Blue Heart
Reach for 💙 in bios, captions and messages, where a plain keyboard falls short. It is cataloged at Unicode code point U+1F499 in the hearts set, so it renders the same real text character in every app that supports the font, not a pasted image.
| Symbol | 💙 | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F499 | |
| Name | Blue Heart | |
| HTML (decimal) | 💙 | |
| HTML (hex) | 💙 | |
| CSS content | \1F499 | |
| JavaScript / JSON | \u{1F499} | |
| UTF-8 bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0x99 | |
| UTF-16 units | 0xD83D 0xDC99 |
How do you type the blue heart on each platform?
| Where | How to type it |
|---|---|
| Any device | Click the 💙 at the top of this page. It goes straight to your clipboard, and you paste it with Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac. This is the only method that behaves identically everywhere. |
| Windows | There is no short alt code for this character. Press Win and the full stop key to open the emoji and symbol panel, then use the symbols tab and search for blue heart. |
| macOS | Open the Character Viewer with Control+Command+Space and search for blue heart. Unicode Hex Input only covers four-digit code points, and this character sits above that range. |
| Linux and ChromeOS | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 1f499, then press Enter or the space bar. This works in GTK applications and with IBus. |
| Microsoft Word | Type 1F499 in the document, then press Alt and X together with the cursor immediately after the last digit. Word replaces the digits with 💙. |
| Google Docs | Insert, then Special characters, then paste U+1F499 or type blue heart in the search box. You can also draw the shape in the sketch pad on the right. |
| HTML | Write 💙 or 💙. There is no standard named entity for this character. On a page served as UTF-8 the character itself also works. |
| CSS | Use content: "\1F499" inside a ::before or ::after rule. Terminate the escape with a space if the next character is also a hexadecimal digit. |
| JavaScript | The escape \u{1F499} produces this character inside a string literal, and the same escape is valid in JSON. |
More detail per platform: Windows alt codes, special characters on a Mac, special characters in Word and HTML entities.
Frequently asked questions
How do I copy the blue heart symbol?
Click the 💙 above or the copy button and it is placed on your clipboard. Paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. It is a real text character, so it works in documents, chats and code.
What is the Unicode code point for blue heart?
The blue heart has the Unicode code point U+1F499. In HTML you can write it as 💙 or 💙.
Can I use the blue heart symbol in HTML and CSS?
Yes. In HTML write 💙, and in CSS use content: "\1F499" inside a ::before or ::after rule. The code table on this page has copy buttons for both.
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