# Logo

The logo of your GitHub repository should be the first thing a potential user sees when they view your README.\
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The recommended **width** for your logo is **830** since that matches the standard desktop size of the markdown container on GitHub. Keep in mind that components - including your logo - will get scaled depending on the size of the display window. The recommended **height** relative to the mentioned width is **207** (`floor(width / 4)`). This ensures a modern, banner-like look.\
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If you don't want to design a logo yourself or just need a placeholder until you find the time to work on one you can use our completely free, on-demand, placeholder logo generation service:

```
https://tools.etdon.com/placeholder-image/
```

In order to generate a logo simply send a request to the `generate` endpoint and provide all required values as query parameters:

| Parameter        | Description                                                          |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| width            | The width of the image. (1-2056)                                     |
| height           | The height of the image. (1-2056)                                    |
| background-color | The hex background color without any prefixes, for example `FFFFFF`. |
| text             | The text. (Up to 32 characters)                                      |
| text-color       | The hex text color without any prefixes, for example `FFFFFF`.       |

{% hint style="info" %}
If you're feeling extra fancy you can provide up to 6 comma-separated `background-color` values which will generate a gradient background.
{% endhint %}

Example: [https://tools.etdon.com/placeholder-image/generate?width=830\&height=207\&background-color=2596be,154c79\&text=Hello%20World!\&text-color=ffffff](https://tools.etdon.com/placeholder-image/generate?width=1012\&height=253\&background-color=2596be,154c79\&text=Hello%20World!\&text-color=ffffff)

<figure><img src="https://3204715459-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FTPVVaLuVWzi2OtCGaqS1%2Fuploads%2FKn2Otpfov26QyhpD6FLZ%2Fgenerate.png?alt=media&#x26;token=fd1b3e60-e82c-4510-8469-9d91746972fb" alt=""><figcaption><p>The generated image of the provided example request.</p></figcaption></figure>