---
title: Icon
description: Used to display an svg icon
links:
  source: components/icon
  storybook: components-icon--basic
---

<ExampleTabs name="icon-basic" />

## Usage

```jsx
import { Icon } from "@chakra-ui/react"
```

```jsx
<Icon />
```

:::warning

Chakra doesn't provide any icons out of the box. Use popular icon libraries like
[react-icons](https://react-icons.github.io/react-icons/) or
[lucide-react](https://lucide.dev/react/)

:::

## Examples

### React Icons

Integrate with popular react icon libraries like `react-icons`

<ExampleTabs name="icon-with-react-icon" />

### Custom svg

Use the `asChild` prop to render custom svg icons within the `Icon` component

<ExampleTabs name="icon-with-custom-svg" />

### Create Icon

Use the `createIcon` utility to create custom icons

<ExampleTabs name="icon-with-create-icon" />