What does 🪸 Coral mean?
A piece of pink or orange branching coral. It represents coral reefs, ocean life and diving trips. Environmental campaigns use it to talk about coral bleaching and climate change, so it often carries a conservation message. It also refers to the warm pinkish-orange colour called coral. It was added in 2021 with Emoji 14.0.
🪸 Coral is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (marine animals), added in Emoji 14.0 in 2021. People use it in messages about change, climate, ocean, reef and sea.
Example messages
🪸 Coral on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Coral looks on each platform.
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Coral emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Coral emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🪸 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :coral:.
When was the Coral emoji added?
🪸 Coral was added in Emoji 14.0, released in 2021. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🪸 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Coral. The underlying code (U+1FAB8) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.