Make a placeholder image of any size as PNG, JPG, WebP or SVG, labelled with its size
Processed in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. Updated on 24 Oct 2026.A placeholder image is a plain picture that stands in for the real one while a page or app is built. This tool makes one at any size up to 8,192 pixels a side, as PNG, JPG, WebP or SVG, labelled with its size by default. It is drawn in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Tap a size such as Link preview 1200 × 630 or HD 1920 × 1080, or type your own width and height.
Choose PNG, JPG, WebP or SVG, and pick the background and text colours from the palette or the colour picker.
Keep the size as the label or type your own words; More options adds a grid, checks, stripes or noise.
Press Download. The page states the exact file size, and Copy SVG gives the SVG as text.
Placeholder Image Generator makes a stand-in picture for a layout, a mockup, a slide or a test: a coloured rectangle of exactly the size you need, with the size written across it, such as "1200 × 630". Designers drop it into a frame before the real artwork exists, developers use it to check that a page reserves the right space, and testers use it to see how a form handles a picture of a given size and type.
The page opens on a 1200 × 630 PNG, the size link previews use on Facebook, LinkedIn and chat apps. One tap switches to HD 1920 × 1080, an upright 1080 × 1920 story, a 1080 square, a 1280 × 720 video thumbnail, a 1500 × 500 header banner, a 512 pixel app icon or 4K, or you type any width and height. The largest picture is 16.7 million pixels, 4096 × 4096, because that is what a phone browser can draw.
Colours come from a named palette or the colour picker; the text colour follows the background so the label stays readable. Replace the label with your own words, hide it for a blank image, or add a grid, checks, stripes or noise under More options. Noise matters for upload tests: a plain colour compresses to a few kilobytes, while a noisy JPG at HD size behaves more like a photograph.
PNG, JPG and WebP are painted on a canvas on your device. SVG is written as text, so it stays sharp at any zoom and can be copied straight into HTML; the label is escaped, so whatever you type is shown as text and can never become code. After each download the page states the exact file size in bytes.
These are made-up pictures for mockups and tests. They are not stock photos and contain no photograph, person or real data.
Tap one of the common sizes or type the width and height in pixels, choose PNG, JPG, WebP or SVG, then press Download. The picture shows its own size as a label, such as 1200 × 630, unless you type other words or hide the label for a blank image.
Use 1200 × 630 pixels, a ratio of about 1.91 to 1. Facebook, LinkedIn and most chat apps crop link previews to that shape, so a placeholder of that size shows exactly where the real artwork will sit. The size is the first preset on this page, called Link preview.
No. Every picture here is a coloured rectangle with optional text and pattern, made up on your device for mockups, layouts and tests. Placeholder images contain no photograph, person or real data, and they are meant to be replaced by the real artwork before a page goes live.
Yes. Choose SVG and press Copy SVG to put the markup on your clipboard, or Download to save an .svg file. An SVG stays sharp at any zoom and is usually under one kilobyte. Any label you type is escaped, so it always appears as text and cannot turn into code.
A picture of one colour compresses extremely well, so even a 4K PNG can be tiny. For an upload test that needs a realistic file, open More options and choose Noise: a 1920 × 1080 JPG with noise is several hundred kilobytes, and the page states the exact byte count after each download.
Each side can be 1 to 8,192 pixels, and the whole picture at most 16,777,216 pixels, the 4096 × 4096 a phone browser can draw. Labels are up to 80 characters. JPG has no transparency, and noise needs PNG, JPG or WebP because an SVG has no pixels to vary.
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