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Repeating patterns are a common background and texture element in web design. This tool generates a ready-to-use SVG pattern — dots, stripes, a grid, or a checkerboard — from a few simple settings, with no design software required.
How it works
Choose a pattern type, tile size, shape color, background color, and overall canvas dimensions. The tool builds a repeating SVG `<pattern>` definition containing the chosen shape, then fills a canvas-sized rectangle with it, and outputs full, ready-to-use SVG markup.
- Enter pattern Type.
- Enter tile Size (px).
- Enter shape Color.
- Enter background Color.
- Enter canvas Width (px).
- Enter canvas Height (px).
- Click Calculate to see your results.
Examples
A subtle background texture
A large tile size with a light shape color close to the background color makes a subtle, low-contrast texture suitable behind text; a smaller tile size and higher contrast makes a bolder, more visible pattern.
Who should use it
- Website background textures and section accents.
- Quick placeholder or prototype graphics.
Industry applications
- Web design and front-end development
- UI/UX prototyping and branding
Advantages
- Instant, copy-paste-ready SVG markup for four common pattern types.
- Fully deterministic — the same settings always produce the same pattern.
Limitations
- Limited to 4 built-in pattern types — more elaborate patterns need manual SVG editing afterward.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Setting the canvas dimensions much smaller than the tile size, which can result in the pattern barely repeating at all — keep the canvas a reasonable multiple of the tile size.
- Choosing a shape color very close to the background color and then being surprised the pattern is barely visible.
Best practices
- Preview a couple of pattern types (dots vs. stripes vs. grid vs. checkerboard) with the same colors to see which reads best for your use case.
- Keep contrast subtle if the pattern sits behind body text, to avoid hurting readability.
Tips
- A checkerboard or grid pattern with a large tile size often reads as a clean, minimal texture — good for a subtle background without overwhelming foreground content.