Lightbulb
The lightbulb icon represents an idea, inspiration, or insight, often symbolizing creativity or innovation.
Exports at 24 × 24 px
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In any framework. Customize it above, and the code follows.
export const LightbulbIcon = (props: React.SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>) => (
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 16 16" {...props}>
<path fill="currentColor" fillRule="evenodd" d="M12.156 4.702a4.3 4.3 0 0 0-.974-1.417A4.55 4.55 0 0 0 8 2a4.4 4.4 0 0 0-3.167 1.31A4.76 4.76 0 0 0 3.5 6.544v.038a5.32 5.32 0 0 0 1.737 3.455l.229.963l.471 1.978l.008.022c.098.289.285.54.534.717c.257.184.566.283.883.283h1.404c.309-.026.602-.146.84-.345c.239-.199.408-.47.481-.773L10.581 11l.306-1.168A4.73 4.73 0 0 0 12.5 6.387a4.3 4.3 0 0 0-.344-1.685m-3.038 7.926v.013A.5.5 0 0 1 8.7 13H7.361a.51.51 0 0 1-.461-.3l-.167-.7h2.549zm1.986-4.687A3.8 3.8 0 0 1 10.1 9.192l-.108.1L9.543 11H6.494l-.349-1.464l-.1-.1A4.47 4.47 0 0 1 4.5 6.556a3.76 3.76 0 0 1 1.043-2.543A3.4 3.4 0 0 1 8 3a3.55 3.55 0 0 1 2.486 1A3.3 3.3 0 0 1 11.5 6.387c-.02.54-.155 1.07-.396 1.554" clipRule="evenodd"/>
</svg>
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FAQ
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What the Lightbulb icon means and where it's used, then how to install, style, label and license it.
The lightbulb icon represents an idea, inspiration, or insight, often symbolizing creativity or innovation. This symbol originates from the concept of a lightbulb as a source of illumination or inspiration. The visual design features a rounded shape with a filament or glow.
In real-world applications, this icon appears in software like Notion, Jira, or Trello, where users need to represent ideas, tasks, or features. For example, in Notion, this icon is used to represent a new idea or task.
From a UX perspective, this icon communicates the presence of an idea or inspiration, helping users understand how to contribute or interact with creative content. It provides a clear indication of innovation or insight.
Lightbulb is one of 538 icons in Codicons, made by Microsoft Corporation and released under CC BY 4.0. It is drawn on a 16 × 16 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 LightbulbIcon to components/icons/codicon-lightbulb.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 LightbulbIcon 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.
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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 16 × 16 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="Lightbulb", so screen readers say what it does.
Yes. LightbulbIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <LightbulbIcon 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 (Microsoft Corporation) 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 Microsoft Corporation, 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 Lightbulb. 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 inspiration, idea and lightbulb. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Lightbulb in another set.
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