These Diffused Rectangular 5mm RGB LEDs combine red, green and blue chips in a diffused package for smooth colour mixing and colourful indicators. Supplied as a pack of ten.

Make some beautiful colours with these diffused rectangular 2.5mm x 5mm RGB LEDs with separate red, green and blue LED chips inside!

They make nice indicators, and they’re fun to colour-swirl! We like diffused RGB LEDs because they colour 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.

If you need some help using LEDs, please read our “Introduction to using LEDs” tutorial for any electronics project.

Features

• Diffused rectangular 2.5mm x 5mm RGB LEDs with separate red, green and blue LED chips
• Colour mixing occurs inside the diffused lens for seamless colour blending
• Common-Anode configuration – connect one pin to 5V and three legs to ground through resistors
• Compatible with multi-LED driver chips such as TLC5940 and TLC5941
• Pack of 10 LEDs
• Ideal for indicators and colour-swirling applications

Resources

• Datasheet
• Polarity drawing

Package Contents

• 1x Diffused Rectangular 5mm RGB LEDs – Pack of 10