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Travel Compass App Icon

DALL·E
By Varun Sharma Tested with DALL·E DALL·E 3 (ChatGPT)

Travel Compass App Icon is a tested DALL·E DALL·E 3 (ChatGPT) prompt for app icons work. It runs at DALL·E DALL·E 3 (ChatGPT) · Aspect ratio 1:1, and ships below with the exact prompt text, usage notes, and 2 pasteable variations.

Last tested: July 2026 with DALL·E DALL·E 3 (ChatGPT)

Part of the DALL·E prompt library · see more flat design prompts .

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A flat coral and teal compass rose icon centred on a rounded square tile
Travel Compass App Icon — DALL·E DALL·E 3 (ChatGPT), Aspect ratio 1:1

Prompt 

A flat vector app icon of a simple compass rose centred on a rounded square tile. The compass has four clean points, a small circular centre and a single highlighted north needle in warm coral against a deep teal background. Use thick even line weights, no shading and no gradients. Keep wide even padding between the compass and the edges of the tile. The design is symmetrical, centred and readable at very small sizes.

Settings

Model
DALL·E DALL·E 3 (ChatGPT)
Aspect ratio
1:1

How to use this prompt

"Readable at very small sizes" is worth stating outright to DALL·E — it reliably simplifies the design when you do, dropping the decorative tick marks and degree markings it otherwise loves to add around a compass. Four points, not sixteen: every extra point costs legibility at 60px and buys nothing. The single coral north needle against teal is the whole design idea, and naming it as "highlighted" keeps DALL·E from colouring all four points equally, which flattens the icon into a decorative star. Explicitly saying "no shading and no gradients" is necessary rather than redundant — "flat vector" alone still produces a subtle gradient fill often enough to be annoying, and a gradient is the one thing that breaks visual consistency across an icon set.

Variations to try

  • Outline style — "the same compass as a thick outline only, coral on white" for a secondary or inactive tab state
  • Companion icons — "a map pin, a paper plane and a suitcase in the same flat style, palette and padding" to complete the travel set
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON 
{
  "title": "Travel Compass App Icon",
  "prompt": "A flat vector app icon of a simple compass rose centred on a rounded square tile. The compass has four clean points, a small circular centre and a single highlighted north needle in warm coral against a deep teal background. Use thick even line weights, no shading and no gradients. Keep wide even padding between the compass and the edges of the tile. The design is symmetrical, centred and readable at very small sizes.",
  "model": "DALL·E",
  "model_version": "DALL·E 3 (ChatGPT)",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "1:1"
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "flat-design",
    "minimalist"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "app-icons",
    "logo-design"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/dalle/travel-compass-app-icon/"
}

The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.