PatternIco
Free seamless texture maker and pattern online maker. Create repeating patterns, seamless tiles, and tileable PNG backgrounds with shapes or emoji. No account required.
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Tile: 240px · Family: Dots · Library: 150 patterns
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Free online pattern generator for checkerboard, hex grid, stripe, and wave SVG tiles. Adjust colors live, then export seamless SVG, CSS, or PNG.
Checkerboard and checkered presets
Start from checkerboard-style tiles for checkered layouts, textures, and alternating square rhythms without drawing a grid by hand.
Hex grid and hexagon patterns
Generate hex pattern tiles for honeycomb backgrounds, maps, and technical UI surfaces with adjustable density and stroke.
Stripe, wave, and grid SVG patterns
Line presets cover stripe-style repeats; wave presets export flowing SVG paths; grid presets build mesh-like website backgrounds.
150 presets to explore quickly
Filter by family or search palettes when you want random pattern ideas without starting from a blank canvas.
Live tile preview
See the seamless repeat update as you change tile size, scale, angle, opacity, and colors.
SVG, CSS, and PNG export
Copy SVG markup or a CSS background snippet, download tileable SVG, or export PNG at 1x–4x scale for slides and social assets.
Pick a style family
Choose checker, hex, lines, waves, or another family, then select a palette preset that matches your layout.
Tune tile settings
Adjust density, stroke, colors, and tile size until the repeat looks right behind your content.
Export SVG or PNG
Copy CSS for a quick background, download SVG for vector workflows, or export PNG when you need a raster file.
Match tile size to your section width
A smaller tile can feel busy on full-width heroes; test the repeat at the width you will ship.
Use SVG for responsive UI
Vector pattern SVG stays sharp on retina screens and keeps page weight lower than large PNG tiles.
Lower contrast behind text
Checkerboard and hex patterns read best as subtle texture when foreground and background colors stay close.
Copy CSS for quick prototypes
Paste the generated background snippet into a layout shell before committing to a downloaded asset.
Website background patterns
Build repeating hero, section, and card backgrounds without opening a separate design app.
Web pattern maker workflows
Generate tileable assets for landing pages, dashboards, and marketing sites directly in the browser.
Checkerboard and hex textures
Quick checkered or honeycomb looks for games, sports themes, and technical product UI.
SVG handoff to dev and design
Share pattern SVG output with frontend teams or import tiles into Figma and slide decks.
Exploring random pattern directions
Browse presets when you need fast starting points for dots, rings, triangles, and glyph repeats.
No account required
Open the tool and start generating patterns immediately in your browser.
Hosted and fast
Preview, controls, and export run on this page without a third-party iframe.
Tileable by design
Every preset is built to repeat edge-to-edge as a seamless background.
Multiple export formats
SVG for vectors, CSS for quick web use, PNG when raster is required.
Client-side processing
Rendering and downloads happen locally; pattern files are not uploaded.
“SVG is an XML-based vector image format for defining two-dimensional graphics. SVG patterns are widely used for tileable backgrounds because they scale without quality loss.”
SVG — Scalable Vector Graphics format: Patterns are generated as SVG tile elements that can be exported individually or applied as a repeated CSS background using standard SVG pattern definitions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SVG
“CSS properties `background-repeat`, `background-size`, and `background-image` enable seamless tiling of SVG and raster patterns across HTML elements without JavaScript.”
CSS background-repeat for seamless tiling: The live preview applies the generated SVG tile as a repeated CSS background using `background-repeat`, allowing instant preview of the seamless pattern before export. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/background-repeat
“Tileable patterns are designed so edges match when repeated both horizontally and vertically, creating a seamless continuous texture. Common geometric families include dots, lines, grids, hexagons, and checkerboard.”
Tileable pattern design principles: This pattern generator includes ten renderer families (dots, lines, grid, waves, glyphs, hex, zigzag, rings, checker, triangles) across fifteen color palettes, each designed to tile edge-to-edge seamlessly. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Tutorial/Patterns