meter Foot-Lambert to Millinits Candela per Square Foot to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Stilb to Skots Candela per Square Centimeter to Blondels Candela per Square Inch to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Candela per Square Inch to Skots Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Candela per Square Meter Kilocandela per Square Meter to Brils Foot-Lambert to Apostilbs Lambert to Candela per Square Centimeter Blondel to Millinits Lambert to Foot-Lamberts Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Candela per Square Foot Skot to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Kilocandela per Square Meter to Foot-Lamberts Candela per Square Inch to Candela per Square Meter Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Lambert to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Kilocandela per Square Meter to Candela per Square Foot Millilambert to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Candela per Square Centimeter to Foot-Lamberts Lambert to Blondels Bril to Lamberts Blondel to Nits Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Millinits Apostilb to Blondels Candela per Square Meter to Blondels Kilocandela per Square Meter to Skots Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Apostilbs Millilambert to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Skot to Candela per Square Meter Foot-Lambert to Candela per Square Centimeter Millinit to Nits Candela per Square Meter to Millilamberts Millinit to Candela per Square Foot Candela per Square Meter to Kilocandela per Square Meter Nit to Millinits Candela per Square Inch to Brils Candela per Square Foot to Candela per Square Centimeter Bril to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Candela per Square Centimeter Stilb to Candela per Square Inch Watt per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) to Lamberts Candela per Square Inch to Kilocandela per Square Meter Candela per Square Inch to Apostilbs Stilb to Kilocandela per Square Meter Candela per Square Inch to Millinits Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Candela per Square Centimeter Kilocandela per Square Meter to Candela per Square Meter Blondel to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Skot to Kilocandela per Square Meter Nit to Candela per Square Foot Foot-Lambert to Stilbs Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Millinits Lambert to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Foot-Lambert to Skots Nit to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Millinits Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Lamberts Millilambert to Apostilbs Skot to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Nit to Candela per Square Centimeter Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Lamberts Millinit to Candela per Square Inch Bril to Candela per Square Meter Foot-Lambert to Millilamberts Lambert to Brils Candela per Square Foot to Skots Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Nits Apostilb to Lamberts Nit to Brils Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Apostilbs Foot-Lambert to Nits Stilb to Foot-Lamberts Stilb to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Skot to Nits Nit to Apostilbs Foot-Lambert to Lumens per Square Meter per Steradian Lumen per Square Foot per Steradian to Candela per Square Meter Candela per Square Meter to Millinits Millinit to Brils Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm) Candela per Square Foot to Candela per Square Inch Skot to Stilbs Apostilb to Stilbs Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Lumens per Square Centimeter per Steradian Skot to Candela per Square Inch Nit to Skots Lambert to Lumens per Square Foot per Steradian Bril to Kilocandela per Square Meter Lumen per Square Centimeter per Steradian to Millilamberts Lumen per Square Meter per Steradian to Millilamberts Foot-Lambert to Watts per Square Centimeter per Steradian (at 555 nm)

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