SVG Placeholder Generator
Generate SVG placeholder images and data URIs
What is SVG Placeholder Generator?
The SVG placeholder generator builds a vector placeholder at whatever size, label and colours you specify, and hands back both the source and a data URI you can inline directly. The result is a few hundred bytes and stays sharp at any scale. Everything is generated in your browser, with no image service involved.
How to use SVG Placeholder Generator
- 1Set the width and height — leave the text empty and the dimensions are drawn instead.
- 2Adjust the background and text colours if you need to.
- 3Copy the SVG source or the data URI into your markup as a development placeholder.
Frequently asked questions
Why use this instead of a placeholder image service?+
Three reasons: there is no external dependency, so it works offline and can never go down or disappear; the output is only a few hundred bytes; and being vector, it stays sharp at any size. The trade-off is that it cannot produce photographic placeholders, and for those you still need a real image.
How do I use the data URI?+
Drop it straight into an img src or a CSS background-image. Note that an SVG data URI should be URL-encoded rather than Base64-encoded, because the encoded form is smaller — and that is the form this tool outputs.
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