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QR codes with a transparent background. No white box on your design.
Tick one checkbox and the code downloads with a fully transparent background, as PNG or true vector SVG. It sits on your poster, label or slide without the white rectangle that ruins the layout, and it is free, with no account and no watermark.
Try it now: point your phone camera at the preview.
This code is pure data. It carries your content directly instead of a link through our servers, so it can't expire and we couldn't turn it off if we wanted to.
It cannot expire
Static codes are pure data. There is no timer, no scan limit and no trial, so there is nothing that can run out.
It never touches our servers
The code is generated in your browser. We never see your content, so we have nothing to hold hostage.
No account, no watermark
Download PNG, SVG or print-ready PDF and use it commercially, without signing anything.
Where a transparent code earns its keep
Any time the code lands on something that is not white: a poster with a background photo, kraft-paper packaging, a coloured menu, a T-shirt, a presentation slide. With a normal PNG you get the code plus a white box; with a transparent one, only the modules print, and the design breathes. Designers usually take the SVG, which stays vector and recolourable; the PNG with alpha channel works everywhere else, from PowerPoint to print-on-demand.
The one rule: contrast still decides everything
A camera does not care about your background being transparent — it cares about the contrast between the modules and whatever ends up behind them. Dark ink over a light area scans reliably; dark ink over a busy photo or a dark background does not. Place the code on a calm, light part of the design, keep the quiet zone around it clear, and do one test scan from a phone before sending anything to print. Restyled codes fail in production far more often from low contrast than from any technical flaw.
Questions, answered plainly
- How do I get the transparent background?
- Tick 'Transparent background (PNG/SVG)' in the customiser under the preview, then download. The PNG carries a real alpha channel and the SVG simply has no background shape.
- Which formats support transparency?
- PNG and SVG. The PDF export is meant for direct printing and keeps a white page behind the code — for layout work in design tools, use the SVG.
- Will a transparent code scan on a dark background?
- Only if you also flip the ink to a light colour, and even then cameras handle inverted codes inconsistently. The reliable recipe is dark modules over a light area of your design. Test scan before printing a batch.
- Is the transparent download free, or behind a paid tier?
- Free, like every export on this site: no account, no watermark, no upsell hiding behind a checkbox. Transparency costs us nothing to generate, so charging for it would be theatre.
- Can I recolour the code to match my design?
- Yes, set any ink colour in the customiser before downloading, or recolour the SVG later in any vector editor. Keep the contrast strong: fashion never beats scannability.