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12px to rem

12px is 0.75rem at the default 16px root font size.

12px in rem · 16px root
0.75 rem

rem = px ÷ root font size — shown here at the browser default root font size of 16px.

12px at every root font size

12px converted at each common root font size
Root font size12px equalsCSS
10px1.2remfont-size: 1.2rem;
12px1remfont-size: 1rem;
14px0.85714remfont-size: 0.8571rem;
16px default0.75remfont-size: 0.75rem;
18px0.66667remfont-size: 0.6667rem;
20px0.6remfont-size: 0.6rem;

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Nearby values

pxrem
4px0.25rem
8px0.5rem
10px0.625rem
12px0.75remthis page
14px0.875rem
16px1rem
18px1.125rem
20px1.25rem

Questions

What is 12px in rem?

12px = 0.75rem at the browser default root font size of 16px. rem = px ÷ root font size.

What is 12px in rem at a different root size?

At 10px root: 1.2rem. At 12px root: 1rem. At 14px root: 0.8571rem. At 16px root: 0.75rem. At 18px root: 0.6667rem. At 20px root: 0.6rem.

How is 12px calculated?

rem = px ÷ root font size. Here: 12 ÷ 16 = 0.75.

All px values

Computed from the CSS Values and Units specification. See the full px to rem table.