Nail Polish: Medium-dark Skin Tone

💅🏾 is the medium-dark skin tone version of 💅 Nail Polish. It means exactly the same thing; the skin-tone modifier only changes how the person or hand is drawn, so people pick the tone that represents them. 💅 is a hand painting its nails. It is used for manicures and beauty, but mostly for unbothered, sassy confidence.

See the default 💅 Nail Polish emoji and all skin tones

Skin tones

Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.

nail polish

nail polish: light skin tone

nail polish: medium-light skin tone

nail polish: medium skin tone

nail polish: medium-dark skin tone

nail polish: dark skin tone

Easy to misread

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Literally nail polish, but the dominant use is unbothered confidence or sassy indifference.

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

CLDR short name: nail polish: medium-dark skin tone
Codepoint: U+1F485 U+1F3FE
Hex: 1F485 1F3FE
Emoji version: 1.0
Unicode version: 8.0
First released: 2015
Unicode group: People & Body
Unicode subgroup: hand-prop
Skin tone: medium-dark
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

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

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

bored · care · cosmetics · done · makeup · manicure · medium-dark skin tone · nail · polish · whatever

How it looks

Nail Polish: Medium-dark Skin Tone — Fluent 3D — Fluent 3D

Nail Polish: Medium-dark Skin Tone — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Nail Polish: Medium-dark Skin Tone — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

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Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

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Questions people ask

What does the 💅🏾 nail polish: medium-dark skin tone emoji mean?: 💅🏾 is the medium-dark skin tone version of 💅 Nail Polish. It means exactly the same thing; the skin-tone modifier only changes how the person or hand is drawn, so people pick the tone that represents them. 💅 is a hand painting its nails. It is used for manicures and beauty, but mostly for unbothered, sassy confidence.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 💅🏾?: U+1F485 U+1F3FE.
When was the 💅🏾 nail polish: medium-dark 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 “nail polish”. 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.
Is 💅🏾 ever misunderstood?: Literally nail polish, but the dominant use is unbothered confidence or sassy indifference.