Material Design Light icons
mdi-light · 284 icons · by Pictogrammers · OFL-1.1 · single-color · 24px grid · Updated
Material Design Light icons is a free, open source icon set with 284 SVG icons by Pictogrammers, released under the Open Font 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 Light 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 | 2 |
| Colors | One color (currentColor), recolorable with CSS |
| Coordinates | Up to 3 decimals |
| Straight lines | 76% horizontal or vertical, 14% at 45° |
| Curves | 24% of drawing commands |
| Symmetry | 28% of icons are left-right symmetric |
| Elements per icon | 1 |
| Drawing commands per icon | 25 |
Measured from 64 icons of this set.
AI icon generation
The license allows new icons derived from this set.
- Credit the original authors.
- Release derived icons under the same license (OFL-1.1).
Credit line: Based on Material Design Light by Pictogrammers, licensed under Open Font License. https://github.com/Templarian/MaterialDesignLight/blob/master/LICENSE.md
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 Light" icon set (Iconify prefix "mdi-light") 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 20x20 live area: about 2 units of padding on every side (never less than 1).
- A typical icon's bounding box covers 51% 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: 76% horizontal or vertical, 14% at 45 degrees.
- About 24% 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).
- The result is a derivative of Open Font License; it must be released under the same license.
About Material Design Light icons
Popular Material Design Light icons include cart, bell, login, skip previous, home and lock open.
Open any icon to copy it as SVG, JSX, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Astro or CSS, or download it as SVG or PNG. Material Design Light icons are released under the Open Font License, which allows use in personal and commercial projects.
How to use Material Design Light icons
Every icon on this page works in any framework. Examples use mdi-light:cart; 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-light:cart" width="24" />Vue
<script setup>
import { Icon } from "@iconify/vue";
</script>
<template>
<Icon icon="mdi-light:cart" width="24" />
</template>Svelte
<script>
import Icon from "@iconify/svelte";
</script>
<Icon icon="mdi-light:cart" width="24" />Tailwind CSS
<!-- @iconify/tailwind plugin -->
<span class="icon-[mdi-light--cart]"></span>UnoCSS
<!-- @unocss/preset-icons + @iconify-json/mdi-light -->
<div class="i-mdi-light:cart"></div>Web component
<script src="https://code.iconify.design/iconify-icon/2.1.0/iconify-icon.min.js"></script>
<iconify-icon icon="mdi-light:cart"></iconify-icon>HTML image
<img src="https://iconyz.com/api/public/svg/mdi-light/cart.svg" alt="Cart icon" width="24" height="24">Material Design Light icons FAQ
Are Material Design Light icons free for commercial use?
Yes. Material Design Light icons are released under the Open Font License, which allows use in personal and commercial projects.
How many icons are in Material Design Light icons?
Material Design Light icons contains 284 icons.
What license do Material Design Light icons use?
Material Design Light icons are licensed under Open Font License. The full license text is available at https://github.com/Templarian/MaterialDesignLight/blob/master/LICENSE.md.
Who made Material Design Light icons?
Material Design Light icons are created by Pictogrammers.
How do I use Material Design Light icons in React?
Install @iconify/react and render <Icon icon="mdi-light:cart" />, or open any icon on this page and copy it as a standalone React component.
What size are Material Design Light icons?
Material Design Light icons are designed on a 24px grid. As SVGs they scale to any size without losing quality.