\documentclass[convert={density=500}, border=2pt, varwidth=2in]{standalone} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amssymb} \begin{document} \begin{align*} \rho_{X,Y} &= \frac{\mathrm{cov}\left(X, Y\right)}{\sigma_X \sigma_Y} \end{align*} \end{document}