Superhero: light skin tone Emoji

People

A figure wearing a mask and a cape, rendered with a light skin tone. The character is depicted in a classic heroic pose, often associated with comic book crime-fighters and protectors.

Usage Context

Used to express strength, courage, or to celebrate someone performing a good deed. It is the go-to emoji when discussing caped crusaders, comic book culture, or cheering on a friend who is handling a tough situation. Often paired with 💥 to indicate an action-packed moment or 🌟 to show admiration.

History

The base superhero emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2018 as part of Emoji 11.0. Skin tone modifiers were introduced shortly after to allow for greater representation, reflecting a push to make digital communication more inclusive of diverse physical appearances in fantasy-themed icons.

Details

Glyph

🦸🏻

Unicode

U+1F9B8 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9b8_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDB8;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-fantasy

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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