Clarity icons
clarity · 1,103 icons · by VMware · MIT · single-color · 36px grid · Updated
Clarity icons is a free, open source icon set with 1,103 SVG icons by VMware, released under the MIT license. The icons are single-color: they follow your text color (currentColor) and can be recolored with CSS. They are designed on a 36px grid and scale cleanly as SVG.
Clarity icons design specs
- filled
- monochrome
The drawing rules of this set, measured from its SVG files. Use them to design new icons that match it.
| Canvas | 36 × 36 |
|---|---|
| viewBox | 0 0 36 36 |
| Drawing area | Full canvas, no padding |
| Drawing style | Filled shapes |
| Corner radius | 1 |
| Colors | One color (currentColor), recolorable with CSS |
| Coordinates | Up to 3 decimals |
| Straight lines | 72% horizontal or vertical, 13% at 45° |
| Curves | 39% of drawing commands |
| Symmetry | 19% of icons are left-right symmetric |
| Elements per icon | 3.5 |
| Drawing commands per icon | 32 |
Measured from 63 icons of this set.
AI icon generation
The license allows new icons derived from this set.
- Credit the original authors.
Credit line: Based on Clarity by VMware, licensed under MIT. https://github.com/vmware/clarity-assets/blob/master/LICENSE
Style guide for an LLM prompt (English)
Paste it into a prompt with a few icons from this set, then name the icon you want.
You draw new icons for the "Clarity" icon set (Iconify prefix "clarity") by VMware.
Style: filled, solid, monochrome.
Iconify describes the set as: Precise Shapes, Has Padding.
Canvas
- Root: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 36 36">.
- Draw edge to edge: icons use the full canvas with no padding.
- A typical icon's bounding box covers 100% of the canvas.
Drawing
- Filled icons: draw closed filled shapes; don't use strokes.
- Round corners with a radius of about 1.
Geometry
- Coordinates are free-form; write at most 3 decimals.
- Straight lines: 72% horizontal or vertical, 13% at 45 degrees.
- About 39% of drawing commands are curves or arcs.
- Keep it simple: about 4 elements and 32 drawing commands per icon.
- Elements used by the set: path, circle, defs, use.
Color
- Monochrome: paint with currentColor only, never a fixed color.
Output
- Reply with one complete <svg> element and nothing else: no comments, <title>, ids or scripts.
- Match the examples: reuse their shapes for shared parts (arrow heads, people, documents, badges).
About Clarity icons
The set is organised into 9 categories, including technology (349), essential (314), core (126) and social (82).
Popular Clarity icons include help outline badged, heart broken solid, shield outline alerted, bookmark solid, check line and tablet solid.
Open any icon to copy it as SVG, JSX, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Astro or CSS, or download it as SVG or PNG. Clarity icons are released under the MIT license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects.
Clarity icons by category
Technology icons (349)
Essential icons (314)
Core icons (126)
Social icons (82)
Chart icons (79)
Commerce icons (58)
Media icons (45)
Travel icons (36)
Text Edit icons (30)
How to use Clarity icons
Every icon on this page works in any framework. Examples use clarity:help-outline-badged; open an icon to copy its exact SVG, JSX, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Astro or CSS code. For sizing, color and accessibility tips, read how to use SVG icons.
React
import { Icon } from "@iconify/react";
<Icon icon="clarity:help-outline-badged" width="24" />Vue
<script setup>
import { Icon } from "@iconify/vue";
</script>
<template>
<Icon icon="clarity:help-outline-badged" width="24" />
</template>Svelte
<script>
import Icon from "@iconify/svelte";
</script>
<Icon icon="clarity:help-outline-badged" width="24" />Tailwind CSS
<!-- @iconify/tailwind plugin -->
<span class="icon-[clarity--help-outline-badged]"></span>UnoCSS
<!-- @unocss/preset-icons + @iconify-json/clarity -->
<div class="i-clarity:help-outline-badged"></div>Web component
<script src="https://code.iconify.design/iconify-icon/2.1.0/iconify-icon.min.js"></script>
<iconify-icon icon="clarity:help-outline-badged"></iconify-icon>HTML image
<img src="https://iconyz.com/api/public/svg/clarity/help-outline-badged.svg" alt="Help Outline Badged icon" width="24" height="24">Clarity icons FAQ
Are Clarity icons free for commercial use?
Yes. Clarity icons are released under the MIT license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects.
How many icons are in Clarity icons?
Clarity icons contains 1,103 icons across 9 categories.
What license do Clarity icons use?
Clarity icons are licensed under MIT. The full license text is available at https://github.com/vmware/clarity-assets/blob/master/LICENSE.
Who made Clarity icons?
Clarity icons are created by VMware.
How do I use Clarity icons in React?
Install @iconify/react and render <Icon icon="clarity:help-outline-badged" />, or open any icon on this page and copy it as a standalone React component.
What size are Clarity icons?
Clarity icons are designed on a 36px grid. As SVGs they scale to any size without losing quality.