Email header backgrounds
Newsletter headers at the 600-pixel width email is built on, exported at twice that so they're sharp on retina screens.
600 × 240 · First download free, no account · No watermark
600 × 240
The 600 px width most email templates use, at 5:2. The studio's 5:2 frame is the same shape.
Email clients don't crop: they scale the whole header down to the phone's width. Text inside the image shrinks with it, so set your title as live text over or under it.
email header: 600 × 240 pixels.
- Studio frame
- 5:2
- First download
- 1920 × 768
- 4K export
- 3840 × 1536
Six to start from
Rendered at 5:2 by the studio's own renderer. Each opens there at this size, ready to change and export.
Export big, display at 600
Export at 5:2 and set the image to width 600 in your template. Retina phones and laptops get the extra pixels; everyone else gets a scaled-down image that's just as sharp.
Keep the words out of the image
Many inboxes block images until the reader allows them. A title set as real text over a background colour still reads when the image doesn't load.
Watch the file size
Keep a header under about 200 KB so the email opens fast. The HD export at 5:2 is 1920 × 768; resize it to 1200 × 480 before uploading and it lands close.
Other sizes
The same studio, set to another place a background goes.
Questions
What size should an email header be?
Does it work in Mailchimp, Beehiiv and Substack?
Is it free to download?
Can I use my own colours?
Make an email header now
The studio opens at 5:2, 600 × 240's shape. Shuffle until it feels right, then export.