---
title: L
framework: Application Services
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
platforms: [macOS 10.0+]
path: applicationservices/cmlabcolor/1560318-l
---

# L

A numeric value within the range of 0 to 65535, which maps to 0 to 100 inclusive. Note that this encoding is slightly different from the 0 to 65280 encoding of the L channel defined in the ICC specification for PCS L*a*b values.

## Declaration

```occ
UInt16 L;
```