The Person in Tuxedo: Medium Skin Tone emoji (🤵🏽) shows a person in a black tuxedo with a bow tie, rendered in a medium skin tone. It means formal dress, weddings, grooms, galas, and any dressed-up occasion. The medium skin tone modifier lets people represent themselves or someone they are celebrating.
What Does the Person in Tuxedo: Medium Skin Tone Emoji Mean?
The 🤵🏽 emoji means formal, black-tie style, most often linked to weddings and grooms.
At its core, the image is a person wearing a tuxedo jacket, white shirt, and bow tie. That outfit signals elegance, so the emoji works for any event where people dress up, from a wedding ceremony to an awards night or a prom.
The medium skin tone is not a separate emoji with a different meaning. It is the base Person in Tuxedo emoji combined with a skin tone modifier, so the meaning stays the same while the appearance reflects a medium skin tone. You can see the original, neutral version on the Person in Tuxedo emoji page.
Key meanings at a glance
- Weddings and grooms
- Black-tie events, galas, and formal dinners
- Looking sharp or well dressed
- Prom, graduation formals, and dances
- Elegance, class, and special occasions
What Are the Technical Details of This Emoji?
The 🤵🏽 emoji is a two-part sequence made from the base character U+1F935 and the skin tone modifier U+1F3FD.
U+1F935 is the PERSON IN TUXEDO character, which was added in Unicode 9.0 and belongs to Emoji version 3.0. U+1F3FD is the medium skin tone modifier, one of the five Fitzpatrick-scale-based modifiers introduced alongside Emoji 1.0 and 2.0 era updates. When the two are joined, supporting devices display a single tuxedo figure with a medium skin tone.
- Unicode name: PERSON IN TUXEDO: MEDIUM SKIN TONE
- Codepoints: U+1F935 U+1F3FD
- Shortcode: :person_in_tuxedo_medium_skin_tone:
- Category: People & Body
- Unicode version: 9.0
- Emoji version: 3.0
You can browse related figures in the People & Body emoji category.
How Do You Use the Person in Tuxedo: Medium Skin Tone Emoji?
Use 🤵🏽 whenever you want to talk about formal wear, a wedding, or a polished look, especially when you want the figure to reflect a medium skin tone.
The emoji is flexible. You can attach it to your own photo captions, use it to refer to a groom in a wedding group chat, or drop it into an invitation to signal a dress code. Because it is a single figure, it reads clearly even at small sizes.
Example messages
- Dress code for Saturday: black tie 🤵🏽
- He said yes to the dress code and the ring 🤵🏽💍
- Rented the tux, got the haircut, ready for the gala 🤵🏽
What Does 🤵🏽 Mean in Texting and on Social Media?
In texting and on social media, 🤵🏽 usually means "I am dressed up" or "this is the groom."
On wedding posts, it often sits next to a bride emoji or ring emoji to mark the couple. On photo captions, it signals a fresh suit, prom night, or a night out where the outfit is the main point. Some people also use it playfully to say they feel fancy, even when the setting is casual, such as wearing a nice outfit to a weeknight dinner.
When people use the skin-toned version, they often do so to represent themselves accurately. Choosing a tone that matches your own, or the person you are talking about, is a small way to make a message feel more personal.
Why Choose the Medium Skin Tone Version?
The medium skin tone version exists so people can see themselves and others reflected in everyday emoji.
Unicode introduced five skin tone modifiers so that human-figure emojis could represent a wider range of people. The 🤵🏽 variant uses the medium option. It does not change the meaning of the tuxedo figure, only its appearance. If you are sending a wedding announcement for a medium-toned groom, or posting a photo of yourself at a formal event, this variant is a natural fit.
If you do not want to specify a skin tone, the default yellow Person in Tuxedo emoji is the neutral choice.
How Does the Person in Tuxedo Emoji Look on Different Platforms?
The 🤵🏽 emoji appears on all major platforms, but each vendor draws the tuxedo, bow tie, and face in its own style.
Support comes from the following software versions:
- Apple: iOS 10.0+ and macOS 10.12+
- Google: Android 7.0+
- Microsoft: Windows 10 Anniversary Update+
- Samsung: One UI 1.0+
- WhatsApp: version 2.17+
- Twitter: Twemoji 2.2+
Details such as the shirt collar, lapel shape, and bow tie color can differ between vendors, so the same emoji may look slightly different to the person receiving it. On very old devices that predate these versions, the emoji may show up as a plain tuxedo figure without a skin tone, or as two separate symbols (a tuxedo figure followed by a colored square).
Which Emojis Pair Well With 🤵🏽?
Pair 🤵🏽 with wedding, celebration, and sparkle emojis to build a clear formal-event message.
Combinations help your message land fast, especially in group chats and captions where a single emoji can feel ambiguous.
- 🤵🏽👰🏽 for a wedding couple announcement
- 🤵🏽💍 for an engagement or proposal story
- 🤵🏽🥂 for a toast at a reception or gala
- 🤵🏽✨ for a sharp, polished outfit reveal
- 🤵🏽👍 for approval of someone's formal look, using the Thumbs Up emoji
If you want to see what other people are pairing with formal and celebration emojis right now, check the trending emojis page.
When Should You Avoid the Person in Tuxedo Emoji?
Avoid 🤵🏽 when you mean a business suit or a specific gender, since the emoji points to formal wedding-style attire.
The tuxedo suggests black-tie formality, so it can feel off in a message about an ordinary office meeting or a casual interview. A plain suit-related word or a different emoji will usually communicate that better.
It is also worth remembering that although the emoji is often read as "groom," it is officially named "Person in Tuxedo." Anyone can wear a tuxedo, so you do not need to use it only for men. Using it for a bride in a tux, a bridesmaid, or a guest keeps the meaning accurate and inclusive.
Finally, be cautious with tone. If you send 🤵🏽 as a joke ("look at me, so fancy") to someone who does not know the context, they may read it as sincere. Add a few words of context when you are unsure.
How Does 🤵🏽 Differ From Other Formal or Costume Emojis?
The tuxedo emoji is about elegance and ceremony, while other people emojis often show actions, reactions, or roles.
For example, a ninja figure like the Ninja emoji represents stealth and costume-like characters, not formal dress. Reaction emojis such as the Eyes emoji add commentary or curiosity rather than describing an outfit. The tuxedo figure fits best when the outfit itself is the topic.
If you are trying to turn a sentence about a wedding or gala into emojis, you can also use the Emoji Translator tool to suggest options and then swap in 🤵🏽 where it fits.
How Do You Copy and Paste the Person in Tuxedo: Medium Skin Tone Emoji?
You can copy 🤵🏽 with one click on this page and paste it into any message, post, or document.
Click the emoji button at the top of this page to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on Mac. On a phone, long-press in the text field and tap Paste. The medium skin tone modifier is copied together with the base emoji, so what you paste is the full 🤵🏽 sequence.
If the emoji displays as two separate symbols after pasting, the app or device you are using likely does not support skin tone sequences. Updating the app or operating system usually fixes it. You can also come back anytime to copy the version you need, and explore more formal and celebration emojis in the People & Body category.
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