Light skin tone Emoji
Objects
A small, light-colored square patch representing the palest shade of skin. It is used as a modifier to change the appearance of human-based emojis to match a lighter complexion.
Usage Context
This modifier is appended to standard yellow-faced emojis to specify a person's physical appearance. It is frequently used in social media profiles and digital messaging to indicate personal identity or to describe the appearance of others. It functions in tandem with other modifiers like 🏼 or 🏾 to offer a spectrum of skin tones across the platform.
History
Introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015, this modifier was developed as part of a major initiative by the Unicode Consortium to improve representation. Based on the Fitzpatrick scale—a recognized dermatological classification system—it allows for a more diverse range of human characters in digital communication.
Details
Glyph
🏻
Unicode
U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f3fb:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Objects
Subcategory skin-tone
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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