Waving Hand: Light Skin Tone

👋🏻 is the light skin tone version of 👋 Waving Hand. 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 waving hand. It means hello or goodbye.

See the default 👋 Waving Hand emoji and all skin tones

Skin tones

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

waving hand

waving hand: light skin tone

waving hand: medium-light skin tone

waving hand: medium skin tone

waving hand: medium-dark skin tone

waving hand: dark skin tone

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

CLDR short name: waving hand: light skin tone
Codepoint: U+1F44B U+1F3FB
Hex: 1F44B 1F3FB
Emoji version: 1.0
Unicode version: 8.0
First released: 2015
Unicode group: People & Body
Unicode subgroup: hand-fingers-open
Skin tone: light
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

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

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

bye · cya · g2g · greetings · gtg · hand · hello · hey · hi · later · light skin tone · outtie · ttfn · ttyl · wave · yo · you

How it looks

Waving Hand: Light Skin Tone — Fluent 3D — Fluent 3D

Waving Hand: Light Skin Tone — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Waving Hand: Light Skin Tone — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

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Note: PNG and WebP use the emoji font installed on your device (Apple Color Emoji on macOS/iOS, Segoe UI Emoji on Windows, Noto Color Emoji on Android/Linux), so the look matches your platform. SVG embeds the character as text — rendering depends on the viewer.

Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 👋🏻. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 👋🏻 waving hand: light skin tone emoji mean?: 👋🏻 is the light skin tone version of 👋 Waving Hand. 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 waving hand. It means hello or goodbye.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 👋🏻?: U+1F44B U+1F3FB.
When was the 👋🏻 waving hand: 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 “waving hand”. 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.