This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since February 2020.
The EXT_sRGB extension is part of the WebGL API and adds sRGB support to textures and framebuffer objects.
WebGL extensions are available using the WebGLRenderingContext.getExtension() method. For more information, see also Using Extensions in the WebGL tutorial.
Note: This extension is only available to WebGL1 contexts. In WebGL2, the functionality of this extension is available on the WebGL2 context by default. The constants in WebGL2 are: gl.SRGB, gl.SRGB8, gl.SRGB8_ALPHA8 and gl.FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_COLOR_ENCODING.
This extension exposes the following constants, which can be used in the texImage2D(), texSubImage2D(), renderbufferStorage() and getFramebufferAttachmentParameter() methods.
ext.SRGB_EXTUnsized sRGB format that leaves the precision up to the driver.
ext.SRGB_ALPHA_EXTUnsized sRGB format with unsized alpha component.
ext.SRGB8_ALPHA8_EXTSized (8-bit) sRGB and alpha formats.
ext.FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_COLOR_ENCODING_EXTReturns the framebuffer color encoding (gl.LINEAR or ext.SRGB_EXT).
const ext = gl.getExtension("EXT_sRGB");
const texture = gl.createTexture();
gl.bindTexture(gl.TEXTURE_2D, texture);
gl.texImage2D(
gl.TEXTURE_2D,
0,
ext.SRGB_EXT,
512,
512,
0,
ext.SRGB_EXT,
gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE,
image,
);
| Specification |
|---|
| WebGL EXT_sRGB Extension Specification> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
EXT_sRGB |
40 | 80 | 5828–58Not supported on Windows. |
27 | 9 | 40 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 4.0 | 40 | 9 |
WebGLRenderingContext.getExtension()WebGLRenderingContext.texImage2D()WebGLRenderingContext.texSubImage2D()WebGLRenderingContext.renderbufferStorage()WebGLRenderingContext.getFramebufferAttachmentParameter()
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EXT_sRGB