# PIXELFORMAT_DXT3

Variable · category: Graphics

Source: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/blob/970d89f6d3bc6667f4e1f88153abd6e7e82ed52c/src/platform/graphics/constants.js#L643

Block compressed format storing 16 input pixels (corresponding to a 4x4 pixel block) into 128
bits of output, consisting of 64 bits of alpha channel data (4 bits for each pixel) followed by
64 bits of color data; encoded the same way as DXT1.

```ts
const PIXELFORMAT_DXT3: 9 = 9
```