Golden Rectangle Calculation

Calculator and formulas for calculating the parameters of a golden rectangle


A golden rectangle is a rectangle whose ratio of the two sides a and b is the golden ratio. The golden ratio is defined by (a + b): a = a: b, it is approximately 1.62.

The online calculator calculates the side lengths a and b, the diagonal, the circumference and the area for a golden rectangle. One of the values must be known. The other parameters are calculated.


Calculate golden rectangle

 Input
Argument type
Known value
Decimal places
 Results
Side length a
Side length b
Diagonal
Perimeter
Area



Formulas for the Golden Rectangle


Ratio \(φ\)

\(\displaystyle φ=\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2} ≈ 1.618\)

Side length (b)

\(\displaystyle b=\frac{a}{φ}\)

Side length (a)

\(\displaystyle a=b · φ\;\;\;\;\) \(\displaystyle =\sqrt{A · φ} \;\;\;\;\) \(\displaystyle =\sqrt{\frac{d^2}{\displaystyle 1+\frac{1}{φ^2}}} \;\;\;\;\) \(\displaystyle =\frac{P}{\displaystyle 2 ·\left(1+\frac{1}{φ}\right)}\)

Diagonal (d)

\(\displaystyle d=\sqrt{a^2 · \left(1+\frac{1}{φ^2}\right)}\)

Perimeter (P)

\(\displaystyle P=2·a·\left(1+\frac{1}{φ}\right)\)

Area (A)

\(\displaystyle A=\frac{a^2}{φ}\)

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