Couple with heart: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A man and a woman standing side-by-side with a floating pink heart hovering between them. This version of the emoji displays both figures with a medium skin tone, representing a romantic partnership.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to for showing off a relationship, celebrating an anniversary, or tagging a significant other in a social media post. It is frequently used alongside ❤️ or 😘 to emphasize affection and commitment.

History

Initially released in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the concept of gendered couple emojis grew significantly with the 2015 rollout of skin tone modifiers. These updates were part of a major industry effort to allow people to better represent their actual relationships and diverse backgrounds in digital messaging.

Details

Glyph

💑🏽

Unicode

U+1F491 U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f491_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC91;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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