How to Define Aspect Ratio in CSS

Instead of defining the exact with and height of an element. Using CSS, you can also define its aspect ratio:

html

<img src=". . ." alt="Image" />

css

img {
  border: solid 1px;
  width: 200px;
 
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;
}

In this case, the image is set to be 200px wide, and instead of specifying the height, we defined the aspect ratio to be 16:9.

The browser will automatically calculate the height based on the ratio.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Document</title>

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles.css">
</head>

<body>
  <img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1538099130811-745e64318258?crop=entropy&cs=srgb&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMjM4NDZ8MHwxfHJhbmRvbXx8fHx8fHx8fDE3MDg2NTA0MDl8&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=85" alt="Image">
</body>

</html>

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