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Light Shade HTML entity ░
░ is the HTML entity for Light Shade ░ (U+2591). Copy the decimal ░ and hex ░ codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
░- Code point
- U+2591
- Unicode name
- LIGHT SHADE
- Block
- Block Elements
- Category
- Other symbol (So)
- Since
- Unicode 1.1
- Defined in
- HTML5
Codes to copy
| HTML named | ░Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined. | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | ░Works in HTML and XML. | |
| HTML hex | ░Works in HTML and XML. | |
| CSS | content: "\2591";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u2591"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u2591"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{LIGHT SHADE}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %E2%96%91Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 96 913 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 25911 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
░ writes U+2591 (Light Shade), a symbol from the Unicode Block Elements block, encoded since Unicode 1.1. Box drawing and block characters only line up in a monospaced font, such as inside <pre> or <code>.
The name comes from the HTML5 list (much of it shared with MathML), so it works in every current browser but not in XML or XHTML served as XML, where the numeric reference is the safe choice.
More shapes and box drawing
▓Dark Shade▄Lower Half Block□White Square▀Upper Half Block▪Black Small Square╬Box Drawings Double Vertical and Horizontal▫White Small Square╫Box Drawings Vertical Double and Horizontal Single
All shapes and box drawing · Every HTML entity · Encode or decode text
Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).