Mantra Cala 52cm Tube 1 Light Pendant 6W LED - Sand Black

A Fine Black Line Against the Ceiling

Where a pale pendant tends to fade into the ceiling around it, this sand black tube does the opposite, drawing a crisp, matte line down to a small pool of warm light at its tip. It suits rooms where you want the fitting itself to register as a deliberate detail rather than disappear.

Choosing This Finish

This is the sand black option from the Cala range, a flat matte black rather than a gloss or graphite finish, so it reads as a solid, slightly soft toned black under normal room light. The same tube also comes in sand white and brushed gold; black tends to suit darker window frames, black tapware or an industrial style kitchen, where a pale fitting can look slightly lost against the same backdrop.

How It Works

Output comes from a single 6W integrated LED delivering roughly 420 lumens at a warm 3000K colour temperature, with a colour rendering index above 80. The suspension cable adjusts the drop between 53cm and 255cm, giving enough range to hang low over a table or from a genuinely high ceiling. The tube itself runs 52cm long with a 3.5cm diameter, suspended from a 10cm ceiling rose. It is not dimmable, the LED cannot be replaced separately from the fitting, and it carries an IP20 rating with Class I wiring appropriate to standard dry indoor rooms.

Where It Works Best

Its narrow black silhouette works well repeated in a row above a long kitchen island or dining table, where several fittings read as one considered line rather than a cluster of separate lights. It suits a single drop beside a bed or reading chair too, doing the job of a table lamp without taking up surface space. Set against Cala's wider, dish shaped relatives elsewhere in the Mantra range, this tube throws a tighter, more direct pool of light rather than a broad ambient spread, so it favours task style lighting over general room fill.

Made By Mantra

Founded in Valencia in 2000, Mantra built its name on lighting that looked considered without carrying a premium price tag, and the company has since grown into a brand sold across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Milestones along the way include Santiago Sevillano's sculptural ORA collection in 2012, part of a pattern of bringing in named designers alongside Mantra's own in house team rather than relying on anonymous catalogue shapes. That same design discipline runs through Cala, a fitting simple enough to look deliberate rather than plain.

Good To Know

• Materials: iron and aluminium
• Finish: sand black
• Tube length: 52cm, tube diameter: 3.5cm
• Ceiling rose diameter: 10cm
• Drop: adjustable from 53cm to 255cm
• Weight: 0.6kg
• Light source: 1 x 6W integrated LED, approximately 420 lumens
• Colour temperature: 3000K warm white
• CRI: over 80
• Dimmable: no
• IP rating: IP20, indoor dry rooms only
• Electrical class: Class I
• Warranty: 3 years

Questions People Ask

Is the black finish glossy or matte?
Matte. It is a flat sand black rather than a gloss or metallic tone.

Can the drop be adjusted after installation?
Yes, the cable allows the drop to be set anywhere between 53cm and 255cm.

Does it come with a dimmer?
No, this pendant is not dimmable and runs at a fixed light output.

Diameter: 10cm
Minimum Drop: 53cm
Maximum Drop: 255cm

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