QR code scannability tester

Published 7 September 2026

Upload the final artwork (PNG, JPG or SVG export of your code)

Runs entirely on your device. Nothing you enter or upload is sent to a server.

What each check simulates

Check	Real-world equivalent
Decodes at full size	The code is valid at all
Quiet zone of 4 modules	Text or a border placed too close
Shrink to 240 px	Scanning from too far, or a cheap camera
Slight blur	A shaky hand, a dirty lens, poor focus up close
Low contrast grayscale	Dim light, glossy paper, a faded print
Inverted	Whether it would also read as light-on-dark

Try it in QR Studio

QR Studio runs a version of this on every design before export, so a failing code never reaches the print shop by accident.

Try it yourself

A pass here means the artwork is sound. The test sheet checks your printer and paper agree.

For the full pre-print routine this tool is one step of, see testing a QR code before printing.

▸What does the quiet-zone check measure?

The blank margin around the code, in modules, estimated from the finder-pattern positions. Four modules is the standard minimum.

▸It decodes at full size but fails when small. What now?

The code has too many modules for the size it will be printed. Shorten the link or print larger.

▸It fails the blur test only.

Marginal contrast or a dense version. Increase contrast first; it is the cheaper fix.

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