developers.home-assistant/docs/core/entity/light.md

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---
title: Light Entity
sidebar_label: Light
---
A light entity controls the brightness, hue and saturation color value, white value, color temperature and effects of a light source. Derive platform entities from [`homeassistant.components.light.LightEntity`](https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/blob/master/homeassistant/components/light/__init__.py).
## Properties
| Name | Type | Default | Description
| ---- | ---- | ---- | ----
| brightness | int | None | Return the brightness of this light between 0..255
| color_temp | int | None | Return the CT color value in mireds.
| effect | String | None | Return the current effect.
| effect_list | list | None | Return the list of supported effects.
| hs_color | list | None | Return the hue and saturation color value [float, float].
| is_on | bool | bool | Returns if the light entity is on or not.
| max_mireds | int | int | Return the warmest color_temp that this light supports.
| min_mireds | int | int | Return the coldest color_temp that this light supports.
| supported_features | int | int | Flag supported features.
| white_value | int | None | Return the white value of this light between 0..255.
## Support Feature
| Constant | Description
|----------|-----------------------
| `SUPPORT_BRIGHTNESS` | Controls the brightness of a light source
| `SUPPORT_COLOR` | Controls the color a light source shows
| `SUPPORT_COLOR_TEMP` | Controls the representation a light source shows based on temperature
| `SUPPORT_EFFECT` | Controls the effect a light source shows
| `SUPPORT_FLASH` | Controls the duration of a flash a light source shows
| `SUPPORT_TRANSITION` | Controls the duration of transitions between color and effects
| `SUPPORT_WHITE_VALUE` | Controls the white light a light source shows.
## Methods
### Turn on Light Device
```python
class MyLightEntity(LightEntity):
def turn_on(self, **kwargs):
"""Turn the device on."""
async def async_turn_on(self, **kwargs):
"""Turn device on."""
```
### Turn Off Light Device
```python
class MyLightEntity(LightEntity):
def turn_off(self, **kwargs):
"""Turn the device off."""
async def async_turn_off(self, **kwargs):
"""Turn device off."""
```