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Placeholder Image Generator

Make a sized placeholder image with its dimensions on it.

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Quick Tool Overview

The Placeholder Image Generator makes a sized dummy image with its dimensions written on it, in colours you choose. Because it is generated locally rather than fetched from a placeholder service, it works offline, adds no third-party request, and cannot break when somebody else's free tier changes.

What it does
Generates a sized placeholder image
You give it
Dimensions, colours and a label
You get back
A PNG or a data URI
Best for
Building layouts before the real images exist
Image Tools Free, unlimited use No sign-up Runs in your browser

About the Placeholder Image Generator

Placeholder images exist so a layout can be built before the real pictures are ready, and the useful thing about them is that they say what size they are.

Set the dimensions, the colours and the label, and take the result as a file or as a data URI to paste straight into markup. Because it is generated locally rather than fetched from a placeholder service, it keeps working offline, does not slow a page down with a third-party request, and cannot break when somebody else's free tier changes. A row of preset sizes covers the ones that come up most.

Key features of the Placeholder Image Generator

No third-party request

Generated in your browser, so the page stays fast, works offline and does not depend on anyone else's uptime.

Dimensions on the image

The size is written on it by default, which is the whole point of a placeholder in a layout.

Data URI output

Copy it straight into markup with no separate file — the Base64 overhead is nothing at this size.

Preset sizes

Social cards, hero banners and thumbnails, so the placeholder matches what will replace it.

Batch mode

Several sizes at once as a ZIP, rather than repeating the same settings by hand.

How to use the Placeholder Image Generator

  1. 1

    Set the size

    Type dimensions, or pick a preset such as a social card or a hero banner.

  2. 2

    Choose the colours

    Background and text, with a diagonal-stripe option that reads unmistakably as a placeholder.

  3. 3

    Set the label

    The dimensions are shown by default; type anything else if you prefer.

  4. 4

    Download or copy

    Take a PNG, or copy a data URI to paste directly into your markup.

Frequently asked questions

A third-party request slows the page, breaks offline, and depends on somebody else's uptime and free tier. A generated file has none of those problems.

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