Free brat cover maker
Brat generator: your cover, done in about ten seconds
Type a word, pick your green, save the picture. No signup, no watermark, and nothing you type ever leaves your phone.
Live preview. Change anything below and it redraws instantly.
Press Enter for a new line. Up to 600 characters.
The cover you remember sits around 3. Push it to 8 for the smeared look.
Charli's cover uses Arial pulled wider. 1.15 is close.
How to make a brat cover
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Type your words
Put your text in the box under the preview. Short lines look the most like the record. The preview redraws as you type.
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Set the colour and the blur
Tap the first swatch for the original #8ACE00 green, or pick anything you like. Blur around 3 gives the soft, slightly out of focus edge people recognise.
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Download it
Choose a size, then tap Download image. On a phone the file lands in your gallery or downloads folder, ready to post.
That is the whole thing. If you want to go further, the stretch slider, the margin control and the font list are all sitting under the download button.
What separates a convincing cover from an obvious fake
We rebuilt this tool three times because the first two versions produced covers that were almost right and therefore looked worse than doing nothing. Four settings do most of the work.
The green is a specific green
#8ACE00 is not lime, not chartreuse, not "bright green". Brent David Freaney
at Special Offer Inc. went through roughly 500 shades before settling on it, and Charli XCX
has said she wanted a colour that felt off-trend enough to read as a mistake. Anything a few
percent brighter reads as highlighter yellow and the whole thing falls apart.
The type is Arial, and it is stretched
Lowercase Arial, pulled wider than its normal proportions. Not condensed, not bold, not a Google font that looks close. Our default sets stretch to 1.15, which matches the record closely on any device that has Arial installed.
The blur is gentle
People overdo this one. The original looks like a low resolution JPEG that has been through a group chat twice, not like a smudge. Around 3 on our slider gets it. Push past 8 only if you are going for the deliberately illegible version.
The text nearly touches the edges
A cover with generous white space around the word looks like a corporate slide. Drop the margin to 5 or 6 percent so the letters crowd the frame. That tension is most of the joke.
Which tool you actually want
The generator above handles most requests. These four pages exist because a few jobs need different defaults or a different file.
- Brat album cover generator Square exports up to 3000 by 3000 pixels, which is what Spotify, Apple Music and every distributor ask for.
- Brat text generator Same type, no background. You get a transparent PNG you can drop onto a photo, a story or a video.
- Brat font generator For when the typeface is the point. Compare seven faces side by side and see which one holds up at small sizes.
- Brat colour codes Hex, RGB, HSL, CMYK and Pantone for the green and the rest of the palette. One tap to copy.
Pick the right size for where it is going
Exporting too small is the most common complaint we get. Apps upscale a small file and the blur turns to mush. Match the target and it stays crisp.
| Where it goes | Export this | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Instagram feed post | 1080 x 1080 | Square is the safest crop |
| Instagram or TikTok profile photo | 1080 x 1080 | Gets cropped to a circle, so keep text centred |
| WhatsApp profile photo | 1080 x 1080 | Also cropped round |
| X, Discord, Reddit avatar | 1080 x 1080 | Anything above 512 is plenty |
| Spotify playlist cover | 1500 x 1500 | Spotify caps the upload at 4 MB, so use JPG |
| A real release through a distributor | 3000 x 3000 | Use the album cover tool |
| Printed sticker or poster | 2000 x 2000 | Check the CMYK values first |
There is a longer version of this, with story sizes and video thumbnails, in the image size guide.
Who runs this
Two web developers. We started making these covers by hand for friends in the summer of 2024, got tired of opening Photoshop for a job that takes four rectangles and a text layer, and turned it into a page. The site has no ads and nothing for sale. We count page views so we know which tools to keep, and you can switch that off. It stays free because it costs us the price of a domain.
If something breaks, or renders wrong on your specific phone, tell us and we will fix it. There is a troubleshooting page for the common ones, and [email protected] reaches a person. More about us on the about page.
Questions people actually ask
Is the brat generator really free?
Yes. No account, no trial, no watermark, no export limit. The tool is a single page of JavaScript that runs on your phone or laptop, so it costs us almost nothing to keep online.
What is the exact brat green colour code?
The album cover green is #8ACE00, which is 138, 206, 0 in RGB and Pantone 3507 C in print. It is the first swatch in the tool. Our brat colour page has the CMYK and HSL values if you are sending something to a printer.
What font does the brat album cover use?
Arial, set in lowercase and stretched wider than normal. Pick "Brat classic" in the font list and leave the stretch slider near 1.15 and you will be very close. The longer answer is in our guide to the brat font.
Does anything I type get uploaded?
No. The cover is drawn by your own browser onto a canvas element. Your text never leaves your device, so there is nothing for us to store, read or leak. Turn your wifi off after the page loads and the generator still works.
Can I use my brat image on Instagram, TikTok or Spotify?
Yes, and the sizes below tell you which export to pick. For a real music release through a distributor, use the album cover generator and export at 3000 by 3000 pixels.
Can I sell what I make here, or put it on a t-shirt?
Your words are yours. The look of the original album cover is tied to a released record and a brand, though, so selling merchandise that trades on it can get you a takedown. Read the copyright notice before you print anything for money.
Why does my cover look different on my phone than on my friend's?
Fonts. Arial ships with Windows and macOS, but most Android phones swap in Roboto, which sits a little narrower. Nudge the stretch slider up a notch and the two will match closely.
Is this site run by Charli XCX or Atlantic Records?
No. We are two developers with no connection to the artist, the label or Special Offer Inc., the studio that designed the record. This is a fan tool. The about page explains who we are.
Where our facts come from
The album came out on 7 June 2024 through Atlantic Records. Collins English Dictionary named "brat" its 2024 Word of the Year in November 2024. We checked the design details against these: