US business card size in pixels
US business card is 2 × 3.5 in. In pixels that is 600 × 1050 at 300 DPI for print and 144 × 252 at 72 DPI.
The US business card is 3.5 × 2 inches. It measures 2 × 3.5 in, or 50.8 × 88.9 mm.
| Resolution | Pixels (portrait) | With 0.125 in bleed | Megapixels | Uncompressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 DPI | 144 × 252 | 162 × 270 | 0.04 | 106 KB |
| 96 DPI | 192 × 336 | 216 × 360 | 0.06 | 189 KB |
| 100 DPI | 200 × 350 | 225 × 375 | 0.07 | 205 KB |
| 150 DPI | 300 × 525 | 338 × 563 | 0.16 | 461 KB |
| 200 DPI | 400 × 700 | 450 × 750 | 0.28 | 820 KB |
| 240 DPI | 480 × 840 | 540 × 900 | 0.4 | 1.2 MB |
| 300 DPI | 600 × 1050 | 675 × 1125 | 0.63 | 1.8 MB |
| 400 DPI | 800 × 1400 | 900 × 1500 | 1.1 | 3.2 MB |
| 600 DPI | 1200 × 2100 | 1350 × 2250 | 2.5 | 7.2 MB |
| 1200 DPI | 2400 × 4200 | 2700 × 4500 | 10 | 29 MB |
Landscape is the same numbers the other way round. Pixels are rounded to the nearest whole pixel. The last column is 8-bit RGB before compression.
Which resolution to use for US business card
For print that will be held and read, use 300 DPI: 600 × 1050 pixels, 0.63 megapixels. Use 600 DPI only for line art or very small text. For a screen, the DPI number does nothing; only the pixel size matters.
Will a photo fill it?
- A 12 megapixel phone photo (4000 × 3000 pixels), cropped to fill US business card, prints at 1,143 DPI: sharp at any distance.
- A 24 megapixel camera photo (6000 × 4000 pixels), cropped to fill US business card, prints at 1,714 DPI: sharp at any distance.
- A 48 megapixel photo (8000 × 6000 pixels), cropped to fill US business card, prints at 2,286 DPI: sharp at any distance.