The flag: Colombia emoji waves in three bold bands—sunny yellow, ocean blue, fire red—aka the tricolor colombiano. People drop it to flex national pride, celebrate a Colombia win, caption a Cartagena sunset, or tag along with Shakira/Feid/J Balvin bangers. In chats it’s shorthand for “I’m Colombian,” “I’m visiting,” or “I just brewed a dangerously strong cafecito, parce.” Expect it in bios, food pics (arepas, pandebono, bandeja paisa), and diaspora shout‑outs.
On iOS, it’s a glossy, slightly 3D rectangle with a gentle wave, no flagpole, high‑contrast folds, and the signature layout where the yellow stripe is double the height of blue and red. The hues skew bright: canary yellow, deep cobalt‑ish blue, and a crisp red; that wavy highlight makes the bands pop even in dark mode. The horizontal order is instantly recognizable: big yellow on top, then blue, then red.
Online, people spam it during World Cup/Copa América hype for La Selección (Los Cafeteros), or pair it with a coffee cup to say “running on espresso and vibes.” It can be flirtatious—drop the flag plus a dancing emoji to signal salsa/cumbia night—or playful sarcasm when someone suddenly loves arepas after one trip to Medellín. Meme heads also use it as a “location stamp” for reggaeton playlists or to declare “qué chimba” moments. Bonus trivia flex: noticing that larger yellow stripe is like a secret handshake for real ones.
The country of Colombia is represented by this emoji.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 924 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| 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 |
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| Previous Names: | Regional Indicator Symbol Letters CO Colombia |
| 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) | 1f1e8, 1f1f4 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1E8, U+1F1F4 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127464, 127476 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xA8, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB4 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 A8, F0 9F 87 B4 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 250, 360 237 207 264 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDE8, 0xD83C 0xDDF4 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cdde8, d83cddf4 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56808, 55356 56820 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1E8 0x0001F1F4 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1E8, 01F1F4 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127464, 127476 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1E8\U0001F1F4" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xa8\xf0\x9f\x87\xb4" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDE8\uD83C\uDDF4" |
