# How to improve First Contentful Paint (FCP) > FCP is the moment the first text or image appears. Under 1.8 s feels instant. Slow servers and render-blocking CSS and fonts push it out. Speed & Core Web Vitals ยท HTML version: https://getreport.app/learn/first-contentful-paint ## First Contentful Paint Passing looks like: First Contentful Paint passes. **Why it matters.** FCP is when the first text or image appears. Until then visitors see a blank page and cannot tell whether the site is working. **How to fix it.** 1. Speed up the server response and remove redirects before the page. 2. Inline critical CSS and defer the rest; drop render-blocking scripts from . 3. Serve the HTML compressed (Brotli or gzip) from a CDN close to your visitors. ## Real-user First Contentful Paint Passing looks like: Real-user First Contentful Paint passes. **Why it matters.** When real visitors first see something on screen. Google's threshold for "good" is 1.8 s at the 75th percentile. **How to fix it.** 1. Remove render-blocking resources and speed up the server; see the FCP finding above. Check your own page: https://getreport.app/