superwhite

display a very bright white color on HDR-enabled displays with ~1 KB of video file

superwhite.mp4

if you view this page with a recent iPhone or iPad with low-power mode turned off, you should see a very bright white color above. on a Mac displays with HDR support, you should see a white color that is brighter than #ffffff. on unsupported displays, you should see a normal white color.

for example of a practical usage, see: https://notes.dt.in.th/HDRQRCode

please don’t abuse this

As data URL

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HTML snippet

<video
  muted
  autoplay
  playsinline
  oncanplaythrough="this.currentTime=0"
  poster="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQAQAAAAA3iMLMAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAA5JREFUeNpj+P+fgRQEAP1OH+HeyHWXAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"
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></video>

Creating the video

I used Final Cut Pro.

• Create a library with Wide Gamut HDR color processing setting.
• Create a project.
• Add a solid white color generator.
  • Set Color to Bright White.
  • Crank up Graphics HDR Level to 100.
• Add the HDR Tool video effect.
  • Set Mode to SDR to HDR (PQ).
  • Crank up Peak Brightness to 5000 nits.
• Export the video using HEVC 10-bit as the codec.