The Kiss: Woman, Woman, Dark Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone emoji 👩🏿❤️💋👩🏽 shows two women kissing, one with a dark skin tone and one with a medium skin tone. It stands for romantic love, affection, and intimacy between women, and it lets couples represent both of their skin tones accurately.
What Does the Kiss: Woman, Woman, Dark Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone Emoji Mean?
This emoji means romantic affection between two women, shown through a kiss, with each partner's skin tone specified separately.
It belongs to the family of couple emojis that depict two people in a romantic moment. Here the two figures are women, the first with a dark skin tone and the second with a medium skin tone. The kiss mark between them signals intimacy rather than simple friendship, which is why people choose it for partners, crushes, and anniversary posts.
The emoji is also widely read as a statement of representation. Many women in same-sex relationships had to settle for a default yellow couple that did not look like them or their partner. A pairing with distinct skin tones lets a couple see themselves reflected in the keyboard.
Key facts at a glance
- Category: People & Body
- Unicode version: 13.1
- Emoji version: 13.1
- Shortcode: :kiss_woman_woman_dark_skin_tone_medium_skin_tone:
- Skin tone modifiers: built into the sequence, not adjustable afterward
How Is This Emoji Built From Unicode?
This emoji is a sequence of ten codepoints joined by zero width joiners, not a single character.
The sequence runs: U+1F469 (woman), U+1F3FF (dark skin tone), U+200D (zero width joiner), U+2764 (heavy black heart), U+FE0F (emoji style selector), U+200D, U+1F48B (kiss mark), U+200D, U+1F469 (woman), and U+1F3FD (medium skin tone). Devices that support the sequence render it as one image of two women kissing.
If a device does not recognize the full sequence, it may show the parts separately. You might see a woman with a dark skin tone, a heart, a kiss mark, and a woman with a medium skin tone side by side instead of one combined picture. That is a display fallback, not a mistake in the emoji itself.
The order matters. The skin tone attached to the first woman comes first in the sequence, and the skin tone for the second woman comes last. Platforms draw the two figures accordingly.
How Do You Use the Kiss: Woman, Woman Emoji With Skin Tones?
Use it to show romantic love between two women, either for your own relationship or to celebrate a couple you care about.
It works best when the skin tones reflect the actual people involved. A woman with a dark skin tone sharing a message with her medium-skinned partner can choose this exact pairing so the image matches their relationship. Friends and family can use it too when congratulating a couple.
Here are a few realistic examples:
- Two years today with my favorite person 👩🏿❤️💋👩🏽
- Goodnight, love. See you in the morning 👩🏿❤️💋👩🏽
- So happy for you both, you deserve all of this 👩🏿❤️💋👩🏽
Because the emoji is romantic, it reads as warm and personal. It fits couples' captions, anniversary messages, and affectionate texts far better than casual conversation with acquaintances.
What Does This Emoji Mean in Texting and on Social Media?
In texting and on social media, it signals romantic affection, pride in a relationship, or support for women who love women.
Between partners, it works like a digital kiss. Sent alone, it can mean "I love you," "thinking of you," or "come here." Added to a photo caption, it announces the relationship or marks a milestone such as an anniversary or engagement.
Pride and visibility
During Pride month and at LGBTQ+ events, people often post couple emojis to celebrate their relationships and community. A pairing with specific skin tones is a small but meaningful way to show that queer love comes in many forms and that couples of different backgrounds belong in the conversation.
Relationships across skin tones
The emoji is also useful for couples whose partners have different skin tones. Keywords associated with it include interracial and mixed race, and many people use it simply because it matches them. It is not a statement that needs explanation, just an accurate picture of a couple.
How Does This Emoji Look on Different Platforms?
Each platform draws the couple in its own illustration style, so the details of hair, clothing, and framing differ from device to device.
The core idea stays the same everywhere: two women, one with a dark skin tone and one with a medium skin tone, sharing a kiss with a heart or kiss mark motif. What changes is the art style. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, and Twemoji each have their own look, and skin tones may appear slightly lighter or darker depending on the rendering.
Platform support for this sequence, based on the version information available, is:
- Apple: iOS 14.5+ and macOS 11.3+
- Google: Android 12.0+
- Microsoft: Windows 11+
- Samsung: One UI 4.0+
- WhatsApp: 2.21.16+
- Twitter/X: Twemoji 13.1+
Because the emoji arrived with Unicode and Emoji version 13.1, older operating systems may not display it correctly. If a friend has an older phone, they might see separate symbols rather than the combined image.
How Is This Different From the Standard Kiss: Woman, Woman Emoji?
The standard version uses a default skin tone for both women, while this one specifies a dark skin tone for the first woman and a medium skin tone for the second.
If you do not need to specify skin tones, the plain Kiss: Woman, Woman emoji is a simpler choice and works on a wider range of devices. The skin-toned variants exist so that couples can choose a pairing that matches them, and each combination is its own separate emoji sequence.
Note that skin tone support for this particular emoji is listed as No, meaning you cannot apply a modifier to it after the fact. The tones are already part of the sequence, so to switch to a different combination you need to pick a different emoji entirely.
Which Emojis Pair Well With This Emoji?
Heart emojis, sparkles, and celebration symbols pair naturally with this emoji because they reinforce the romantic message.
- ❤️ or 💕 for extra warmth in a love note
- 🏳️🌈 to connect the message to Pride and LGBTQ+ identity
- 💍 for engagement or wedding announcements
- 🥂 for anniversaries and celebrations
For a reaction instead of an affectionate message, the Eyes emoji can add playful curiosity when you spot a friend's cute couple photo. If you want to approve of a couple's announcement in a lighter way, the Thumbs Up emoji works as a simple, friendly response.
Keep the pairing simple. One or two supporting emojis usually say more than a long string of symbols.
When Should You Avoid This Emoji?
Avoid it when the romantic meaning does not fit the relationship, the audience, or the setting.
It is not a good fit for professional channels, group chats with colleagues, or conversations with people you do not know well. A kiss emoji can come across as too intimate in those spaces. It is also best not to use it to describe a couple's identity or relationship without their consent, since that can feel intrusive.
Likewise, avoid using it as a joke about someone else's relationship or as a stereotype. The emoji is meant to represent real affection and real people, so it works best when used sincerely.
If you are unsure how it will be received, a lighter option such as a heart is a safe alternative. For a broader browse of related options, the People & Body emoji category lists the couple, family, and gesture emojis in one place.
How Do You Copy and Paste This Emoji?
You can copy this emoji with one click on this page and paste it anywhere you type.
Click the copy button next to the emoji, then paste it into your message, caption, or document using your device's paste function. Because the emoji is a multi-part sequence, always copy it rather than retyping the pieces, so that the zero width joiners and skin tone modifiers stay intact.
If you want to build a longer message from text, the Emoji Translator can turn words into emojis. To see which emojis people are using most right now, check the trending emojis page.
One click, one paste, and your message carries a small, accurate picture of two women in love.
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