Layers

The layers icon represents a stacked or hierarchical structure, often used to signify depth or multiple levels within a system or design. This symbol visually depicts layers or tiers, which are commonly found in design, architecture, and data organization. The origins of this icon can be traced back to graphic design and digital interfaces where representing layers is crucial for understanding complex systems.

In software and digital design, the layers icon appears in applications like Adobe Photoshop, Sketch, and Figma, where users work with layers to organize and manage different elements of a design. This icon is also prevalent in data visualization tools and platforms that display hierarchical data.

From a UX perspective, the layers icon communicates the concept of depth and organization within a system. It helps users understand that there are multiple levels or stages involved in a process or design, guiding them through complex interfaces and functionalities.

Layers is one of 562 icons in CoreUI Free, made by creativeLabs Łukasz Holeczek and released under CC BY 4.0. It is drawn on a 512 × 512 grid.

Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds LayersIcon to components/icons/cil-layers.tsx: one file, a size prop (24 by default) and every SVG prop, with no icon package.

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed LayersIcon component you paste into your project, with no package to install. Only the icons you import reach your bundle. It works in Next.js and any React app.

Open Get icon, then Copy as code, and pick Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid or Preact; the Code section shows each one too. Every version is one self-contained component with the SVG inside, and SVG and data URL copies are there for plain HTML and CSS.

With Pro, the shadcn.io MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client find the Layers icon, or any of 562 CoreUI Free icons, and install it from a prompt.

It's drawn in currentColor, so it takes the text color wherever you use it: a class like text-primary recolors it. To bake a color in, set one in Customize before you copy.

Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 512 × 512 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation.

Yes. It follows the text color, so with text-foreground (or any theme token) it changes with your light and dark themes. The icon is a vector, so it needs no separate dark asset.

Next to a visible label it's decoration: add aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip it. Standing alone, as in an icon button, give the button a name instead, like aria-label="Layers", so screen readers say what it does.

Yes. LayersIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <LayersIcon aria-hidden="true" /> works, and so do role="img" with aria-label, or a title child, when it carries meaning on its own.

Yes. Open Get icon, then Download file: SVG for code or design tools like Figma; PNG, WebP or JPEG at 512px; or an ICO favicon with 16, 32 and 48px inside. Each one uses what you set in Customize.

Yes, with credit: CC BY 4.0 asks you to credit the author (creativeLabs Łukasz Holeczek) where you use the icons. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

Yes. CC BY 4.0 asks you to credit the author where you use the icons, for example "Icons by creativeLabs Łukasz Holeczek, CC BY 4.0" on an about or credits page.

Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.

8 other libraries draw an icon called Layers. The Other libraries section on this page shows each one, so you can compare them and open the one that fits your style.

Its tags are design, organization, structure, hierarchy, stack and layers. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Layers in another set.