Color spaces

LMS

(long, medium, short)

A color space representing the three different cone responses of trichromatic vision.

LMS is used in studying and simulating color vision deficiencies.

Example

Note: LMS is not supported in any devices. The colors shown in this tool only depict colors that are within the sRGB gamut.

How it affects UI design

LMS is not based on color appearance and generally is not used for creating colors for user interfaces.

Sources:

  1. Mark D. Fairchild (2013). Color Appearance Models. 3rd edition. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
  2. LMS color space. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_color_space