Kako bi autorima dao intuitivniji pristup do specijalnih znakova u znakovnom skupu dokumenta, HTML nudi skup referenci znakovnih entiteta. One koriste simboličke nazive znakovnih entiteta tako da autori ne moraju pamtiti njihove kodne pozicije. Primjerice, referencu znakovnog entiteta å (koja se odnosi na znak malo "a" povrh kojeg je prsten; "å") lakše je zapamtiti nego å.
Reference znakovnih entiteta osjetljive su na velika i mala slova. Stoga Å predstavlja drugačiji znak (veliko A s prstenom; Å) nego å (malo a s prstenom; å).
| Opis | Znak | Unikode broj | Ime entiteta | Opis | Znak | Unikode broj | Ime entiteta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no-break space |   | | ampersand | & | & | & | |
| middle dot | · | · | · | plus-minus sign | ± | ± | ± |
| multiplication sign | × | × | × | division sign | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ |
| asymptotic to, almost equal to | ≈ | ≈ | ≈ | partial differential | ∂ | ∂ | ∂ |
| sum of | ∑ | ∑ | ∑ | integral | ∫ | ∫ | ∫ |
| infinity | ∞ | ∞ | ∞ | square root | √ | √ | √ |
| per mille sign | ‰ | ‰ | ‰ | double arrow right (implies) | ⇒ | ⇒ | ⇒ |
| arrow left | ← | ← | ← | arrow right | → | → | → |
| arrow up | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | arrow down | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ |
| less than | < | < | < | greater than | > | > | > |
| right-pointing | » | » | » | left-pointing | « | « | « |
| double quote | " | " | " | degree sign | ° | ° | ° |
| en dash | – | – | – | equivalence, identical to | ≡ | ≡ | ≡ |
| copyright sign | © | © | © | registered sign | ® | ® | ® |
| euro sign | € | € | € | pound sign | £ | £ | £ |
| inverted exclamation mark | ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | inverted question mark | ¿ | ¿ | ¿ |
| Opis | Znak | Unikode broj | Ime entiteta | Opis | Znak | Unikode broj | Ime entiteta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| capital letter A with grave | À | À | À | small letter a with grave | à | à | à |
| capital letter A with acute | Á | Á | Á | small letter a with acute | á | á | á |
| capital letter A with circumflex | Â | Â | Â | small letter a with circumflex | â | â | â |
| capital letter A with tilde | Ã | Ã | Ã | small letter a with tilde | ã | ã | ã |
| capital letter A with diaeresis | Ä | Ä | Ä | small letter a with diaeresis | ä | ä | ä |
| capital letter A with ring above | Å | Å | Å | small letter a with ring above | å | å | å |
| capital letter AE dipthong | Æ | Æ | Æ | small letter ae dipthong | æ | æ | æ |
| capital letter C with cedilla | Ç | Ç | Ç | small letter c with cedilla | ç | ç | ç |
| capital letter E with grave | È | È | È | small letter e with grave | è | è | è |
| capital letter E with acute | É | É | É | small letter e with acute | é | é | é |
| capital letter E with circumflex | Ê | Ê | Ê | small letter e with circumflex | ê | ê | ê |
| capital letter E with diaeresis | Ë | Ë | Ë | small letter e with diaeresis | ë | ë | ë |
| capital letter I with grave | Ì | Ì | Ì | small letter i with grave | ì | ì | ì |
| capital letter I with acute | Í | Í | Í | small letter i with acute | í | í | í |
| capital letter I with circumflex | Î | Î | Î | small letter i with circumflex | î | î | î |
| capital letter I with diaeresis | Ï | Ï | Ï | small letter i with diaeresis | ï | ï | ï |
| Capital N, tilde mark | Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | Small N, tilde mark | ñ | ñ | ñ |
| capital letter O with grave | Ò | Ò | Ò | small letter o with grave | ò | ò | ò |
| capital letter O with acute | Ó | Ó | Ó | small letter o with acute | ó | ó | ó |
| capital letter O with circumflex | Ô | Ô | Ô | small letter o with circumflex | ô | ô | ô |
| capital letter O with tilde | Õ | Õ | Õ | small letter o with tilde | õ | õ | õ |
| capital letter O with diaeresis | Ö | Ö | Ö | small letter o with diaeresis | ö | ö | ö |
| capital letter o with stroke | Ø | Ø | Ø | small letter o with stroke | ø | ø | ø |
| capital letter U with grave | Ù | Ù | Ù | small letter u with grave | ù | ù | ù |
| capital letter U with acute | Ú | Ú | Ú | small letter u with acute | ú | ú | ú |
| capital letter U with circumflex | Û | Û | Û | small letter u with circumflex | û | û | û |
| capital letter U with diaeresis | Ü | Ü | Ü | small letter u with diaeresis | ü | ü | ü |
| capital letter Y with acute | Ý | Ý | Ý | small letter y with acute | ý | ý | ý |
| capital letter Y with diaeresis | Ÿ | ß | Ÿ | small letter y with diaeresis | ÿ | ÿ | ÿ |
| micro sign | µ | µ | µ | small letter sharp s | ß | ß | ß |
| Opis | Znak | Unikode broj | Ime entiteta | Opis | Znak | Unikode broj | Ime entiteta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| capital letter Alpha | Α | Α | Α | small letter alpha | α | α | α |
| capital letter Beta | Β | Β | Β | small letter beta | β | β | β |
| capital letter Gamma | Γ | Γ | Γ | small letter gamma | γ | γ | γ |
| capital letter Delta | Δ | Δ | Δ | small letter delta | δ | δ | δ |
| capital letter Epsilon | Ε | Ε | Ε | small letter epsilon | ε | ε | ε |
| capital letter Zeta | Ζ | Ζ | Ζ | small letter zeta | ζ | ζ | ζ |
| capital letter Eta | Η | Η | Η | small letter eta | η | η | η |
| capital letter Theta | Θ | Θ | Θ | small letter theta | θ | θ | θ |
| capital letter Iota | Ι | Ι | Ι | small letter iota | ι | ι | ι |
| capital letter Kappa | Κ | Κ | Κ | small letter kappa | κ | κ | κ |
| capital letter Lambda | Λ | Λ | Λ | small letter lambda | λ | λ | λ |
| capital letter Mu | Μ | Μ | Μ | small letter mu | μ | μ | μ |
| capital letter Nu | Ν | Ν | Ν | small letter nu | ν | ν | ν |
| capital letter Xi | Ξ | Ξ | Ξ | small letter xi | ξ | ξ | ξ |
| capital letter Omicron | Ο | Ο | Ο | small letter omicron | ο | ο | ο |
| capital letter Pi | Π | Π | Π | small letter pi | π | π | π |
| capital letter Rho | Ρ | Ρ | Ρ | small letter rho | ρ | ρ | ρ |
| capital letter Sigma | Σ | Σ | Σ | small letter sigma | σ | σ | σ |
| capital letter Tau | Τ | Τ | Τ | small letter tau | τ | τ | τ |
| capital letter Upsilon | Υ | Υ | Υ | small letter upsilon | υ | υ | υ |
| capital letter Phi | Φ | Φ | Φ | small letter phi | φ | φ | φ |
| capital letter Chi | Χ | Χ | Χ | small letter chi | χ | χ | χ |
| capital letter Psi | Ψ | Ψ | Ψ | small letter psi | ψ | ψ | ψ |
| capital letter Omega | Ω | Ω | Ω | small letter omega | ω | ω | ω |
Korisnički agent možda neće moći prikazati sve znakove u dokumentu sa smislom, na primjer, zbog toga što korisnički agent manjka odgovarajući font, znak ima vrijednost koja se ne može izraziti u internom znakovnom enkodiranju korisničkog agenta, itd.