Oakley Prizm Lenses – A Guide
8th August 2022
Oakley Prizm lenses fine tune individual colours, enhancing detail for an optimized experience. With Prizm lens technology everything looks vivid and vibrant. It’s a breakthrough that comes from Oakley’s decades of research in optics for professional athletes, and it helps you make the most of everything from sports to everyday life.
See it in Prizm
Prizm is an Oakley lens technology designed to enhance colour and contrast so you can see more detail.
Colour – tuned to create a more vivid, vibrant world.
Contrast – defined to increase depth perception and highlight features in the surrounding environment.
Details – reveals what you may not see with the naked eye.
Prizm Road
Oakley Prizm Road lenses improve contrast to help you see subtle changes, for example when cycling you will be able to spot changes in road texture and quickly spot hazards like rocks and potholes. Overall colour will be enhanced giving improved vision. Prizm Road lenses have a rose base with orange/red mirror, and 20% VLT making them good for medium light conditions where you will benefit from enhanced colour and contrast.
Light Transmission: 20%
Light Conditions: Medium Light
Contrast: Increased
Base Lens Colour: Rose
Lens Category: 2
Prizm Road Black
Prizm Road Black lenses are dark and ideal for bright conditions. They are a category 3 lens with 11% VLT, and with a rose base they will still enhance colour and contrast.
Light Transmission: 11%
Light Conditions: Bright Light
Contrast: Increased
Base Lens Colour: Rose
Lens Category: 3
Prizm Road Jade
Prizm Road Jade is a rose base lens with a jade mirror finish. It will help to increase contrast and colour. It is a category 3 lens with 15% VLT it is slightly lighter than the Prizm Road Black lens.
Light Transmission: 15%
Light Conditions: Bright Sun
Contrast: Increased
Base Lens Colour: Rose
Lens Category: 3
Prizm Trail Torch
Prizm Trail Torch lens increases contrast to help you distinguish obstacles in a variety of light conditions so you can ride with confidence. It is a rose base lens with a torch iridium mirror.
Light Transmission: 35%
Light Conditions: Medium Light
Contrast: Increased
Base Lens Colour: Rose
Lens Category: 2
Prizm 24k
Oakley Prizm 24k lenses have a bronze base with a gold mirror. A category 3 lens with 11% VLT they are great for bright light conditions.
Light Transmission: 11%
Light Conditions: Bright Light
Contrast: Increased
Base Lens Colour: Bronze
Lens Category: 3
Prizm Field
Oakley Prizm Field lenses have a rose base and are a performance enhancing colour designed with Prizm lens technology to improve contrast – boosting colours and filtering out distracting colours.
Light Transmission: 15%
Light Conditions: Bright Light
Contrast: Increased
Base Lens Colour: Rose
Lens Category: 3
Prizm Black
Prizm Black is a dark grey lens for use in bright and sunny conditions. It will enhance detail while the grey base colour will keep colours looking natural.
Also available as Prizm Black Polarised for additional protection from glare.
Light Transmission: 11%
Light Conditions: Bright Light
Contrast: Increased
Base Lens Colour: Grey
Lens Category: 3
Prizm Sapphire
Prizm Sapphire is a grey base lens with blue mirror. It is a category 3 lens for sunny and bright light conditions. Prizm lens technology improves overall colour and contrast.
Also available as Prizm Sapphire Polarised for additional protection from glare.
Light Transmission: 12%
Light Conditions: Bright Light
Contrast: Increased
Base Lens Colour: Grey
Lens Category: 3
Prizm Tungsten
Oakley Prizm Tungsten lenses have a bronze base and are a category 3 lens with 14% VLT. Prizm lens technology enhances contrast, it is a versatile everyday lens.
Also available as Prizm Tungsten Polarised for additional protection from glare.
Light Transmission: 14%
Light Conditions: Bright Light
Contrast: Increased
Base Lens Colour: Bronze
Lens Category: 3
Prizm Deep Water Polarised
Oakley Prizm Deep Water Polarised lenses have a rose base colour with a blue mirror. They are a category 3 lens with 12% VLT. For bright light conditions and it will help increase contrast.
Light Transmission: 12%
Light Conditions: Bright Light
Contrast: Increased
Base Lens Colour: Rose
Lens Category: 3
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