Material Design Icons
mdi · 7,447 icons · by Pictogrammers · Apache-2.0 · single-color · 24px grid · Updated
Material Design Icons is a free, open source icon set with 7,447 SVG icons by Pictogrammers, 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.
Material Design 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 | 20.8 × 20.8, 1.6 padding |
| Drawing style | Filled shapes |
| Corner radius | 2 |
| Colors | One color (currentColor), recolorable with CSS |
| Coordinates | Up to 3 decimals |
| Straight lines | 69% horizontal or vertical, 13% at 45° |
| Curves | 40% of drawing commands |
| Symmetry | 35% of icons are left-right symmetric |
| Elements per icon | 1 |
| Drawing commands per icon | 25 |
Measured from 62 icons of this set.
AI icon generation
The license allows new icons derived from this set.
- Credit the original authors.
Credit line: Based on Material Design Icons by Pictogrammers, licensed under Apache 2.0. https://github.com/Templarian/MaterialDesign/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 "Material Design Icons" icon set (Iconify prefix "mdi") by Pictogrammers.
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 24 24">.
- Keep the drawing inside a 20.8x20.8 live area: about 1.6 units of padding on every side (never less than 0).
- A typical icon's bounding box covers 62% of the canvas.
Drawing
- Filled icons: draw closed filled shapes; don't use strokes.
- Round corners with a radius of about 2.
Geometry
- Coordinates are free-form; write at most 3 decimals.
- Straight lines: 69% horizontal or vertical, 13% at 45 degrees.
- About 40% of drawing commands are curves or arcs.
- Keep it simple: about 1 element and 25 drawing commands per icon.
- Elements used by the set: path.
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 Material Design Icons
The set is organised into 61 categories, including home automation (659), files / folders (287), alpha / numeric (253) and date / time (243).
Popular Material Design Icons include account check, bell alert outline, calendar edit, skip previous, home variant and lock open outline.
Open any icon to copy it as SVG, JSX, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Astro or CSS, or download it as SVG or PNG. Material Design Icons are released under the Apache 2.0 license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects.
Material Design Icons by category
Home Automation icons (659)
Files / Folders icons (287)
Alpha / Numeric icons (253)
Date / Time icons (243)
Brand / Logo icons (242)
Arrow icons (230)
Food / Drink icons (202)
Banking icons (201)
Text / Content / Format icons (200)
Gaming / RPG icons (195)
Account / User icons (190)
Alert / Error icons (171)
How to use Material Design Icons
Every icon on this page works in any framework. Examples use mdi:account-check; 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="mdi:account-check" width="24" />Vue
<script setup>
import { Icon } from "@iconify/vue";
</script>
<template>
<Icon icon="mdi:account-check" width="24" />
</template>Svelte
<script>
import Icon from "@iconify/svelte";
</script>
<Icon icon="mdi:account-check" width="24" />Tailwind CSS
<!-- @iconify/tailwind plugin -->
<span class="icon-[mdi--account-check]"></span>UnoCSS
<!-- @unocss/preset-icons + @iconify-json/mdi -->
<div class="i-mdi:account-check"></div>Web component
<script src="https://code.iconify.design/iconify-icon/2.1.0/iconify-icon.min.js"></script>
<iconify-icon icon="mdi:account-check"></iconify-icon>HTML image
<img src="https://iconyz.com/api/public/svg/mdi/account-check.svg" alt="Account Check icon" width="24" height="24">Material Design Icons FAQ
Are Material Design Icons free for commercial use?
Yes. Material Design Icons are released under the Apache 2.0 license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects.
How many icons are in Material Design Icons?
Material Design Icons contains 7,447 icons across 61 categories.
What license do Material Design Icons use?
Material Design Icons are licensed under Apache 2.0. The full license text is available at https://github.com/Templarian/MaterialDesign/blob/master/LICENSE.
Who made Material Design Icons?
Material Design Icons are created by Pictogrammers.
How do I use Material Design Icons in React?
Install @iconify/react and render <Icon icon="mdi:account-check" />, or open any icon on this page and copy it as a standalone React component.
What size are Material Design Icons?
Material Design Icons are designed on a 24px grid. As SVGs they scale to any size without losing quality.