500 KB SVG sample

An SVG file of exactly 512,000 bytes. It is a valid Scalable Vector Graphics file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 500 KB sample, test or dummy SVG file.

sample-svg-500kb.svg

500 KB512,000 bytes

Download 500 KB SVG

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Type: image/svg+xml
SHA-256: 537d9143a357947961abe02729b7f9a77a0c68a15cf75dbe848ad42a1853c79e
Delivery: Created in your browser from static generator assets (how it works).

What is in this file

A 1200 × 900 vector image: a dark background and 6,976 circles and rectangles in six colours. An XML comment before the closing tag brings the file to the exact size.

Shapes	6,976
View box	0 0 1200 900
Scripts	None
External references	None
Encoding	UTF-8 (ASCII characters only)

How the file begins

The opening lines of sample-svg-500kb.svg, exactly as they appear in the file.

00000000  3c 3f 78 6d 6c 20 76 65  72 73 69 6f 6e 3d 22 31 |<?xml version="1|
00000010  2e 30 22 20 65 6e 63 6f  64 69 6e 67 3d 22 55 54 |.0" encoding="UT|
00000020  46 2d 38 22 3f 3e 0a 3c  73 76 67 20 78 6d 6c 6e |F-8"?>.<svg xmln|
00000030  73 3d 22 68 74 74 70 3a  2f 2f 77 77 77 2e 77 33 |s="http://www.w3|

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Where 500 KB matters

A 512,000-byte file: larger than most API body limits, smaller than most upload limits. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

System	Limit	Note
Amazon DynamoDB items	400 KB per item	500 KB cannot be stored as a single item.
Express body parsers	100 KB by default	Rejected unless the limit is raised.
nginx request body	1 MB by default (client_max_body_size)	Accepted with room to spare.

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Use this file for

Checking email size handling
Testing icon pipelines and optimisers
Testing SVG sanitisation on upload

Testing notes for SVG

SVG has no intrinsic byte-to-pixel relationship: a few hundred bytes can describe an image of any dimensions.
An SVG shown with an <img> tag cannot run scripts, but the same file opened directly or inlined can. Sanitise uploads or serve them as attachments.

SVG format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-svg-500kb.svg
Format	SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
Extension	.svg
MIME type	image/svg+xml
Size	512,000 bytes (500 KB)
Kind	Text
Signature	3C 73 76 67
SHA-256	537d9143a357947961abe02729b7f9a77a0c68a15cf75dbe848ad42a1853c79e
Created	2026-10-23
Validation	See the listed size and SHA-256. Small downloads are checked in the browser; verify streamed downloads manually. A hash match does not prove parser compatibility.
Preview	Available on this page
Source	Generated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere
Licence	Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category	Images

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This file is created in your browser, so it has no direct URL for curl or wget. The generator is designed to produce reproducible bytes. After saving, compare the checksum with the SHA-256 value above.

sha256sum sample-svg-500kb.svg     # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-svg-500kb.svg # macOS

On Windows, run Get-FileHash sample-svg-500kb.svg -Algorithm SHA256 in PowerShell. For scripts and pipelines, save the file once and keep your own copy.

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 500 KB?: Yes. It is 512,000 bytes, which is 500 KB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 500 KB SVG file?: A 1200 × 900 vector image: a dark background and 6,976 circles and rectangles in six colours. An XML comment before the closing tag brings the file to the exact size.
Do the SVG samples contain scripts?: No. They contain only circles, rectangles and a title element, with no scripts, fonts or external references.

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