Web/CSS/@media/aspect-ratio

The aspect-ratio CSS media feature can be used to test the aspect ratio of the viewport.

Syntax

The aspect-ratio feature is specified as a <ratio> value representing the width-to-height aspect ratio of the viewport. It is a range feature, meaning you can also use the prefixed min-aspect-ratio and max-aspect-ratio variants to query minimum and maximum values, respectively.

Examples

The example below is contained in an <iframe>, which creates its own viewport. Resize the <iframe> to see aspect-ratio in action.

Note that, when none of the media query conditions are true, the background will turn white because none of the below rules will be applied to the <div> inside the <iframe>. See if you can find which width and height values trigger this!

HTML

<div id='inner'>
  Watch this element as you resize your viewport's width and height.
</div>

CSS

/* Minimum aspect ratio */
@media (min-aspect-ratio: 8/5) {
  div {
    background: #9af; /* blue */
  }
}

/* Maximum aspect ratio */
@media (max-aspect-ratio: 3/2) {
  div {
    background: #9ff;  /* cyan */
  }
}

/* Exact aspect ratio, put it at the bottom to avoid override*/
@media (aspect-ratio: 1/1) {
  div {
    background: #f9a; /* red */
  }
}

_Example

used iframe and DataURL to enable this iframe could resize

HTML

<label id="wf" for="w">width:165</label>
<input id="w" name="w" type="range" min="100" max="250" step="5" value="165">
<label id="hf" for="w">height:165</label>
<input id="h" name="h" type="range" min="100" max="250" step="5" value="165">

<iframe id="outer" src="data:text/html,<style> @media (min-aspect-ratio: 8/5) { div { background: %239af; } } @media (max-aspect-ratio: 3/2) { div { background: %239ff; } } @media (aspect-ratio: 1/1) { div { background: %23f9a; } }</style><div id='inner'> Watch this element as you resize your viewport's width and height.</div>">

</iframe>

CSS

iframe{
  display:block;
}

JavaScript

outer.style.width=outer.style.height="165px"

w.onchange=w.oninput=function(){
  outer.style.width=w.value+"px"
  wf.textContent="width:"+w.value
}
h.onchange=h.oninput=function(){
  outer.style.height=h.value+"px"
  hf.textContent="height:"+h.value
}

Result

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Media Queries Level 4The definition of 'aspect-ratio' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	No change.
Media QueriesThe definition of 'aspect-ratio' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

Update compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`aspect-ratio` media feature	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10	Safari Full support 5	WebView Android Full support ≤37	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support 10.1	Safari iOS Full support 4.2	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0

Legend

Full support: Full support

aspect-ratio by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.