Medium QR Code Generator
Turn your article link into a QR card with Medium's feel — cream paper base × ink text × official green, cut to business-card proportions like a writer's card, a serif M watermark settling into the corner — scan and read the whole piece. Newsletters, cross-promotion, portfolio traffic: it fits all of them.
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Article share card
Pair launch materials with a new post — scan and read the whole thing
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Publication card
A writer's card you carry — scan to follow the publication
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Newsletter card
In the email signature — readers convert on the spot
Instant QR code — paste your link
Drawn locally in your browser as you type — nothing is uploaded. For a plain code this is enough; to wrap the same link into a printable branded card, the workbench below already wears this platform's colors.
Why this card wears Medium's colors
Cream paper base #FAF8F3 × ink text #242424 × official green #1A8917 (the Follow button's exact shade) — the paper feel and serif manners of a writing platform; the rounded code dots read like an ellipsis at the end of a story, the serif M watermark sits like a page footer, and the business-card proportions are exactly a writer's card. The code area stays dark-on-white (the scannability red line) — no color change ever breaks the scan. Want your own style? Pick any base palette in Step 3 to replace it; say "Medium" to the Agent to switch back anytime.
Where the scan lands
The destination
The article or author page
The code opens your story or profile — the headline and first paragraph load as the hook.
What they see
The writing portfolio
Claps, topics, and the article list — the profile page is the author tour.
Login & friction
Reading without a login
Most articles open free in the browser; member stories follow Medium’s metered rules.
Print & color specs
Brand color
#1A8917 on paper
Medium’s green — the claps color — on a paper-toned card that matches the reading app’s warmth.
The QR zone
White pad, dark code
The QR zone keeps a white pad over the paper tone — the green accents, the scan stays high-contrast.
Print sizes
Business card + A6
85×54mm for writer meetups; A6 for reading-group tables and bookstore events.
Medium QR code — writers actually ask
Can the card open a specific article?
Yes — one story for a launch week, the author page for the long game. The link swaps anytime; the printed card stays.
Do readers need a Medium account?
Most articles open free in the browser without a login; member-only stories follow Medium’s metered paywall rules.
What size for author events?
85×54mm business cards for signings and meetups; A6 for reading-group tables. Both print at home with safe margins.
More generators
One page per platform — walk in and the starting card already wears that platform's colors