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Light skin tone

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 Twitter/X
Category Objects
Subcategory skin-tone
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
1–2lightskintonetypemodifierFitzpatrick scalediversityrepresentationhumancomplexion

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji graphics are licensed under CC-BY 4.0. You must provide appropriate credit when redistributing or modifying these assets.

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