# Diffused RGB (tri-color) LED - Common Anode

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** ADA159 · **Brand:** [Adafruit](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/adafruit-australia)
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Diffused 5mm tri-color LED with separate red, green and blue LED chips inside! Nice indicator, and fun to color-swirl. 60 degree viewing angle. Adafruit like diffused...

## Pricing

- **Price:** $3.60 (inc GST) — $3.27 AUD, exc GST
- **Quantity discounts:** 10+ $3.17 (exc GST) · 50+ $3.11 (exc GST)

## Availability & dispatch

- Available with a lead time — expect dispatch between Aug 24 and Aug 28.

## Description

Diffused 5mm tri-color LED with separate red, green and blue LED chips inside! Nice indicator, and fun to color-swirl. 60 degree viewing angle. Adafruit like diffused RGB LEDs because they color mix inside instead of appearing as 3 distinct LEDs.

These are Common-Anode type which means you connect one pin to 5V or so and then tie the other three legs to ground through a resistor. We carry and use CA more than CC because multi-LED driver chips (such as the TLC5940/TLC5941) are often designed exclusively for CA and can't be used with Common-Cathode.

- 5mm diameter
- Red: 630 nm wavelength, Green: 525 nm, Blue: 430 nm
- Red: 2.1-2.5V Forward Voltage, at 20mA current, Green: 3.8-4.5V, Blue: 3.8-4.5V
- Red: 500 mcd typical brightness, Green: 600 mcd, Blue: 300 mcd
- [Datasheet](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/FD-5WSRGB-A_137031bf5e6.PDF)
 
If you need some help using LEDs, please read Adafruit's "Introduction to using LEDs" tutorial for any electronics project.

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