Google Material Icons
ic · 10,955 icons · by Material Design Authors · Apache-2.0 · single-color · 24px grid · Updated
Google Material Icons is a free, open source icon set with 10,955 SVG icons by Material Design Authors, released under the Apache 2.0 license. The icons are single-color: they follow your text color (currentColor) and can be recolored with CSS. They are designed on a 24px grid and scale cleanly as SVG.
Google Material 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 | 24 × 24 |
|---|---|
| viewBox | 0 0 24 24 |
| Drawing area | 20 × 20, 2 padding |
| Drawing style | Filled shapes |
| Corner radius | 1 |
| Colors | One color (currentColor), recolorable with CSS |
| Coordinates | Up to 3 decimals |
| Straight lines | 73% horizontal or vertical, 15% at 45° |
| Curves | 37% of drawing commands |
| Symmetry | 41% of icons are left-right symmetric |
| Elements per icon | 1.6 |
| Drawing commands per icon | 24 |
Measured from 64 icons of this set.
AI icon generation
The license allows new icons derived from this set.
- Credit the original authors.
Credit line: Based on Google Material Icons by Material Design Authors, licensed under Apache 2.0. https://github.com/material-icons/material-icons/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 "Google Material Icons" icon set (Iconify prefix "ic") by Material Design Authors.
Style: filled, solid, monochrome.
Canvas
- Root: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24">.
- Keep the drawing inside a 20x20 live area: about 2 units of padding on every side (never less than 0.15).
- A typical icon's bounding box covers 61% 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: 73% horizontal or vertical, 15% at 45 degrees.
- About 37% of drawing commands are curves or arcs.
- Prefer left-right symmetric shapes (41% of icons are symmetric).
- Keep it simple: about 2 elements and 24 drawing commands per icon.
- Elements used by the set: path, circle.
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 Google Material Icons
The set is organised into 20 categories, including action (2290), image (1230), device (1100) and maps (1050).
Popular Google Material Icons include baseline notifications active, outline person outline, twotone videocam off, sharp flash on, baseline volume mute and twotone battery 20.
Open any icon to copy it as SVG, JSX, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Astro or CSS, or download it as SVG or PNG. Google Material Icons are released under the Apache 2.0 license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects.
Google Material Icons by category
Action icons (2,290)
Image icons (1,230)
Device icons (1,100)
Maps icons (1,050)
Social icons (1,025)
AV icons (630)
Editor icons (610)
Communication icons (495)
Content icons (415)
Places icons (415)
Hardware icons (390)
Notification icons (350)
How to use Google Material Icons
Every icon on this page works in any framework. Examples use ic:baseline-notifications-active; 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="ic:baseline-notifications-active" width="24" />Vue
<script setup>
import { Icon } from "@iconify/vue";
</script>
<template>
<Icon icon="ic:baseline-notifications-active" width="24" />
</template>Svelte
<script>
import Icon from "@iconify/svelte";
</script>
<Icon icon="ic:baseline-notifications-active" width="24" />Tailwind CSS
<!-- @iconify/tailwind plugin -->
<span class="icon-[ic--baseline-notifications-active]"></span>UnoCSS
<!-- @unocss/preset-icons + @iconify-json/ic -->
<div class="i-ic:baseline-notifications-active"></div>Web component
<script src="https://code.iconify.design/iconify-icon/2.1.0/iconify-icon.min.js"></script>
<iconify-icon icon="ic:baseline-notifications-active"></iconify-icon>HTML image
<img src="https://iconyz.com/api/public/svg/ic/baseline-notifications-active.svg" alt="Baseline Notifications Active icon" width="24" height="24">Google Material Icons FAQ
Are Google Material Icons free for commercial use?
Yes. Google Material Icons are released under the Apache 2.0 license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects.
How many icons are in Google Material Icons?
Google Material Icons contains 10,955 icons across 20 categories.
What license do Google Material Icons use?
Google Material Icons are licensed under Apache 2.0. The full license text is available at https://github.com/material-icons/material-icons/blob/master/LICENSE.
Who made Google Material Icons?
Google Material Icons are created by Material Design Authors.
How do I use Google Material Icons in React?
Install @iconify/react and render <Icon icon="ic:baseline-notifications-active" />, or open any icon on this page and copy it as a standalone React component.
What size are Google Material Icons?
Google Material Icons are designed on a 24px grid. As SVGs they scale to any size without losing quality.