Chemical-resistant stock · 1 per Letter 8½ × 11 in
Full-sheet GHS label template (8½ × 11 in)
One label per Letter sheet, 215.9 × 279.4 mm. Used on drums, totes and pails where the label has to carry a full supplier block, a long precautionary list and often a second language as well.
Build it
Label builder, preset to 8-1/2 × 11 in
Size and sheet layout arrive already set. Change the jurisdiction or the size inside the tool at any point — the label is rebuilt against whatever is selected.
01 · The format
What this size is for
One label per Letter sheet, 215.9 × 279.4 mm. Used on drums, totes and pails where the label has to carry a full supplier block, a long precautionary list and often a second language as well.
A full sheet is also the size where a naive layout goes wrong most visibly. On this format the tool caps the pictogram against the type size rather than against the label width — otherwise a 66 mm diamond ends up next to 4 mm text with the content left as a strip down the middle.
02 · Where it qualifies
Against the CLP size tiers
CLP Annex I Table 1.3 is the only legally binding table tying label size to container capacity. It applies in the European Union and, word for word, in Great Britain. OSHA and WHMIS set no numeric minimum at all, so this table is guidance rather than a requirement in those two.
| Container | Table 1.3 label size | Pictogram side | This format |
|---|---|---|---|
| ≤ 3 L | 52 × 74 mm — if possible | 16 mm | qualifies |
| > 3–50 L | 74 × 105 mm | 23 mm | qualifies |
| > 50–500 L | 105 × 148 mm | 32.2 mm | qualifies |
| > 500 L | 148 × 210 mm | 46 mm | qualifies |
Read the two wordings apart: for packages over 3 litres Table 1.3 says “at least”, and the format qualifies only when both dimensions are met — in either orientation, since the table gives a pair of dimensions and never says which one is the width. For packages not exceeding 3 litres it says “if possible, at least 52 × 74”, which is a target rather than a minimum; a 4 × 2 in label is 1.2 mm under on the short side while carrying half again the area, so it is marked “~ enough area” — our assessment, not a compliance statement. Table 1.3 says nothing about label area at all. The pictogram column does combine two real rules: the side from Table 1.3 and the “at least one fifteenth of the minimum label area, never below 1 cm²” requirement of Annex I §1.2.1, whichever is larger.
Questions
Frequently asked
Which Avery product is a full 8½ × 11 sheet?
Avery 60501 and 60507 in the UltraDuty laser range, Avery 60521 for inkjet, and OnlineLabels OL3536. All are one label per Letter sheet.
Is a full sheet needed for an IBC?
Under CLP, a container above 500 litres requires a label of at least 148 × 210 mm and a pictogram of at least 46 mm. A full Letter sheet exceeds both. OSHA and WHMIS set no numeric minimum, so the answer there is whatever remains legible at the distance the label is read from.
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