# 🤦🏻 Person facepalming emoji: light skin tone

🤦🏻 is the person facepalming emoji (🤦) with light skin tone. It's 🤦 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016.

- Emoji: 🤦🏻
- Unicode name: person facepalming: light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F926 U+1F3FB
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [🤦 Person facepalming](https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-light-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A person pressing a palm to their forehead or face. Often paired with "smh" or "I can't believe this," it shows disbelief, exasperation, embarrassment or secondhand cringe, usually as a reaction to something silly or frustrating.

## Other skin tones

- 🤦 [Person facepalming](https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-emoji.md)
- 🤦🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FC
- 🤦🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FD
- 🤦🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FE
- 🤦🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

🤦🏻 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🤦 [Person facepalming](https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-emoji.md) (U+1F926)
2. 🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FB)

## How to type 🤦🏻

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “person facepalming”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “person facepalming”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “person facepalming”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “person facepalming”, then pick light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona con la mano en la frente: tono de piel claro | facepalm, frente, incredulidad, mano, persona con la mano en la frente, tono de piel claro |
| Français (fr) | personne avec la paume sur le visage : peau claire | drame, exaspération, femme avec paume sur visage, geste, incrédulité, incroyable, j’en peux plus, main, pas possible, paume de main, peau claire, personne, personne avec la paume sur le visage, visage |
| Deutsch (de) | sich an den Kopf fassende Person: helle Hautfarbe | fassen, frustriert, genervt, Gesicht, helle Hautfarbe, Kopf, oh nein, OMG, Person, unfassbar, unglaublich, verzweifelt |
| Italiano (it) | persona esasperata: carnagione chiara | carnagione chiara, disperazione, esasperazione, facepalm, incredulità, mano in fronte, oddio, oh no, persona, persona esasperata |
| Português (pt) | pessoa decepcionada: pele clara | como assim, decepção, decepcionada, decepcionado, desapontamento, descrença, inacreditável, meu deus, não acredito, não é possível, pele clara, pessoa, pessoa dececionada |
| Nederlands (nl) | persoon die het gezicht met de hand bedekt: lichte huidskleur | ergernis, gebaar, gezicht, hand voor gezicht, lichte huidskleur, niet opnieuw, ongeloof, ongelooflijk, palm, persoon, persoon die het gezicht met de hand bedekt, schaamte, zucht |
| Svenska (sv) | person som slår sig för pannan: ljus hy | ansikte, frustration, handflata, irritation, ljus hy, person som slår sig för pannan, slå sig för pannan |
| Polski (pl) | osoba trzymająca się za czoło: karnacja jasna | facepalm, fejspalm, karnacja jasna, niedowierzanie, osoba trzymająca się za czoło, osoba zakrywająca twarz dłonią, tylko nie to, załamanie, załamka |
| Türkçe (tr) | yüzünü eliyle kapama: açık cilt tonu | açık cilt tonu, aman tanrım, çileden çıkma, inanamıyorum, inanmama, inanmıyorum, kızgınlık, öfke, olamaz, şok, yüzünü eliyle kapama |
| Русский (ru) | человек потерял дар речи: очень светлый тон кожи | надоело, нет, омг, очень светлый тон кожи, позор, раздражение, слов, фейспалм, хватит |
| Українська (uk) | людина з долонею до обличчя: світлий тон шкіри | боже, обличчя, роздратування, розчарування, рука, рукалице, світлий тон шкіри, скільки можна, сором, фейспалм |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άτομο αγανακτά: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | αγανάκτηση, ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, άτομο αγανακτά, δυσπιστία, παλάμη, πρόσωπο |
| العربية (ar) | شخص محبط: بشرة بلون فاتح | أشخاص, إحباط, بشرة بلون فاتح, راحة يد, سخط, شخص محبط, صدمة, لا, لا أعتقد ذلك, ليس مجددًا, يا إلهي |
| עברית (he) | אישה עם יד על הפנים: גוון עור בהיר | אוי לא, אישה, גוון עור בהיר, הלם, זועמת, זעזוע, כועסת, לא יכול להיות, לא מאמינה |
| فارسی (fa) | با کف دست به پیشانی زدن: پوست سفید | با کف دست به پیشانی زدن, پوست سفید, تعجب, رنجش, زن, شوک, صورت, عصبانیت, کف دست, گذاشتن دست ها روی صورت, ناامیدی, ناباوری, وای نه |
| हिन्दी (hi) | माथे पर हाथ: गोरी त्वचा | अविश्वास, ओह माय गॉड, गोरी त्वचा, चेहरा, झुंझलाहट, पछतावा, फिर से नहीं, माथे पर हाथ, यकीन न करना, शॉक, हथेली |
| বাংলা (bn) | মাথায় হাত: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | অবিশ্বাস, বিরক্তি, বিস্মিত হওয়া, মাথায়, হতবাক, হাত, হায় আল্লাহ্‌, হায় ঈশ্বর, হায় ভগবান, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang tepuk jidat: warna kulit cerah | astaga, cape deh, capedeh, capek deh, cewek tepuk jidat, frustrasi, gusar, kesal, oh tidak, orang tepuk jidat, tepuk dahi, tepuk jidat, tidak percaya, wanita tepuk jidat, warna kulit cerah, yah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người lấy tay che mặt: màu da sáng | hoài nghi, không tin nổi, lại nữa rồi, lòng bàn tay, mặt, màu da sáng, người dùng tay che mặt, người lấy tay che mặt, tay che mặt, tức giận |
| ไทย (th) | หมดกัน: โทนผิวสีขาว | คน, งง, ช็อค, ตกใจ, โทนผิวสีขาว, โธ่, ผิดหวัง, ไม่นะ, เสียใจ, หมดกัน, เหลือเชื่อ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ひたいに手をあてる人: 薄い肌色 | あちゃー, うそでしょ, ジェスチャー, ショック, ひたいに手, ひたいに手をあてる人, またか, 人, 信じられない, 薄い肌色 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 골치 아파하는 사람: 하얀 피부 | 골치 아파하는 사람, 당황, 맙소사, 분노, 불신, 세상에, 손바닥, 얼굴, 얼굴에 손바닥을 갖다 댐, 이럴 수가, 짜증, 하얀 피부 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 捂脸: 较浅肤色 | 人, 尴尬, 恼怒, 我的天哪, 扶额, 捂脸, 无语, 较浅肤色, 难以置信, 震惊 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 哦不：白皮膚 | 不敢相信, 哦不, 喔不, 噢不, 天啊, 怎麼會, 捂臉, 無言, 白皮膚, 難以置信, 震驚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): hand teen voorkop slaan: ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): onipa de ne nsam ato n’anim: wedeε ani a εda so
- Albanian (sq): fytyrë me pëllëmbë në ballë: nuancë lëkure e çelët
- Amharic (am): ማዘን: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
- Armenian (hy): դեմքն ափով ծածկած անձ․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): মূৰত হাত দিয়া ব্যক্তি: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): inanmaq olmur: açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): йөҙөн ҡул менән ҡаплаусы кеше: аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): esku-azpia aurpegian: 1–2. mota
- Belarusian (be): далонь на твары: светлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): osoba s rukom na čelu: svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): ръка върху лице: светла кожа
- Burmese (my): မျက်နှာလက်ဝါးဖြင့်အုပ်ထားသောရုပ် − အသားဖြူရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne avec la paume sur le visage : peau claire
- Cantonese (yue): 用手遮臉嘅人: 淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 用手遮脸嘅人: 浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona amb la mà a la cara: pell molt clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᎤᎧᏛᎢ ᎠᏓᏏᏔᏗᏍᎬᎢ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 遮住塊面：白皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): ҫын сӑмах пултарулӑхне ҫухатнӑ: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): lupanje dlanom o čelo: svijetla boja kože
- Czech (cs): osoba chytající se za hlavu: světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): slå sig for panden: lys teint
- Estonian (et): meeleheide: hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa de palma na face: tipo de pele 1–2
- Faroese (fo): vónbrotin persónur: ljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): naka-facepalm: light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): peittää kasvot kädellä: vaalea iho
- Galician (gl): incredulidade: ton de pel moi claro
- Georgian (ka): სახეზე ხელის აფარება: კანის ღია ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): માથા ઉપર હાથ દેવો: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum nunawa kunya: launin fata mai haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): face par palm rakhe hua vyakti: Fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): kézbe temetett arc: világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): hönd fyrir andlit: ljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onye na-ezo ihu ya èzo: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
- Irish (ga): duine lena aghaidh ina bhos: ton cnis geal
- Javanese (jv): wong anutup raine mawa dlamakan: kulit putih
- Kannada (kn): ಮುಖಮಚ್ಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): бетін қолмен жапқан адам: 1–2 тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بەتىن قولمەن جاپقان ادام: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): ខ្ទប់មុខ: សម្បុរស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu wifash mu maso: ibara ry’uruhu rwera
- Konkani (kok): कपलाचेर हात मारपी व्यक्ती: उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): сөз жок ишараты: акжуумал
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Winaq k’o uq’ab’ chi upalaj: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ມືກ່າຍໜ້າ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): cilvēks ar saķertu galvu: gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): persoña esasperâ: carnaxon ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): o varge: šviesios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): se za głowu pśimjeca wósoba: swětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Persoun, déi sech d’Hand widder de Kapp schléit: hell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): неверување: тип на кожа 1–2
- Malay (ms): tepuk dahi: ton kulit cerah
- Malayalam (ml): തലയിൽ കൈവയ്ക്കൽ: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): persuna tagħmel facepalm: ton ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): कपाळाला हात: उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): нүүр лүү алгадах: цайвар
- Māori (mi): tangata ringakanohi: kiri āhua māmā
- Nepali (ne): चिन्तित: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé Ték Wọ́n Hand Kọ́vá Im Fes: Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho yo a emišago ka seatla: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga
- Norwegian (no): slår hånden mot pannen: hudtype 1–2
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): slår handa mot panna: hudtype 1–2
- Odia (or): ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି ମୁହଁରେ ପାପୁଲି ମାରୁଛନ୍ତି: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama barruun fuula qabate: toonii gogaa ifaa
- Pashto (ps): شخص تندي ته ټک ورکوی: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
- Punjabi (pa): ਉਫ ਹੋ: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہتھ منہ اوتے رکھدا بندہ: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): runa makian uyapi: chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană care își acoperă fața cu o palmă: ton deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): persuna cun la palma-maun sin la fatscha: pel clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach le aodann na làmhan: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): шака о чело: светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): шака о чело: свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): šaka o čelo: svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): šaka o čelo: svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းတူမ်းၼႃႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): شخص جو نراڙ تي هٿ ڏيڻ: گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): මුහුණේ අල්ල ගසා සිටීම: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
- Slovak (sk): človek chytajúci sa za hlavu: svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): oseba z dlanjo na obrazu: svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): qof calaacal waji saaranaya: jidh fudud
- Swahili (sw): ishara ya kutoamini: ngozi nyeupe
- Tajik (tg): шахсе, ки рӯяшро бо дастонаш пӯшида истодааст: ранги равшани пӯст
- Tamil (ta): விரக்தி: வகை 1–2
- Telugu (te): తల కొట్టుకుంటున్న వ్యక్తి: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ ኢዱ አብ ገጹ ምግባር፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tokotaha nima ʻihe mata: kili hinehina
- Tswana (tn): motho ka legofi mo sefatlhegong: letlalo le lesweu
- Turkmen (tk): elini maňlaýyna urýan adam: açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba, kiž so za hłowu přimnje: swětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): پیشانی پر ہاتھ: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): يۈزىنى تۇتقان كىشى: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): boshqa gapim yo‘q: 1–2-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): cledr i’r wyneb: arlliw croen golau
- Wolof (wo): nit ku taf loxo ci kanamam: xeesaayu der bu woyof
- Xhosa (xh): umntu ogqume ubuso ngezandla: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹni Fọwọ Boju: amọ́lára
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛni Fɔwɔ Boju: amɔ́lára
- Zulu (zu): ukuzifihla: uhlobo-1-2

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F926 U+1F3FB` |
| HTML | `🤦🏻` |
| CSS | `\1F926\1F3FB` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F926}\u{1F3FB}` |
| Python | `\U0001F926\U0001F3FB` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 A6 F0 9F 8F BB` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD26 D83C DFFB` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%A6%F0%9F%8F%BB` |

## Questions

### What does 🤦🏻 mean?

A person pressing a palm to their forehead or face. Often paired with "smh" or "I can't believe this," it shows disbelief, exasperation, embarrassment or secondhand cringe, usually as a reaction to something silly or frustrating. 🤦🏻 shows it with light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🤦🏻 and 🤦?

🤦🏻 is the 🤦 person facepalming emoji with light skin tone. It's 🤦 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F926 U+1F3FB.

### How do I type 🤦🏻?

Find 🤦 in your emoji keyboard by searching “person facepalming”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🤦🏻?

U+1F926 U+1F3FB. In HTML you can write 🤦🏻

### When was 🤦🏻 added?

It was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.

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