Aspect Ratio Calculator

Enter a width and height to get the simplified ratio (1920 × 1080 → 16:9), or enter a ratio and one new dimension to get the other.

Find the aspect ratio

Aspect ratio16:9
As a decimal
1.7778:1
Orientation
Landscape

Working

  1. Greatest common divisor of 1920 and 1080 is 120
  2. 1920 ÷ 120 : 1080 ÷ 120 = 16:9

Resize and keep the ratio

Fill in one of new width or new height.

New height720
Rounded to whole pixels
1,280 × 720

Working

  1. height = width × 9 ÷ 16 = 1,280 × 9 ÷ 16 = 720

How the ratio is found

The aspect ratio is width : height reduced to lowest terms. Divide both by their greatest common divisor: for 1920 × 1080 the GCD is 120, so the ratio is 16 : 9. Some sizes do not reduce neatly — 1366 × 768 is exactly 683 : 384 — so the calculator also names the closest common ratio (16 : 9, within 0.05%).

Resizing

new height = new width × ratio height ÷ ratio width

new width = new height × ratio width ÷ ratio height

Scale a 16:9 video to 1,280 pixels wide

  1. 1,280 × 9 ÷ 16 = 720

1280 × 720

Common aspect ratios

RatioDecimalTypical useExample sizes
1:11Square social posts1080 × 1080
4:31.333Older TVs and monitors, many tablets and compact cameras1024 × 768, 1600 × 1200
3:21.535 mm film and most DSLR photos6000 × 4000
16:101.6Many laptops and monitors1920 × 1200, 2560 × 1600
16:91.778HD and 4K video, TVs, most monitors1280 × 720, 1920 × 1080, 3840 × 2160
21:9≈ 2.37“Ultrawide” monitors (usually 64:27 exactly)2560 × 1080, 3440 × 1440
9:160.5625Vertical phone video and stories1080 × 1920