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# PixelFormat

A pixel buffer pixel format.

```
protocol PixelFormat
```

## Topics

### Associated Types

[`associatedtype ComponentType : Equatable`](/documentation/Accelerate/PixelFormat/ComponentType)

The type of the pixel’s component.

## Relationships

### Conforming Types

[`PlanarFx3`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/PlanarFx3)

[`PlanarF`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/PlanarF)

[`Planar8x3`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/Planar8x3)

[`Planar8x2`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/Planar8x2)

[`Interleaved8x2`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/Interleaved8x2)

[`DynamicPixelFormat`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/DynamicPixelFormat)

[`InterleavedFx3`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/InterleavedFx3)

[`InterleavedFx2`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/InterleavedFx2)

[`PlanarFx2`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/PlanarFx2)

[`Interleaved8x4`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/Interleaved8x4)

[`Interleaved16Ux4`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/Interleaved16Ux4)

[`Planar16U`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/Planar16U)

[`Planar16F`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/Planar16F)

[`Interleaved8x3`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/Interleaved8x3)

[`InterleavedFx4`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/InterleavedFx4)

[`Interleaved16Fx4`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/Interleaved16Fx4)

[`Interleaved16Ux2`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/Interleaved16Ux2)

[`PlanarFx4`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/PlanarFx4)

[`Interleaved16Fx2`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/Interleaved16Fx2)

[`Planar8x4`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/Planar8x4)

[`Planar8`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage/Planar8)

### Inherited By

[`MultiplePlanePixelFormat`](/documentation/Accelerate/MultiplePlanePixelFormat)

[`InitializableFromCGImage`](/documentation/Accelerate/InitializableFromCGImage)

[`SinglePlanePixelFormat`](/documentation/Accelerate/SinglePlanePixelFormat)

[`StaticPixelFormat`](/documentation/Accelerate/StaticPixelFormat)

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