How to Type á (A with acute) on HTML

Q: What is the Unicode code for á?

U+00E1. In HTML it is &aacute;.

Published September 7, 2026, 2 min read

The letter á does not have its own key on an English keyboard, but HTML still makes it easy to type. Use á, or pick one of the other methods in this guide. á appears in Spanish, Portuguese, Czech and Slovak.

á on HTML: á

Á on HTML: Á

Or copy it:

Method 1: Codes for web pages

Format	Code for á
Named entity	`á`
Decimal entity	`á`
Hex entity	`á`
CSS content	`content: "\00E1";`
JavaScript	`"\u00E1"`
URL encoded	`%C3%A1`
UTF-8 bytes	`C3 A1`

Method 2: Type it directly with UTF-8

If your page starts with <meta charset="utf-8"> and the file is saved as UTF-8, you can paste á straight into the HTML. Entities are only needed when your editor or database cannot store the character.

Method 3: Watch for normalization

á can also be written as a plus a combining mark. Both look the same but compare as different strings. In JavaScript, call str.normalize("NFC") before comparing or searching.

How to type the capital Á

The uppercase form works the same way with Shift added where a letter is typed.

Codes for web pages

Format	Code for Á
Named entity	`Á`
Decimal entity	`Á`
Hex entity	`Á`
CSS content	`content: "\00C1";`
JavaScript	`"\u00C1"`
URL encoded	`%C3%81`
UTF-8 bytes	`C3 81`

Type it directly with UTF-8

If your page starts with <meta charset="utf-8"> and the file is saved as UTF-8, you can paste Á straight into the HTML. Entities are only needed when your editor or database cannot store the character.

About the letter á

á is Unicode U+00E1, named LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE. It is used in Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Icelandic, Dutch and Welsh. A short line slanting up to the right. It marks stress in Spanish (canción), a closed vowel in French (été), vowel length in Czech, Hungarian and Irish, and a rising tone in Vietnamese and Pinyin. See the á character page for every code and shortcut.

Troubleshooting

If you see Ã and other symbols, the file is UTF-8 but the browser reads it as Windows-1252. Add the meta charset tag.
Named entities are case sensitive: É and é are different letters.
In XML and XHTML only five named entities exist, so use numeric codes there.

Frequently asked questions

What is the shortcut for á on HTML?

á.

Can I just copy and paste á?

Yes. Click the copy button above, then paste with Ctrl+V on Windows and Chromebook, Cmd+V on a Mac, or touch and hold and choose Paste on a phone.

What is the Unicode code for á?

U+00E1. In HTML it is á.

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