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UCSD Brand Colors: What the Palette Is and How to Use It in Vector Logo Work
An overview of UC San Diego's brand colors, why exact color values should come from the official brand guidelines, and how color fits into vector logo files and trademark use.
October 31, 2026
Inkscape: How to Change Page Size to Expand a Logo Canvas
Change the page size in Inkscape to give a logo more canvas, either with Document Properties or by fitting the page to the artwork. Then recenter it and check the result.
October 31, 2026
Podcast Logo Dimensions: What Size Your Show Artwork Needs to Be
Podcast logo dimensions explained: why show artwork is square, why you export raster files from a vector master, and how to keep the design legible as a small thumbnail.
October 31, 2026
Best Logo Size in Photoshop: Choosing Dimensions That Stay Sharp
There is no single best logo size in Photoshop. Learn how to size the canvas for your largest use, keep vector data intact and set up circle logos correctly.
October 31, 2026
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Logo with a Transparent Background: Raster vs. Vector
What a transparent Super Smash Bros. Ultimate logo file really is, how to tell a true vector from a PNG or a raster in disguise, and what use rights apply.
October 31, 2026
Favicon Size for Blogger: What to Prepare and Why
What favicon size works for a Blogger blog, how a square raster icon relates to your vector logo, and which upload limits to confirm in your dashboard.
October 31, 2026
Writing a Brand Positioning Statement
What a brand positioning statement is, how it differs from a mission or tagline, how to write one, and how it guides a logo redesign and its vector file delivery.
October 31, 2026
Clean Up a Scanned Logo in Photoshop
How to straighten, clean and sharpen a scanned or pixelated logo in Photoshop, what the result can and cannot be used for, and when a vector redraw is the better route.
October 31, 2026
Childlike Handwriting Font Identification
How to identify the childlike handwriting font in a logo, tell installable fonts from custom lettering, and get usable, properly licensed vector artwork.
October 31, 2026
Backrooms font
Is there an official Backrooms font? What can and cannot be confirmed about Backrooms lettering, how to identify lookalike typefaces, and what to check before using them in vector logo work.
October 31, 2026
Convert a logo sketch to vector in Affinity Designer
Affinity Designer 1 and 2 have no automatic image trace. Here is how to redraw a logo sketch as clean vector paths, convert text to curves, and export a true vector file.
October 31, 2026
IBM Plex Mono Font Identification: How to Recognise It and Use It in Vector Logos
How to identify IBM Plex Mono in logo artwork, tell it apart from similar monospaced fonts, find official font files, and handle licensing and editable vector files.
October 31, 2026

Before / After · demo work

Redraws you can scrub through

Drag the handle, tap anywhere on the picture or use the arrow keys. Every pair is a fictional demo brand drawn in code for this site, not a client project.

Demo Fernhill Bakery is a fictional brand. Before: clip-art, four fonts, outlines everywhere. After: one geometric mark, one serif and a calm palette.

Logo Lab

Seven honest tools for checking a logo

Try a logo in mockups, pull its palette, test contrast, export sizes and favicons or sketch a quick idea. Every tool works on your device.

Runs in your browser: files are not uploaded or stored
No AI redraws and no automatic vectorization
Real exports: PNG, WebP, SVG, ICO, palettes and HTML

Find a tool

Mockup PreviewCard, sign and screen scenes
Palette ExtractorHEX, RGB, HSL and exports
Contrast CheckerWCAG AA and AAA
Resize & ConvertPNG ↔ WebP, size sets as ZIP
Favicon GeneratorPNG 16–512, ICO and HTML
Shape & Text EditorLayers, undo, SVG and PNG

Mockup Preview

Place a PNG or SVG logo on a business card, a hanging sign or a screen, on a light or dark background, and export the preview.

Does: shows your file as it is on drawn scenes and exports a PNG preview.
Doesn’t: redraw, clean up or vectorize the logo, or print anything.

Choose file
Settings
Result
Export

1. Choose a file

Choose a PNG or SVG logo (up to 5 MB)

Choosing a file only opens it in this browser tab. Nothing is uploaded or sent to a server.

2. Settings

Logo size

3. Result

Drag with a mouse or finger. With the keyboard: arrows move, Shift moves faster, + and − resize.

4. Export

1600 × 1000 px PNG of the current scene.

Palette Extractor

Find the dominant colors of an image and copy them as HEX, RGB or HSL.

Does: counts the pixels of your image and groups similar colors.
Doesn’t: name brand colors, guess Pantone values or judge which palette is “right”.

Choose file
Settings
Result
Export

1. Choose a file

Choose a PNG, SVG, JPEG or WebP image (up to 10 MB)

The image is read in this browser tab only and never uploaded.

2. Settings

Number of colors

3. Result

Text color Background

4. Export

Contrast Checker

Type or pick two colors to get the WCAG 2 contrast ratio with AA and AAA marks.

Does: applies the WCAG relative-luminance formula to two solid colors.
Doesn’t: check gradients, images or thin strokes inside a logo.

Text color Pick text color

Background Pick background color

Contrast ratio —

AA normal text —
AA large text —
AAA normal text —
AAA large text —

Normal text: the quick brown fox redraws the logo.

Large text 24 px

Resize & Convert

Extends the site’s image tools: convert PNG ↔ WebP and export a whole set of sizes as one ZIP, keeping proportions.

Does: rescales pixels with the browser canvas and re-encodes them as PNG or WebP.
Doesn’t: add detail when enlarging or turn a raster image into vectors.

Choose file
Settings
Result
Export

1. Choose a file

Choose a PNG, WebP, JPEG or SVG image (up to 10 MB)

Conversion happens in this browser tab. Nothing is uploaded.

3. Result

4. Export

Favicon Generator

Turn a square-ish PNG or SVG into PNG icons from 16 to 512 px, an apple-touch-icon, a favicon.ico and the HTML to link them.

Does: scales your image into the standard icon sizes and packs 16, 32 and 48 px into one ICO.
Doesn’t: simplify a detailed logo for tiny sizes: check the 16 px preview yourself.

Choose file
Settings
Result
Export

1. Choose a file

Choose a PNG or SVG (up to 5 MB)

Icons are drawn in this browser tab. Nothing is uploaded.

2. Settings

Solid backgroundBackground color Padding

3. Result

HTML for your <head>

4. Export

Shape & Text Editor

Sketch a simple mark with text, rectangles, circles, lines and polygons, then export SVG or PNG.

Does: edit basic shapes and text in layers, with undo, alignment and grid snapping.
Doesn’t: trace an uploaded logo or replace a full vector editor.

Selected layer Fill Stroke Text Font Size

Snap to 10 px grid

Layers

How files are handled

Logo Lab opens the files you choose only inside your browser tab. Images are not uploaded, sent to a server or stored by this site, and no AI service is called. Closing or reloading the page discards them.

Limits keep the page responsive: up to 5 MB for logos and 10 MB for other images, up to 4096 px per side. SVG files are treated as untrusted: scripts, event handlers, embedded pages and external references are removed, and the result is only shown as an image.

Embedding in articles: put a paragraph containing only [lab:palette], [lab:contrast], [lab:before-after] or [lab:editor] into an article and the matching tool appears in its place.