# Pixel Format Identifiers Core Video does not provide support for all of these formats; this list defines only their names. ## Topics ### Constants [`kCVPixelFormatType_1Monochrome`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_1Monochrome) 1 bit indexed. [`kCVPixelFormatType_2Indexed`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_2Indexed) 2-bit indexed. [`kCVPixelFormatType_4Indexed`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_4Indexed) 4-bit indexed. [`kCVPixelFormatType_8Indexed`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_8Indexed) 8-bit indexed. [`kCVPixelFormatType_1IndexedGray_WhiteIsZero`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_1IndexedGray_WhiteIsZero) 1 bit indexed gray, white is zero. [`kCVPixelFormatType_2IndexedGray_WhiteIsZero`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_2IndexedGray_WhiteIsZero) 2-bit indexed gray, white is zero. [`kCVPixelFormatType_4IndexedGray_WhiteIsZero`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_4IndexedGray_WhiteIsZero) 4-bit indexed gray, white is zero. [`kCVPixelFormatType_8IndexedGray_WhiteIsZero`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_8IndexedGray_WhiteIsZero) 8-bit indexed gray, white is zero. [`kCVPixelFormatType_16BE555`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_16BE555) 16-bit BE RGB 555. [`kCVPixelFormatType_16LE555`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_16LE555) 16-bit LE RGB 555. [`kCVPixelFormatType_16LE5551`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_16LE5551) 16-bit LE RGB 5551. [`kCVPixelFormatType_16BE565`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_16BE565) 16-bit BE RGB 565. [`kCVPixelFormatType_16LE565`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_16LE565) 16-bit LE RGB 565. [`kCVPixelFormatType_24RGB`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_24RGB) 24-bit RGB. [`kCVPixelFormatType_24BGR`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_24BGR) 24-bit BGR. [`kCVPixelFormatType_32ARGB`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_32ARGB) 32-bit ARGB. [`kCVPixelFormatType_32BGRA`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_32BGRA) 32-bit BGRA. [`kCVPixelFormatType_32ABGR`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_32ABGR) 32-bit ABGR. [`kCVPixelFormatType_32RGBA`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_32RGBA) 32-bit RGBA. [`kCVPixelFormatType_64ARGB`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_64ARGB) 64-bit ARGB, 16-bit big-endian samples. [`kCVPixelFormatType_48RGB`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_48RGB) 48-bit RGB, 16-bit big-endian samples. [`kCVPixelFormatType_32AlphaGray`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_32AlphaGray) 32-bit AlphaGray, 16-bit big-endian samples, black is zero. [`kCVPixelFormatType_16Gray`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_16Gray) 16-bit Grayscale, 16-bit big-endian samples, black is zero. [`kCVPixelFormatType_30RGB`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_30RGB) 30-bit RGB, 10-bit big-endian samples, 2 unused padding bits (at least significant end). [`kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr8`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr8) Component Y’CbCr 8-bit 4:2:2, ordered Cb Y’0 Cr Y’1. [`kCVPixelFormatType_4444YpCbCrA8`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_4444YpCbCrA8) Component Y’CbCrA 8-bit 4:4:4:4, ordered Cb Y’ Cr A. [`kCVPixelFormatType_4444YpCbCrA8R`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_4444YpCbCrA8R) Component Y’CbCrA 8-bit 4:4:4:4, rendering format. Full range alpha, zero biased YUV, ordered A Y’ Cb Cr. [`kCVPixelFormatType_4444AYpCbCr8`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_4444AYpCbCr8) Component Y’CbCrA 8-bit 4:4:4:4, ordered A Y’ Cb Cr, full range alpha, video range Y’CbCr. [`kCVPixelFormatType_4444AYpCbCr16`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_4444AYpCbCr16) Component Y’CbCrA 16-bit 4:4:4:4, ordered A Y’ Cb Cr, full range alpha, video range Y’CbCr, 16-bit little-endian samples. [`kCVPixelFormatType_444YpCbCr8`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_444YpCbCr8) Component Y’CbCr 8-bit 4:4:4. [`kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr16`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr16) Component Y’CbCr 10,12,14,16-bit 4:2:2. [`kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr10`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr10) Component Y’CbCr 10-bit 4:2:2. [`kCVPixelFormatType_444YpCbCr10`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_444YpCbCr10) Component Y’CbCr 10-bit 4:4:4. [`kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8Planar`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8Planar) Planar Component Y’CbCr 8-bit 4:2:0. `baseAddr` points to a big-endian `CVPlanarPixelBufferInfo_YCbCrPlanar` struct. [`kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8PlanarFullRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8PlanarFullRange) Planar Component Y’CbCr 8-bit 4:2:0, full range. `baseAddr` points to a big-endian `CVPlanarPixelBufferInfo_YCbCrPlanar` struct. [`kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr_4A_8BiPlanar`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr_4A_8BiPlanar) First plane: Video-range Component Y’CbCr 8-bit 4:2:2, ordered Cb Y’0 Cr Y’1; second plane: alpha 8-bit 0-255. [`kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8BiPlanarVideoRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8BiPlanarVideoRange) Bi-Planar Component Y’CbCr 8-bit 4:2:0, video-range (luma=[16,235] chroma=[16,240]). `baseAddr` points to a big-endian `CVPlanarPixelBufferInfo_YCbCrBiPlanar` struct. [`kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8BiPlanarFullRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8BiPlanarFullRange) Bi-Planar Component Y’CbCr 8-bit 4:2:0, full-range (luma=[0,255] chroma=[1,255]). `baseAddr` points to a big-endian `CVPlanarPixelBufferInfo_YCbCrBiPlanar` struct. [`kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr8_yuvs`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr8_yuvs) Component Y’CbCr 8-bit 4:2:2, ordered Y’0 Cb Y’1 Cr. [`kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr8FullRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr8FullRange) Component Y’CbCr 8-bit 4:2:2, full range, ordered Y’0 Cb Y’1 Cr. [`kCVPixelFormatType_OneComponent8`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_OneComponent8) 8-bit one component, black is zero. [`kCVPixelFormatType_TwoComponent8`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_TwoComponent8) 8-bit two component, black is zero. [`kCVPixelFormatType_OneComponent16Half`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_OneComponent16Half) 6-bit one component IEEE half-precision float, 16-bit little-endian samples. [`kCVPixelFormatType_OneComponent32Float`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_OneComponent32Float) 32-bit one component IEEE float, 32-bit little-endian samples. [`kCVPixelFormatType_TwoComponent16Half`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_TwoComponent16Half) 16-bit two component IEEE half-precision float, 16-bit little-endian samples. [`kCVPixelFormatType_TwoComponent32Float`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_TwoComponent32Float) 32-bit two component IEEE float, 32-bit little-endian samples. [`kCVPixelFormatType_64RGBAHalf`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_64RGBAHalf) 64-bit RGBA IEEE half-precision float, 16-bit little-endian samples. [`kCVPixelFormatType_128RGBAFloat`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_128RGBAFloat) 128-bit RGBA IEEE float, 32-bit little-endian samples. [`kCVPixelFormatType_14Bayer_BGGR`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_14Bayer_BGGR) [`kCVPixelFormatType_14Bayer_GBRG`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_14Bayer_GBRG) [`kCVPixelFormatType_14Bayer_GRBG`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_14Bayer_GRBG) [`kCVPixelFormatType_14Bayer_RGGB`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_14Bayer_RGGB) [`kCVPixelFormatType_30RGBLEPackedWideGamut`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_30RGBLEPackedWideGamut) [`kCVPixelFormatType_ARGB2101010LEPacked`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_ARGB2101010LEPacked) [`kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr10BiPlanarFullRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr10BiPlanarFullRange) [`kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr10BiPlanarVideoRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr10BiPlanarVideoRange) [`kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr10BiPlanarFullRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr10BiPlanarFullRange) [`kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr10BiPlanarVideoRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr10BiPlanarVideoRange) [`kCVPixelFormatType_444YpCbCr10BiPlanarFullRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_444YpCbCr10BiPlanarFullRange) [`kCVPixelFormatType_444YpCbCr10BiPlanarVideoRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_444YpCbCr10BiPlanarVideoRange) [`kCVPixelFormatType_DepthFloat16`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_DepthFloat16) [`kCVPixelFormatType_DepthFloat32`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_DepthFloat32) [`kCVPixelFormatType_DisparityFloat16`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_DisparityFloat16) [`kCVPixelFormatType_DisparityFloat32`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_DisparityFloat32) [`kCVPixelFormatType_16VersatileBayer`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_16VersatileBayer) [`kCVPixelFormatType_40ARGBLEWideGamut`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_40ARGBLEWideGamut) [`kCVPixelFormatType_40ARGBLEWideGamutPremultiplied`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_40ARGBLEWideGamutPremultiplied) [`kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8VideoRange_8A_TriPlanar`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8VideoRange_8A_TriPlanar) [`kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr16BiPlanarVideoRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr16BiPlanarVideoRange) [`kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr8BiPlanarFullRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr8BiPlanarFullRange) [`kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr8BiPlanarVideoRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_422YpCbCr8BiPlanarVideoRange) [`kCVPixelFormatType_4444AYpCbCrFloat`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_4444AYpCbCrFloat) [`kCVPixelFormatType_444YpCbCr16BiPlanarVideoRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_444YpCbCr16BiPlanarVideoRange) [`kCVPixelFormatType_444YpCbCr16VideoRange_16A_TriPlanar`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_444YpCbCr16VideoRange_16A_TriPlanar) [`kCVPixelFormatType_444YpCbCr8BiPlanarFullRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_444YpCbCr8BiPlanarFullRange) [`kCVPixelFormatType_444YpCbCr8BiPlanarVideoRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_444YpCbCr8BiPlanarVideoRange) [`kCVPixelFormatType_64RGBALE`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_64RGBALE) [`kCVPixelFormatType_64RGBA_DownscaledProResRAW`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_64RGBA_DownscaledProResRAW) [`kCVPixelFormatType_OneComponent10`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_OneComponent10) [`kCVPixelFormatType_OneComponent12`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_OneComponent12) [`kCVPixelFormatType_OneComponent16`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_OneComponent16) [`kCVPixelFormatType_TwoComponent16`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_TwoComponent16) [`kCVPixelFormatType_30RGBLE_8A_BiPlanar`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_30RGBLE_8A_BiPlanar) [`kCVPixelFormatType_30RGB_r210`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_30RGB_r210) [`kCVPixelFormatType_96VersatileBayerPacked12`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_96VersatileBayerPacked12) [`kCVPixelFormatType_Lossless_30RGBLEPackedWideGamut`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_Lossless_30RGBLEPackedWideGamut) [`kCVPixelFormatType_Lossless_30RGBLE_8A_BiPlanar`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_Lossless_30RGBLE_8A_BiPlanar) [`kCVPixelFormatType_Lossless_420YpCbCr10PackedBiPlanarFullRange`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_Lossless_420YpCbCr10PackedBiPlanarFullRange) [`kCVPixelFormatType_Lossless_64RGBAHalf`](/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelFormatType_Lossless_64RGBAHalf) --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. 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