Handshake: medium-dark skin tone, light skin tone Emoji
People
Two hands gripping each other in a firm handshake, depicted with one hand featuring a medium-dark skin tone and the other a light skin tone. The design captures a classic moment of connection or professional exchange.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to choice for signaling a finalized deal, a friendly greeting, or a compromise between two parties. It is frequently used in business chats, casual conversations, or whenever someone wants to acknowledge a successful collaboration, often following a celebratory emoji like 🤝 or ✅.
History
Handshake variants with diverse skin tones were introduced in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. The ability to mix skin tones was a major technical update to the Unicode standard, moving away from single-color icons toward representations that reflect real-world human interactions and inclusive digital communication.
Details
Glyph
🫱🏾🫲🏻
Unicode
U+1FAF1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf1_1f3fe_200d_1faf2_1f3fb:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory hands
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.
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