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Whether you're changing your look or optimizing your vision for changing light conditions, Oakley offers a full spectrum of lens color options. More than 40 lens hues have been formulated to precisely balance transmission, absorption and reflection of light, depending on the targeted environment for usage. Oakley optics are made of lightweight Plutonite® lens material, an innovation that blocks 100% of UV while maintaining superior impact resistance. Optional Iridium® lens coatings are engineered to tune transmission for specific light conditions. Oakley technology also produces the best polarized lenses on the planet. Even prescription correction is available, achieved with custom-ground optical precision that exceeds industry standards.
When light passes through a sunglass lens, some wavelengths are reflected by the surface and others are absorbed by the lens material. The light that actually reaches your eye is a measure of the lens transmission level. With Oakley's wide range of optional lens hues, you can choose to have as little as 9% of available light reach your eye, or as much as 93%.
Molecules in the lens absorb specific wavelengths of light, preventing them from reaching your eye. With the full array of Oakley lens color options, you can select a precisely tuned level of absorption that maximizes performance for any light condition.
You can be blinded by what you can't see. An invisible form of radiation, UV rays pelt your retinas at 186,000 miles per second. Eye damage linked to UV includes cataract, a condition where the eye lens becomes opaque so light can't get through. UV is also linked to photokeratitis (sunburn of the cornea), pterygium (tissue growth that can block vision), and macular degeneration (damage to the part of the inner eye that receives light patterns and transmits them to the brain).
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Oakley's Plutonite® lens material is engineered to stop every wavelength of ultraviolet radiation, not just the lower energy form called "UVA". In fact, Plutonite® inherently blocks 100% of UVA, UVB, UVC and harmful blue light up to 400 nanometers. The protection is built into the lens material. It's not a thin surface coating that can become scratched, leaving your dilated pupils exposed to UV leaks. In addition, Oakley's patented XYZ Optics® technology maintains visual clarity for raked-back lens contours, so Oakley lenses can have extreme curves at the sides to maximize protection against harmful UV.
Harmful blue light rays are known as High Energy Visible (HEV) wavelengths. In the spectrum
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of visible light, HEV is on the upper end where your eyes perceive the colors blue and violet. Wavelengths in this part of the spectrum are approaching UV in energy, and HEV light has been linked to macular degeneration and other forms of eye damage. That's why Oakley's Plutonite® lens material is engineered to block 100% of all harmful blue light up tp 400 nanometers. In addition to protection, this is a performance benefit, because blue light rays are a major factor in glare.
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The reflective glow of florescent colors in black light is near the beginning of the UV spectrum. More powerful UV wavelengths are invisible. The full spectrum is divided into three categories. UVA has longer wavelengths and lower energy than the other forms of UV. The middle of the spectrum is UVB. On the high end, UVC has the shortest wavelength and is the most damaging. Most eyewear lenses block some of the UVA wavelengths, so they can claim "UV protection". Oakley's Plutonite® lens material stops all UVA. It also blocks 100% of the more damaging wavelengths, UVB and UVC.
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