| Symbol Name | Light Shade |
| Unicode Version | 1.1 |
| Unicode | U+2591 |
| Unicode block | |
| General category | Other Symbol (So) |
| CSS Code | \2591 |
| Hex Code | 0x2591 |
| HTML Code | ░ |
| LaTeX | \text{LIGHTSHADE} |
| Symbol | ░ |
| URL encode (UTF-8 percent) | %E2%96%91 |
| Spoken / screen reader name | Light Shade |
| UTF-8 | E2 96 91 |
| UTF-16 | 2591 |
| UTF-32 | 00002591 |
1\documentclass{article}2\usepackage{pifont}3\text{LIGHTSHADE}4\end{document}You can type the light shade symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
Alt + 9617 on Windows (numeric keypad with Num Lock), or insert via Character Map.
Edit → Emoji & Symbols, search "light shade", or use Unicode Hex Input with 2591.
Ctrl + Shift + U, type 2591, then Enter (layout-dependent).
Paste from this page, use text replacement, or pick from the symbol keyboard.
Paste from this page or use a keyboard with block element support.
1span.light-shade::before { content: "\2591"; }1<span>░</span>Light Shade symbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in the table below:
| Language | Representation |
|---|---|
| JavaScript / TypeScript | '\u2591' or String.fromCodePoint(9617) |
| Python | '\N{LIGHT SHADE}' or chr(9617) |
| Rust | '\u{2591}' |
| C / C++ | UTF-8 source or wchar_t with U+2591 |
| Go | string(rune(0x2591)) |
| Ruby | "\u{2591}" |