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General light for a home office

For general light in a home office of 7.8 m² plan on 1,444–2,167 lumens in total (our estimate); 2579 models suit.

home office 7.8 m² · general light · change
general
1,444–2,167 lm
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task
467–778 lm
300–500 lux over 0.84 m²
accent
289–722 lm
20–50 lux over 7.8 m²

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The numbers for this situation

  • Area lit7.8 m²example room 3 × 2.6 m — change it
  • Light level100–150 luxOur estimate — there's no official UK light level for homes
  • Lumens needed1,444–2,167 lmlight level × area ÷ 0.54 (walls and ageing take the rest)
  • Models that suit2579
  • Price from£11

Worked out, not measured

Where these numbers come from

  • Lumens = light level × area ÷ 0.54 (walls and ageing take the rest); a task uses the area of its surface, not the room. Catalogue filtered by room, task and constraint. Checked against 4477 matching lights in our catalogue snapshot of 2026-09-27; 2579 can be bought now. Same sums on every page, release families-2026-09-29.

All the numbers

Area (m²)Light level (lux)Lumens fromLumens to
7.8100–15014442167

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