What matters
Slack Custom Emoji dimensions at a glance
Slack custom emoji at 128×128 are displayed at around 22px in messages. They're an important part of workspace culture and communication shorthand.
Custom emoji streamline communication and build team culture. Well-designed emoji get used constantly in reactions and messages.
Detailed designs become unreadable blobs in chat. Files over 128KB get rejected. Poor transparency creates ugly boxes around emoji.