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 Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.

Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.

MIT License Fluent Emoji Repository