🖖 vulcan salute Skin Tones — All 5 Variants
The Vulcan salute is Star Trek's famous greeting: “live long and prosper”. Leonard Nimoy based the split-finger gesture on the Jewish priestly blessing he saw as a child in synagogue, and it has become the standard greeting for science-fiction fans everywhere. It is a hand gesture, so all five skin-tone modifiers apply.
The five variants
🖖🏻vulcan salute: light skin toneU+1F596 U+1F3FB🖖🏼vulcan salute: medium-light skin toneU+1F596 U+1F3FC🖖🏽vulcan salute: medium skin toneU+1F596 U+1F3FD🖖🏾vulcan salute: medium-dark skin toneU+1F596 U+1F3FE🖖🏿vulcan salute: dark skin toneU+1F596 U+1F3FF
Every variant copies exactly like the base character: tap a card and the sequence is on your clipboard, ready to paste anywhere. Skin-tone modifiers (U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF) were added to the standard in Unicode 8.0 (2015). vulcan salute itself was added in Emoji E1.0 (2015).
Usage and context
It is a greeting, a farewell and an in-group sign among fans — at conventions, in sci-fi threads and in any message with a Star Trek reference. A modifier makes the salute yours; the yellow default is the generic version. It often lands with “live long and prosper” written out beside it.
Nothing offensive anywhere — just remember it is a fictional-universe gesture, not an everyday sign in any culture outside fandom.
Skin tones for other emoji
waving hand · folded hands · raising hands · thumbs up · thumbs down · flexed biceps · nail polish · raised back of hand · hand with fingers splayed · raised hand · ok hand · pinched fingers · victory hand · crossed fingers · love you gesture · sign of the horns · call me hand · backhand index pointing right · backhand index pointing up · middle finger · index pointing up · raised fist · oncoming fist · clapping hands · palms up together · handshake