Play icon

Compare 22 free play icons from 22 open-source libraries and pick the one that matches your design system. Every icon on this page downloads as an editable SVG or a transparent PNG at any size from 16px to 512px — no login, no account, no attribution required.

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All 22 free play icons

Play icons from 22 libraries

Every icon below is the same "play" concept rendered by a different library. Click any tile to open it in the editor, set a custom size and colour, and download SVG or PNG.

Bootstrap Icons Fill Boxicons Outline Carbon Icons Fill Feather Outline Fluent UI Icons Bold Heroicons Outline Huge Icons Outline Iconoir Outline IconPark Outline Outline IconPark Solid Bold Ionicons Fill Line MD Outline Lucide Outline Material Design Icons Fill Mingcute Bold Octicons Outline Phosphor Outline Pixel Art Icons Fill Radix Icons Outline Remix Icons Bold Solar Icons Bold Tabler Icons Outline

Library comparison

Which library should you use?

Library	Style	License	Play icon
Bootstrap Icons	Fill	MIT	Play
Boxicons	Outline	MIT	Play
Carbon Icons	Fill	Apache 2.0	Play
Feather	Outline	MIT	Play
Fluent UI Icons	Bold	MIT	Play 12 Filled
Heroicons	Outline	MIT	Play
Huge Icons	Outline	MIT	Play
Iconoir	Outline	MIT	Play
IconPark Outline	Outline	Apache 2.0	Play
IconPark Solid	Bold	Apache 2.0	Play
Ionicons	Fill	MIT	Play
Line MD	Outline	MIT	Play
Lucide	Outline	ISC	Play
Material Design Icons	Fill	Apache 2.0	Play
Mingcute	Bold	Apache 2.0	Play Fill
Octicons	Outline	MIT	Play
Phosphor	Outline	MIT	Play
Pixel Art Icons	Fill	MIT	Play
Radix Icons	Outline	MIT	Play
Remix Icons	Bold	Apache 2.0	Play Fill
Solar Icons	Bold	CC BY 4.0	Play Bold
Tabler Icons	Outline	MIT	Play

Outline sets such as Lucide, Tabler and Feather stay legible at 16px in dense interfaces. Material Symbols and Bootstrap Icons give you matched outline and filled pairs. Phosphor, Solar and Fluent add duotone, bold and weight-graded variants when you need more visual hierarchy.

Use this icon in your project

Inline SVG (copy & paste)

Paste this straight into HTML or JSX. It inherits currentColor, so it follows your theme.

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" role="img" aria-label="play icon"><path fill="currentColor" d="M10.804 8L5 4.633v6.734zm.792-.696a.802.802 0 0 1 0 1.392l-6.363 3.692C4.713 12.69 4 12.345 4 11.692V4.308c0-.653.713-.998 1.233-.696z"/></svg>

React component

Install the package for the library you picked, then import the component.

npm install bootstrap-icons

import { Play } from "bootstrap-icons";

export function Example() {
  return <Play size={24} />;
}

Choosing the right play icon

Match the icon to the interface

A play icon has to read instantly at whatever size your interface uses. Below 20px, prefer outline artwork with a consistent stroke weight — heavy filled glyphs turn into blobs. For navigation bars and empty states above 32px, filled or duotone versions carry more visual weight and scan better.

Keep stroke weight consistent across every icon in a view. Mixing a 1.5px Lucide glyph with a 2px Tabler glyph in the same toolbar is the most common reason icon sets look unprofessional.

Accessibility

Decorative icons need aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip them. If the play icon is the only thing labelling a control — an icon-only button, for example — give the button an aria-label such as "Play" and leave the SVG itself hidden.

Never rely on the icon alone to convey state. Pair it with a tooltip or visible text wherever the meaning is not already obvious from context.

Where can I download a free play icon?

IconStash indexes 22 free play icons from 22 open-source libraries, including Bootstrap, Boxicons, Carbon, Feather, Fluent UI. Choose one on this page, set the exact size and colour, then copy the SVG markup or download a transparent PNG. No account and no login are required.

Are these play icons free for commercial use?

Yes. Every icon on this page comes from an open-source library published under a permissive licence (MIT, Apache-2.0, ISC, CC BY 4.0 and similar), all of which allow commercial use. The comparison table above lists the licence for each library so you can confirm the exact terms before shipping.

Can I download a play icon as a PNG?

Yes. Open any icon on this page, set an exact pixel size between 16px and 512px, choose any colour, and download a transparent PNG. Because every icon here is a vector, the exported PNG stays sharp at any resolution — IconStash also offers a ZIP pack containing 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 128, 256 and 512px files.

Which library has the best play icon?

It depends on the design system you are matching. Outline libraries such as Lucide, Tabler and Feather suit dense product interfaces; Material Symbols and Bootstrap Icons ship matched outline and filled variants of the same glyph; Phosphor and Solar add duotone, bold and broken weights. The grid above shows all 22 options side by side so you can judge them at real size.

How do I add a play icon to a React app?

Copy the SVG markup for any icon on this page and paste it directly into JSX, or install the official npm package for the library you picked — lucide-react, @tabler/icons-react, @phosphor-icons/react, react-bootstrap-icons and react-icons are the most common. Both approaches are shown in the code samples above.

What sizes and styles do play icons come in?

All 22 icons on this page are vector artwork, so they scale cleanly to any size. The libraries represented here render the play concept in fill, outline, bold styles, and IconStash can export PNGs at 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 128, 256 or 512px, or any custom value in between.

Can I change the colour of a play icon?

Yes. Icons are exported using currentColor, so they inherit the CSS colour of their parent element and follow your theme automatically. You can also pick an exact hex colour in the IconStash editor before downloading, or override the colour with a CSS rule such as .icon { color: #C1DD2D; }.