The man: medium-light skin tone emoji is your go-to digital dude—neutral, friendly, and ready to represent you, a friend, or just “some guy” in the group chat. The medium-light tone (Fitzpatrick type 3) gives it that slightly sun-kissed, peachy-beige look people choose for closer representation or to set a casual, non-shouty vibe. It pops up in captions like “this man…” when you’re calling out someone’s legendary fail, humble brag, or main-character moment, and it’s a staple in Florida Man jokes, boyfriend reveals, and “men will literally…” meme setups. Pair it with pointing fingers to label the culprit in a photo, or toss it next to heart emojis for a soft-launch crush moment.
On Apple/iOS, it appears as a clean-cut, front-facing bust: short hair, open round eyes, a calm smile, and a simple blue or teal top with soft shading—no accessories, no drama, just classic emoji energy. The expression reads approachable and slightly earnest, perfect for “ask this man” teamwork messages or ironic “this man really said…” roasts. It’s also common in TikTok captions to indicate male POV, in IG Stories to tag the guy behind the camera, and in family combos to assemble your emoji household. Because it’s a skin tone variant, it signals a bit of identity and intent—like saying, “Yes, this specific guy, not a generic placeholder.”
The Man emoji combined with the Light Brown flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the light brown skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3528 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Previous Names: | Light Brown Man |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 👨🏼 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 👨🏼 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 👨 🏼 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 👨 🏼 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f468, 1f3fc |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F468, U+1F3FC |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128104, 127996 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA8, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBC |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 A8, F0 9F 8F BC |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 250, 360 237 217 274 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC68, 0xD83C 0xDFFC |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc68, d83cdffc |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56424, 55356 57340 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F468 0x0001F3FC |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F468, 01F3FC |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128104, 127996 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F468\U0001F3FC" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\xa8\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbc" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC68\uD83C\uDFFC" |
