The flexed biceps: medium skin tone emoji is the internet’s universal “strength achieved, strength bestowed” button—perfect for everything from gym PRs to surviving a Monday. It signals power, resilience, and big “we got this” energy, but it’s just as iconic when used ironically after opening a stubborn pickle jar or carrying all the groceries in one trip. Expect it in fitness posts (gainz, swole, beast mode), pep talks to friends, and celebratory texts after nailing a deadline or finally booking that 6 a.m. spin class.
On Apple/iOS, the arm is bent with a clenched fist and a rounded bicep that pops thanks to smooth gradients, a soft highlight along the curve, and subtle shading at the elbow crease and tricep. In the medium skin tone, it wears a warm tan-to-brown finish that looks clean and slightly 3D, with that glossy Apple polish that makes the silhouette instantly recognizable. People use it straight-up for motivation, flirtatiously with gym selfies, dramatically in “never skip arm day” jokes, or as a supportive reply: “Sending strength 💪🏽.” It’s the emoji equivalent of a hype track on your playlist—part Rocky montage, part “let’s gooo,” and always ready to flex on obstacles.
The Flexed Biceps emoji combined with the Olive Toned flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the olive toned skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 2501 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
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| Previous Names: | Olive Toned Flexed Biceps |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 💪🏽 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 💪🏽 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 💪 🏽 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 💪 🏽 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f4aa, 1f3fd |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F4AA, U+1F3FD |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128170, 127997 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0xAA, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBD |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 92 AA, F0 9F 8F BD |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 222 252, 360 237 217 275 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDCAA, 0xD83C 0xDFFD |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddcaa, d83cdffd |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56490, 55356 57341 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F4AA 0x0001F3FD |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F4AA, 01F3FD |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128170, 127997 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F4AA\U0001F3FD" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x92\xaa\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbd" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDCAA\uD83C\uDFFD" |
