Create custom placeholder images with any size, colour, and label. Download as PNG instantly.
A placeholder image generator creates dummy graphics โ solid-coloured rectangles with a centred label โ that fill the gaps in a layout before the real artwork exists. Set any width and height, pick a background and text colour, type a custom caption, and the canvas redraws live so you can grab a ready-to-use PNG in seconds.
Placeholder images keep designs honest: they reserve the exact space a final asset will occupy, so spacing, alignment, and aspect ratios stay correct while you wait on photography or illustration. People use it to:
<img> tags in HTML and CSS demos so layouts render at the right dimensions.Everything is generated locally in your browser using an HTML canvas โ nothing is uploaded, no account is needed, and the exported PNG never leaves your device. You can also copy a placehold.co hot-link URL when you'd rather reference an image than ship a file.
Placeholder images are dummy graphics that reserve the space a real asset will occupy in a layout. Designers and developers drop them into wireframes, mockups, and demos so spacing and aspect ratios stay correct before the final photography or illustration is ready.
Yes. Enter any width and height up to 4000 px, choose a background and text colour with the swatches or hex fields, and type your own label. Leave the label blank and the image shows its dimensions automatically. The preview redraws live as you adjust each value.
The download button exports a PNG, generated from the canvas at the exact pixel dimensions you set. For a vector option, the Copy Placehold.co URL button gives a link that placehold.co can serve as SVG, and our SVG Wave tool produces vector backgrounds if that's what you need.
Download PNG saves a local file you can ship with your project and use offline. Copy Placehold.co URL gives a hot-link to placehold.co โ handy for quick prototypes where you'd rather reference an image than manage asset files.
Download the PNG and reference it from an <img src> tag or a CSS background, or paste the copied placehold.co URL straight into the src attribute. Both render at the dimensions you chose, so your layout fills the correct space immediately.
Each dimension is capped at 4000 px to keep the browser responsive while drawing the canvas. That comfortably covers Open Graph cards, social posts, hero banners, and most mockup needs.
Yes, they're private. The image is drawn on an HTML canvas in your browser and exported with toDataURL entirely on your device. Nothing is uploaded to any server and no account is required.