Free Monochrome SVG Icons

Monochrome icons use a single colour — typically inherited from CSS via currentColor — giving you complete control over icon tint without editing SVG source. This makes them perfect for design systems that need to switch between light and dark modes, adapt to brand palettes, or maintain visual consistency across a large interface. Our collection gathers the best single-colour packs — from minimal thin-line sets to bolder solid variants — all designed to blend seamlessly into any product.

10 icon packs · 14,983 total icons · Free & open source

Icon Packs

Lucide

1,641 icons ISC

Iconoir

1,671 icons MIT

Tabler Icons

5,963 icons MIT

Feather Icons

286 icons MIT

HeroIcons

1,288 icons MIT

Carbon

2,392 icons Apache-2.0

Mono Icons

180 icons MIT

Bytesize Icons

101 icons MIT

Teenyicons

1,200 icons MIT

Charm Icons

261 icons MIT

Common Use Cases

1 Design system icon libraries with theming support

2 Dark mode and light mode toggle interfaces

3 SaaS dashboards with consistent UI chrome

4 Documentation sites with neutral, content-first iconography

5 Email templates (where only inline color CSS works reliably)

Frequently Asked Questions

Monochrome SVG icons use a single colour channel — usually the CSS currentColor keyword — for all paths and strokes. This lets you style them with a single color property, making theme switches and dark mode support trivial.

Yes. Monochrome SVGs that use currentColor or fill/stroke inherit the parent element colour. Set the color property (for currentColor icons) or the fill/stroke property to any value and the icon updates instantly.

Lucide and Iconoir are popular choices — both are actively maintained, offer 1,500+ icons, and follow strict grid and stroke-width guidelines. Carbon is preferred for enterprise design systems. Teenyicons is great when you need very compact 15px icons.