How to customize your QR-code
When generating a QR-code it is important that it appeals to your audience, and that it looks professional. Nothing works better than creating your own, customized QR-code. This does not have to be complicated. If you’re searching for a free QR-code that meets your demands perfectly, you’ve come to the right place.
In short
- For static QR-codes, you can customize the color, design, logo, frame, and several other options.
- For dynamic QR-codes, it works the same way, and you can additionally customize the link.
- With an account, you can save the formatting of your static and dynamic QR-codes, so you don’t have to redo it every time.
Colors
You have dozens of options when customizing the color of your QR-code. Here’s a quick overview:
- You can change the color of the blocks or of the background
- Either enter a specific HTML code, or click on the HTML code and choose a color from the palette.
- You’re also able to have multiple colors in your QR-code;
- Choose gradient and choose 2 colors, a gradual fade from top to bottom will appear
- Choose radial if you want this fade to be from the center towards the edges
- Customize your own background
- You can tick ‘transparent background’, for the QR-code to fit into editing programs
- Add your own background for maximum customization
- Tick ‘masked’ to make your background less obtrusive.

Colour settings

QR-code with transparent background, customized colors, and radial gradient.
Design
The option ‘design’ can be used to change the QR-code pattern.
The pattern can be easily changed by clicking on another pattern. The in and outside edges can be changed in the same way. Also, the edges can be given a customized color, which works like described earlier.

QR-code with edited in- and outside edges, with a customized pattern.

Here the option which allows you to decide your own colors for the edges of the QR-code is active.
Logo
You can upload a logo by clicking on the black upload your logo button, and choosing a file from your library.
Then, the background of your logo can be removed with the corresponding button. The size of your logo can also be edited with the slider from 30 to max. 100%.

QR-code with a logo in it.
Frame
A frame can make your QR-code more aesthetically pleasing and it allows you to put text above or below your QR code. You can choose from 8 different frames.
Optionally, you can put text inside the frame. The bar on the right can be used to change the letter type. And with the slider the size of the text can be changed from 50-100%. You can also select your own frame color, which works like described earlier.

QR-code with customized frame and text.
Options
In this menu the size (pixels) can be chosen from 300-800 using the button size in pixels. A QR-code with more pixels will be depicted crisper, but it costs more storage space.
Under options you can also change the quality of the QR-code. In this blog you can read what this means precisely. In short, the quality impacts how well the QR-code can be scanned in less optimal circumstances.

Low quality QR-code

High quality QR-code
Dynamic QR-code
Dynamic QR-codes offer more opportunities for customization. You can generate dynamic QR-codes here.
Link dynamic QR code
With dynamic QR-codes you can customize the link where the QR-code leads to. First off, you can choose from qrcode.ly, qrlink.me, scanqr.nl or qr.do.
You can edit the link further by typing in the bar next to customize. You can use numbers, letters and dashes. www. cannot be used. If you customize the link you could for example add your company name to the link of the QR-code.

The scan URL options on the website.

The customized link is visible on the screen just after the QR-code is scanned.
Connect your own domain
With dynamic QR-codes, you’re even able to ignore the standard scan URL options, and let your own URL appear on screen when scanning. Use your company URL, and build trust and brand awareness! Are you interested? Click here to see how this works exactly.

You’re able to completely choose your own URL you want to appear in screen when scanning!