What is placeholder.com?

Placeholder.com is a free image placeholder service that generates solid-color images with a dimension label. You specify width, height, background color, and text color in the URL, and it returns a PNG image on the fly.

What is Picsum Photos?

Picsum Photos (picsum.photos) serves random, high-quality photographs from Unsplash at any size you specify. It is useful when you need realistic-looking photo placeholders rather than solid-color boxes.

How do I use the generated HTML?

Copy the HTML snippet and paste it into your HTML file. The tag includes the src URL, width, height, and an alt attribute so it is accessible and renders at the exact size you configured.

Can I use these images in production?

Placeholder images from these services are intended for development and testing only. Replace them with real assets before shipping to production.

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Placeholder Image Generator

Generate placeholder image URLs and embed code using placeholder.com and Picsum.

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About this tool

The Placeholder Image Generator lets you create ready-to-use placeholder images for mockups, prototypes, and UI testing. Set any width and height, choose background and text colors, pick from multiple services (placeholder.com for solid-color labeled images or Picsum Photos for realistic random photographs), and instantly get a live preview. Copy the resulting embed code in your preferred format: HTML <img> tag, CSS background property, or Markdown image syntax. All dimensions and colors update in real time, making it easy to generate dozens of placeholder sizes for a responsive layout.

How to use

1 Enter the desired width and height in pixels.
2 Choose a service: Placeholder.com for solid-color images or Picsum for photos.
3 For Placeholder.com, pick background and text colors with the color pickers.
4 The live preview and URL update automatically.
5 Click Copy HTML, Copy CSS, or Copy Markdown to get the embed code.

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