Cog

The Nimbus cog icon represents a settings or configuration symbol, often used to indicate the action of adjusting or configuring settings. It is commonly associated with the 'settings' or 'preferences' functionality in digital design. The cog icon has become a standard element in user interfaces, conveying the idea of customization and configuration.

In software and digital platforms, the cog icon appears in applications such as system preferences like Windows Settings, where it is used to access system settings, and in software applications like Adobe Photoshop, where it is used to access preferences. For instance, in Windows Settings, the cog icon is used to indicate the settings menu, while in Adobe Photoshop, it is used to access the preferences dialog.

From a UX perspective, the cog icon communicates the idea of customization and configuration. It helps users understand the functionality of a button or feature, such as accessing settings or adjusting preferences. The cog icon can also be used to indicate the presence of configurable options or settings.

Cog is one of 140 icons in Nimbus, made by Linkedstore S.A. and released under MIT. 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 CogIcon to components/icons/nimbus-cog.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 CogIcon 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 Cog icon, or any of 140 Nimbus 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 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="Cog", so screen readers say what it does.

Yes. CogIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <CogIcon 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. MIT allows commercial use; keep the license notice when you ship the icons' source files. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

No visible credit is required: MIT only asks that you keep the license notice if you ship the icons' source files. Icons installed with the shadcn CLI already start with a comment naming Nimbus, Linkedstore S.A. and the license.

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

8 other libraries draw an icon called Cog. 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 UI, interface, UX, settings, configuration and preferences. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Cog in another set.