Typical Breakpoints

by Venkatesh Dematti

HTML

<h2>Typical Breakpoints</h2>
<p class="example">Resize the browser window to see how the background color of this paragraph changes on different screen sizes.</p>

CSS

/* Extra small devices (phones, 600px and down) */
@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {
    .example {background: red;}
}

/* Small devices (portrait tablets and large phones, 600px and up) */
@media only screen and (min-width: 600px) {
    .example {background: green;}
}

/* Medium devices (landscape tablets, 768px and up) */
@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {
    .example {background: blue;}
} 

/* Large devices (laptops/desktops, 992px and up) */
@media only screen and (min-width: 992px) {
    .example {background: orange;}
} 

/* Extra large devices (large laptops and desktops, 1200px and up) */
@media only screen and (min-width: 1200px) {
    .example {background: pink;}
}