Handshake: dark skin tone, medium skin tone Emoji

People

A pair of hands coming together in a firm grip, featuring a dark skin tone on the left hand and a medium skin tone on the right. This icon represents a physical interaction between two people of different backgrounds.

Usage Context

Widely used to signal that a deal has been struck, a compromise has been reached, or a partnership is being formed. It is a digital way to show mutual respect or consensus, often sent alongside 🤝 or ✅ to confirm that plans are finalized.

History

Handshake variants with diverse skin tones were introduced in 2022 as part of Emoji 14.0. The ability to mix skin tones was a major technical update designed to better represent the reality of human collaboration and interpersonal interactions in global messaging apps.

Details

Glyph

🫱🏿‍🫲🏽

Unicode

U+1FAF1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf1_1f3ff_200d_1faf2_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍&#xD83E;&#xDEF2;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hands

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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