Three sections
Hairline to brow, brow to nose base, and nose base to chin, taken along the vertical face axis.
Facial Thirds Calculator
The classical convention divides the face into three equal vertical sections — the 33/33/33 reference. Upload a photo to measure yours, get each section as a percentage, and see exactly how far each one sits from 33.3%.
Analyze a photo →Measure your facial thirds
Upload a front-facing photo — hairline, brow, nose base and chin landmarks are measured locally to build the three sections.
Photo stays in this browser
Choose one clear adult portrait
Front-facing, neutral expression, even light. JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC or HEIF up to 10 MB.
or drag and drop it here
Before you analyze
- 1Use your own photo, or one you have permission to use.
- 2One adult face only. No minors or age estimation.
- 3Results describe this photo, not objective beauty or health.
A typical first run loads about 15 MB of model/runtime files, then the browser caches them. Nothing is submitted to our analysis API.
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The first run can take a moment. Your photo remains on this device.
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Evidence behind this result
The output is built from inspectable photo geometry and a separate image-quality signal.
Deviation per third
Each section is shown with its signed difference from the 33.3% convention.
Balance score
Average deviation is converted into a single 0–100 thirds-balance value.
How this tool works
1. Divide
Four landmarks define the three vertical sections on the eye-line-aligned axis.
2. Normalise
Sections are expressed as percentages of total measured height, so image size does not matter.
3. Compare
Each percentage is compared with the even-thirds reference.
What the result cannot tell you
01
The upper third depends on a visible hairline; receding, covered or shaved hairlines make it the least reliable section.
02
Equal thirds is an artistic drawing convention from Renaissance proportion studies, not a biological norm.
03
Head tilt toward or away from the camera compresses the sections unevenly.
About this tool
How local processing works →What are the facial thirds?+
A classical drawing convention that divides the face into three vertical sections — hairline to brow, brow to the base of the nose, and the base of the nose to the chin — which the convention treats as roughly equal.
Are unequal thirds a problem?+
No. Most measured faces have unequal thirds. The convention is a compositional guide from art instruction, not a medical or aesthetic requirement.
What is the 33/33/33 face ratio?+
It is the same convention written as percentages: each of the three vertical sections taking about a third of face height. A face measured at 33/33/33 matches the classical reference exactly, which is uncommon rather than expected.
Why is my upper third unreliable?+
It is bounded by the hairline, which the landmark model estimates rather than measures directly. Hair covering the forehead, or a high or receding hairline, shifts it the most.
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