using padding-top to keep aspect ratio

Question

/Hi,

I found this post when looking for a way to keep the ratio of my pictures however I can't figure out a way to calculate accuratly the ratio of my pictures.

In this post he used 56.25% to make a ratio of 16/9, while I understand the maths (100/16*9), It doesn't seem to be the case if the height is larger than the width. any idea on how I should calculate that ?

Answer 1

You need to flip your ratio

• 177.77777...% = 9/16 (vertical/portrait)
• 56.25% = 16/9 (horizontal/landscape)