Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for converting a color icon into a glyph. In one aspect, a color icon associated with an application may be identified. The color icon may be converted to a dilated icon using a dilation function. A color edge only icon may be created using the color icon and the dilated icon. The color edge only icon may be converted to a gray edge only icon. An intensity of the gray edge only icon may be reduced to create a clipping edge only icon. The color icon may be converted to an alpha channel icon using an alpha channel. A dark glyph may be created using the clipping edge only icon and the alpha channel icon. A final glyph may be created by clipping an alpha value from and adding a constant value to the dark glyph.