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

Features

Perfect for Email

Optimized for email templates with reliable rendering across all email clients. Tested in Email on Acid 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)

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)