Email Placeholders - Professional Placeholder Images for Email Templates

Quick Start

Basic placeholder: https://email-placeholders.com/300x200

Square image: https://email-placeholders.com/150

Custom colors: https://email-placeholders.com/400x300/ffffff/333333

Custom text: https://email-placeholders.com/300x200?text=Hello World

Animated GIF: https://email-placeholders.com/300x200.gif

Rounded corners: https://email-placeholders.com/300x200?radius=20

Transparent: https://email-placeholders.com/300x200/000000/transparent?text=Logo

Blank (no text): https://email-placeholders.com/300x200?blank=true

Full img element: <img src="https://email-placeholders.com/400?text=Placeholder" alt="Placeholder">

Live Examples

Social Media Icons

Need brand icons for an email footer or signature? Request any social/brand icon by name and get a crisp 256×256 PNG (retina) back — perfect for <img> tags. Icons are proxied from the Footerico API.

Brand icon: https://email-placeholders.com/facebook

Kebab-case ids: https://email-placeholders.com/linkedin

Circle shape: https://email-placeholders.com/instagram?shape=circle

Mono color: https://email-placeholders.com/x?color=black

In HTML: <img src="https://email-placeholders.com/youtube" alt="YouTube" width="32">

Options: shape (circle, round, square), color (brand, black, gray, white, or a hex like 3ef941), radius, and border. See the full brand list at footeri.co/v1/brands.

Live Examples

Features

Perfect for Email

Optimized for email templates with reliable rendering across all email clients. Tested in Mailgun, Litmus and other tools.

Lightning Fast

Smart caching ensures your images load instantly, even on slower connections.

Fully Customizable

Control colors, text, dimensions, format, rounded corners, and transparency.

Animated GIFs

Eye-catching animated placeholders perfect for showcasing dynamic content.

Transparency Support

Generate transparent PNGs perfect for overlays and logo placeholders.

Rounded Corners

Add border radius to create modern, rounded placeholder images.

Blank placeholders

Create modern, blank placeholder images without any text or watermarks. (Great to force a background colour in dark mode)

Social Media Icons

Pull crisp, retina brand icons (Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn and more) by name — ideal for email footers and signatures.

Deliverability

Ensure your placeholder images are delivered reliably across all email clients.

API Documentation

URL Pattern:
https://email-placeholders.com/{width}x{height}.{format}/{fg_color}/{bg_color}?text={custom_text}

Parameters:
• width, height: 1-2000 pixels
• format: png, jpg, webp, gif (optional, default: png)
• fg_color: hex color without # (optional, default: 666666)
• bg_color: hex color without # or "transparent" (optional, default: cccccc)
• text: custom text (optional, default: dimensions)
• radius: border radius in pixels (optional)
• blank: true to remove all text and watermarks (optional)

Examples:
https://email-placeholders.com/600x400 - Basic 600×400 placeholder
https://email-placeholders.com/300x200.webp - WebP format
https://email-placeholders.com/300x200.gif - Animated GIF
https://email-placeholders.com/400x300/fff/007bff - White text on blue background
https://email-placeholders.com/500x200?text=Email Banner - Custom text
https://email-placeholders.com/200x200?radius=20 - Rounded corners
https://email-placeholders.com/300x150/000000/transparent?text=LOGO - Transparent background
https://email-placeholders.com/400x200?blank=true - Blank image (no text/watermark)

Social Media Icons:
https://email-placeholders.com/{brand} - 256×256 retina PNG brand icon

Parameters:
• brand: brand id, e.g. facebook, instagram, x, linkedin, youtube, whatsapp (full list)
• shape: circle, round, or square (optional, default: flat logo)
• color: brand, black, gray, white, or a 6-digit hex (optional, default: brand)
• radius: corner radius in px, when shape=round (optional)
• border: add an outline around the shape (optional)

Examples:
https://email-placeholders.com/facebook - Facebook brand icon
https://email-placeholders.com/instagram?shape=circle - Instagram in a circle
https://email-placeholders.com/x?color=black - Monochrome X icon
https://email-placeholders.com/google-drive - Kebab-case ids work too

Icons proxied from the Footerico API.