Handshake: Medium-dark Skin Tone

Primarily used in the iconic '[X] 🤝🏾 [Y]' meme format to draw ironic parallels; also used genuinely to celebrate diverse collaborations and inclusive partnerships.

Used to confirm deals, express brotherhood or sisterhood, and celebrate business or social collaborations; the medium-dark skin tone resonates closely with South Asian skin representation.

Represents trust, mutual agreement, and respect in professional and social contexts; the skin tone is seen as culturally relatable across the region.

Universally understood as agreement, partnership, or greeting; the skin tone modifier is recognized as a diversity inclusion feature.

Used to signal cooperation and mutual understanding in business and personal chats; the skin tone is considered locally representative.

Common in professional and community contexts to mark agreements or collaborations; appreciated for its skin tone representation.

Used primarily in professional settings to indicate deals or partnerships; skin tone modifiers are less culturally emphasized but the gesture is universally understood.

The handshake is recognized as a Western-style greeting/agreement gesture; used in international business contexts and collab announcements.

Popular in business and creator culture to announce partnerships; K-pop and content creator communities use it in collab announcements.

Used in tech, business, and creative industries to signal partnerships and mutual agreements.

Common in business and finance contexts; used to mark deals and professional collaborations in a fast-paced commercial culture.

Widely used in everyday chats to confirm plans or agreements; the skin tone is seen as relatable and inclusive.

Used to signal togetherness and mutual respect; common in community group chats and business discussions.

Represents formal agreement in business contexts; sometimes used alongside traditional Thai greeting customs in hybrid digital communication.

Used in business and youth culture to signal deals or collaboration; growing use in meme formats among younger users.

Common across multicultural Malaysian digital spaces to signal unity and agreement; the skin tone resonates with the diverse population.

Used in professional and business contexts to signal agreements; represents trust and formal partnership in Arabic digital communication.

Heavily used in the multicultural UAE digital space for business partnerships and cross-cultural collaborations; widely understood across expat communities.

Used to confirm agreements and express solidarity in both business and social contexts; popular in youth digital culture.

Common in business and social media to mark deals, partnerships, and mutual understanding.

Used in professional and personal digital communication to signal agreement; the handshake as a symbol of trust is widely understood.

Extremely popular as the skin tone closely aligns with Afrocentric representation; used in business, Afrobeats culture, and everyday social media with strong cultural pride.

Used across diverse communities to signal unity and mutual respect; the skin tone representation is valued in a society that celebrates diverse identities.

Used in both professional contexts and in meme culture; commonly found in football fan communities, business chats, and Gen Z humor.

Used in professional and social contexts to mark agreements; the French digital culture uses it both sincerely and ironically.

Predominantly used in professional and business contexts to signal formal agreements; less common in casual or meme usage compared to Anglophone cultures.

Used in social and business contexts to express solidarity and mutual agreement; embedded in vibrant social media cultures of both countries.

Very popular in Brazilian social media for meme formats, business announcements, and expressions of solidarity; the skin tone is culturally resonant for many Brazilians.

Used in business, social media memes, and everyday agreement; the skin tone is embraced as representative of the diverse Mexican population.

Broadly used across Latin America to signal partnerships, community solidarity, and agreements; the meme format is widely popular among youth.

Used in business and casual contexts; popular in multicultural communities and among Gen Z in meme culture and collaboration announcements.