image/png

What image/png is

image/png is a lossless raster image with alpha transparency — ideal for logos, icons, and screenshots where sharp edges and transparency matter.

How it's used

You'll see this as a Content-Type value on requests and responses — for example Content-Type: image/png. It's the type associated with the .png file extension. Image types tell the browser how to decode and render a picture.

Other image types