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placeholder.co

A simple, fast, and free image placeholder service, detailing how to configure size, format, color, and text options, including support for retina variants and a range of image formats from SVG to AVIF.

Key Points

  • The image size is specified as width x height, with height optional for square images, and size must be between 10×10 and 4000×4000 pixels.
  • The default image format is SVG, but PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, and AVIF formats are supported, and formats can be combined with colours.
  • Background and text colors are set with hex values or CSS color names, and the transparent keyword is allowed; both colors must be specified together.
  • Text on the placeholder can be customized via a query string, using + for spaces and n for newlines, with the default text showing the image dimensions.
  • Retina image support is available by appending @2x or @3x to the size, applicable to PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, and AVIF formats.
  • Ease of use, speed, and free access for generating placeholder images.
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