Light Skin Tone

🏻 is the light skin tone emoji, part of Unicode's Component group, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Unicode's keyword list links it with “1–2” and “type”.

Where skin-tone emoji usually appear

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Applies to every emoji in this Unicode subgroup, not only this one.

Combined with a person or hand emoji to set skin tone

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: EMOJI MODIFIER FITZPATRICK TYPE-1-2
CLDR short name: light skin tone
Codepoint: U+1F3FB
Hex: 1F3FB
Emoji version: 1.0
Unicode version: 8.0
First released: 2015
Unicode group: Component
Unicode subgroup: skin-tone
Status: Emoji component

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

1–2 · light · skin · tone · type

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Questions people ask

What does the 🏻 light skin tone emoji mean?: 🏻 is the light skin tone emoji, part of Unicode's Component group, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Unicode's keyword list links it with “1–2” and “type”.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🏻?: U+1F3FB, named EMOJI MODIFIER FITZPATRICK TYPE-1-2 in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🏻 light skin tone emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 1.0, published in 2015, alongside Unicode 8.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🏻 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “light skin tone”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🏻 from this page with one click.