Security cameras with LED lights use visible warm-white or floodlight LEDs to illuminate a scene, giving the image sensor enough light to capture color instead of switching to black-and-white video. Low-light-sensitive sensors and wide-aperture lenses can also help produce color video from available ambient light, while the LEDs add illumination in darker areas.

Security cameras with LED lights may support Power over Ethernet (PoE), which carries power and network data over one Ethernet cable for streamlined professional installations. Wi-Fi models can connect to the network wirelessly, while hardwired floodlight cameras use an AC connection, giving installers options for different retrofit and outdoor project requirements.

Floodlight cameras combine video surveillance with a broad, fixture-style light, and many models add motion-triggered lighting, two-way audio, sirens, or warning effects for outdoor awareness and deterrence. Bullet-style security cameras with supplemental LED lighting keep a compact, directional camera form factor, using built-in warm-white LEDs to illuminate the scene and support color video at night, often with Power over Ethernet (PoE) for professional installations.

When selecting security cameras with LED lights, compare video resolution, fixed or motorized varifocal lens options, low-light color performance, light controls, motion or person, vehicle, and animal detection, and outdoor protection ratings. Also review storage options such as microSD, onboard recording, or an NVR, along with connectivity, viewing platform compatibility, and two-way audio if installers or users need to communicate through the camera.