The medium-light skin tone is a Unicode emoji modifier used to adjust the skin color of compatible human and body-part emoji. Its code point is U+1F3FC and its formal Unicode name is EMOJI MODIFIER FITZPATRICK TYPE-3, reflecting the Fitzpatrick dermatology scale. It does not function as a standalone emoji; instead, it follows an eligible base character to form an emoji modifier sequence (for example, 👍 + U+1F3FC becomes 👍🏼). On its own, it may display as a small colored swatch or a generic glyph on some platforms, but it is primarily intended for use as part of a larger sequence.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 8.3 update.
