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General light for a living room

For general light in a living room of 16.2 m² plan on 1,500–3,000 lumens in total (our estimate); 15240 models suit.

living room 16.2 m² · general light · change
general
1,500–3,000 lm
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task
200–333 lm
300–500 lux over 0.36 m²
accent
600–1,500 lm
20–50 lux over 16.2 m²

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The numbers for this situation

  • Area lit16.2 m²example room 4.5 × 3.6 m — change it
  • Light level50–100 luxOur estimate — there's no official UK light level for homes
  • Lumens needed1,500–3,000 lmlight level × area ÷ 0.54 (walls and ageing take the rest)
  • Models that suit15240
  • 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 22299 matching lights in our catalogue snapshot of 2026-09-27; 15240 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
16.250–10015003000

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