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Term Description References
cm Centimeters 1cm = 37.8px = 25.2/64in https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
mm Millimeters 1mm = 1/10th of 1cm https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
Q Quarter-millimeters 1Q = 1/40th of 1cm https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
in Inches 1in = 2.54cm = 96px https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
pc Picas 1pc = 1/6th of 1in https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
pt Points 1pt = 1/72nd of 1in https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
px Pixels 1px = 1/96th of 1in https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
em Font size of the parent, in the case of typographical properties like font-size, and font size of the element itself, in the case of other properties like width. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
ex x-height of the element’s font. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
ch The advance measure (width) of the glyph “0” of the element’s font. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
rem Font size of the root element. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
lh Line height of the element. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
rlh Line height of the root element. When used on the font-size or line-height properties of the root element, it refers to the properties’ initial value. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
vw 1% of the viewport’s width. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
vh 1% of the viewport’s height. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
vmin 1% of the viewport’s smaller dimension. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
vmax 1% of the viewport’s larger dimension. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
vb 1% of the size of the initial containing block in the direction of the root element’s block axis. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
vi 1% of the size of the initial containing block in the direction of the root element’s inline axis. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
svw, svh 1% of the small viewport’s width and height, respectively. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_unitss
lvw, lvh 1% of the large viewport’s width and height, respectively. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
dvw, dvh 1% of the dynamic viewport’s width and height, respectively. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units