| Character | ░ |
| Name | Light Shade |
| Unicode Code Point | U+2591 |
| Decimal Value | 9617 |
| Hex Value | 0x2591 |
| Category | Block Elements |
| Windows Alt Code | Alt+176 |
| Word Alt+X Code | 2591 + Alt+X |
| Mac Shortcut | Not available — use copy/paste |
| HTML Entity | ░ |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | ░ / ░ |
| CSS Content Code | content: "\2591"; |
| JavaScript Unicode Escape | "\u{2591}" |
Light Shade is a solid or partially-filled block character used to build simple bar charts, progress indicators, or shading effects directly in plain text — a technique still popular in terminal dashboards and ASCII art today.
Unicode block: Block Elements (U+2580–U+259F). Block Elements provide solid and partial rectangular blocks (half-shaded, quarter-shaded, etc.) originally used for simple bar charts, shading, and pseudo-graphics in text-mode computing environments.
At Unicode code point U+2591 (decimal 9617), Light Shade is the 18th of 32 characters cataloged in this category on How To Type Any Symbol. In terms of typing methods, it has a documented Windows Alt code, though no dedicated single-key Mac shortcut — Mac users generally rely on copy-paste for it. Regardless of platform, clicking the copy button above places the exact character on your clipboard, ready to paste into any application that accepts Unicode text.
💡 Good to know: This character set is popular for retro-style terminal UI design and text-based data visualizations in developer tools.
Hold Alt and type 176 on the numeric keypad.
No dedicated shortcut — click the copy button above and paste with Cmd+V.
Click the symbol above to copy it, then paste anywhere — works on every device and OS.
Use the entity ░ in your HTML.