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OK Button 🆗

Added in Emoji 0.6 · Symbols Alphanumeric Symbols

Codepoint U+1F197
Shortcode :ok:
Version Emoji 0.6

Meaning

The OK button emoji presents the word "OK" in white lettering on a bright blue square background, designed to mimic a clickable user interface button you'd find on a website or app. Its flat, digital aesthetic and universal symbol for agreement make it instantly recognizable across cultures and languages.

In messaging, people use the OK button to confirm plans, acknowledge instructions, or signal agreement—often more formally or emphatically than a simple thumbs up or checkmark. It works particularly well in group chats coordinating logistics, at work when confirming a task, or when you want to feel a bit retro-digital and playful. The button-like design gives it a satisfying sense of finality, as if you're literally pressing "confirm" in a conversation.

Some users deploy it sarcastically or with mild frustration—the OK button can carry a subtle edge when used passively-aggressively, though context matters heavily. It's more formal and less emotionally warm than casual affirmations like "cool" or "got it," making it suitable for professional or slightly distant tones.

Approved in 2010 as part of Unicode Emoji 0.6, the OK button has remained a reliable, straightforward symbol that bridges nostalgic web design and modern communication needs.

Common Uses

  • Confirming plans or agreements
  • Acknowledging instructions or tasks
  • Signaling agreement formally or emphatically
  • Adding a retro-digital tone to messages

Popular Combos

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Did You Know?

The OK button emoji design is a direct homage to early web and app interfaces, evoking the skeuomorphic era when digital buttons were designed to look like pressable physical buttons—a nostalgic nod to '90s and 2000s user experience design.

Keywords

button ok okay

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Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

GitHub :ok:
Slack :ok:
Discord :ok:

Developer Codes

HTML (decimal)
🆗
HTML (hex)
🆗
CSS
\1F197
JavaScript
\uD83C\uDD97
Python
\U0001F197
Java
\uD83C\uDD97
Perl
\x{1F197}
PHP / Ruby
\x{1F197}
Punycode
xn--2qaf
URL Encoded
%F0%9F%86%97
UTF-8 Bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x86 0x97

🆗 in 28 languages

Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.

Language Name
Bengali বর্গক্ষেত্রের মধ্যে ওকে
Chinese (Simplified) OK按钮
Chinese (Traditional) 好的
Danish OK
Dutch OK-knop
English OK button
English (UK) OK button
Estonian nupp OK
Finnish OK
French bouton OK
German Großbuchstaben OK in blauem Quadrat
Hindi ठीक बटन
Hungarian OK gomb
Italian pulsante OK
Japanese OKマーク
Korean 오케이
Lithuanian simbolis „OK“
Malay butang OK
Norwegian OK-knapp
Polish przycisk OK
Portuguese botão OK
Russian значок «ОК»
Spanish botón OK
Spanish (Mexico) botón OK
Swedish OK-knapp
Thai โอเค
Ukrainian кнопка «ОК»
Vietnamese nút OK