Favicon Generator

Generate simple letter or emoji favicons as scalable SVGs. Use them as site icons, PWA icons, or quick brand placeholders—no image editor required.

Request the endpoint with optional query parameters. The response is an SVG with long-lived caching.

GET https://placehold.cloud/favicon

text Letter(s) or emoji (default: P, max 2 characters)

size Pixel size (default: 64, min 16, max 512)

bg Background hex color without # (default: 6366f1)

fg Foreground hex color without # (default: ffffff)

radius Corner radius as percent of size (default: 12, 0–50; 50 is a circle)

format Output format (default: svg; only SVG is supported today)

font CSS font-family value (default: sans-serif)

B · sky

Z · rose

Hi · green

P · circle

emoji

λ · amber

Add a link tag in your HTML head:

                <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="https://placehold.cloud/favicon?text=P&bg=6366f1">
            

Swap the domain for your own when self-hosting, or point directly at placehold.cloud for quick prototypes.