# 🦸🏿 Superhero emoji: dark skin tone

🦸🏿 is the superhero emoji (🦸) with dark skin tone. It's 🦸 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018.

- Emoji: 🦸🏿
- Unicode name: superhero: dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F9B8 U+1F3FF
- Category: People & body, Fantasy people
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- Base emoji: [🦸 Superhero](https://emojichart.com/superhero-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/superhero-dark-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A person in a cape and costume striking a heroic pose. You will see it for superheroes and comic-book themes, for praising someone who saved the day or showed great strength, and for telling a friend they are a hero.

## Other skin tones

- 🦸 [Superhero](https://emojichart.com/superhero-emoji.md)
- 🦸🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/superhero-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9B8 U+1F3FB
- 🦸🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/superhero-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9B8 U+1F3FC
- 🦸🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/superhero-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9B8 U+1F3FD
- 🦸🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/superhero-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9B8 U+1F3FE

## What it's made of

🦸🏿 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🦸 [Superhero](https://emojichart.com/superhero-emoji.md) (U+1F9B8)
2. 🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FF)

## How to type 🦸🏿

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | personaje de superhéroe: tono de piel oscuro | bien, héroe, heroína, personaje de superhéroe, superhéroe, superheroína, superpoder, tono de piel oscuro |
| Français (fr) | super-héros : peau foncée | bien, cape, force, heroïne, héroïne, héros, peau foncée, personnage, sauver le monde, super pouvoir, super-héros, super-pouvoir, superhéros, superman, vengeur, voler |
| Deutsch (de) | Superheld(in): dunkle Hautfarbe | dunkle Hautfarbe, Held, Person, Superheld, Superheld(in), Superheldin, Superkraft, Superkräfte, Superman, Übermensch, Umhang |
| Italiano (it) | supereroe: carnagione scura | bene, buono, carnagione scura, eroe, eroina, persona, personaggio, supereroe, supereroina, superman, superpotere, superpoteri |
| Português (pt) | super-herói: pele escura | bem, boa, bom, herói, heroína, pele escura, super-herói, super-homem, superman, superpoder |
| Nederlands (nl) | superheld: donkere huidskleur | donkere huidskleur, goed, held, superheld, superkracht |
| Svenska (sv) | superhjälte: mörk hy | god, hjälte, hjältinna, mörk hy, superhjälte, superkraft, superkrafter |
| Polski (pl) | superbohater: karnacja ciemna | bohater, bohaterka, dobro, karnacja ciemna, moc, pozytywny, siła, superbohater, superbohaterka, superman, supermoc, supermoce |
| Türkçe (tr) | süper kahraman: koyu cilt tonu | iyi, iyilik, kahraman, koyu cilt tonu, kurtarmak, pelerin, süper güç, süper kahraman, uçmak |
| Русский (ru) | супергерой: очень темный тон кожи | бэтмен, героиня, герой, очень темный тон кожи, сильная, супервумен, супергерой, супермен, суперсила |
| Українська (uk) | супергерой: темний тон шкіри | героїня, герой, добрий, добро, супергерой, супермен, суперсила, суперсили, темний тон шкіри |
| Ελληνικά (el) | υπερήρωας: σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | άνθρωπος, άνθρωπος αράχνη, ήρωας, ηρωίδα, καλός, Μπάτμαν, σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, Σούπερμαν, υπεράνθρωπος, υπερδυνάμεις, υπερδύναμη, υπερήρωας |
| العربية (ar) | بطل خارق: بشرة بلون غامق | باتمان, بشرة بلون غامق, بطل, بطلة, خارق, سوبرمان, سوبرهيرو, طيب, قوة خارقة, قوي, منقذ |
| עברית (he) | גיבור על: גוון עור כהה | גוון עור כהה, גיבור על, גיבורה, גיבורת על, טוב, כוחות על |
| فارسی (fa) | ابرقهرمان: پوست آبنوسی | ابرقدرت, ابرقهرمان, پوست آبنوسی, خوب, دلاور, سوپرمن, شیرزن, شیرمرد, قهرمان, مرد, نیکوکار |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सुपरहीरो: साँवली त्वचा | पावर, बढ़िया, शक्तिशाली, साँवली त्वचा, सुपर पावर, सुपरपॉवर, सुपरमैन, सुपरहीरो, हीरो, हीरोइन |
| বাংলা (bn) | সুপারহিরো: কালো ত্বকের রঙ | কল্যাণ, কালো ত্বকের রঙ, নায়ক, প্রশংসনীয়, ব্যাটম্যান, ভালো, ভালো মানুষ, শক্তিশালী, সুপারপাওয়ার, সুপারম্যান, সুপারহিরো, হিরো, হিরোইন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pahlawan super: warna kulit gelap | baik, kekuatan super, pahlawan, pahlawan super, pahlawan super wanita, pahlawan wanita, warna kulit gelap |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | siêu anh hùng: màu da tối | anh hùng, màu da tối, người, người dơi, nữ anh hùng, siêu anh hùng, siêu năng lực, tốt |
| ไทย (th) | ซุปเปอร์ฮีโร่: โทนผิวสีเข้ม | เก่ง, ซุปเปอร์แมน, ดี, โทนผิวสีเข้ม, พลังวิเศษ, พาวเวอร์, ยอดมนุษย์, วีรบุรุษ, ฮีโร่ |
| 日本語 (ja) | スーパーヒーロー: 濃い肌色 | スーパーヒーロー, スーパーマン, ヒーロー, ヒロイン, 善, 巨大勢力, 濃い肌色, 超人 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 히로인: 검은색 피부 | 검은색 피부, 배트맨, 슈퍼맨, 슈퍼파워, 슈퍼히어로, 영웅, 정의, 초능력, 초인, 히로인, 히어로 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 超级英雄: 较深肤色 | 女英雄, 女超人, 好人, 英雄, 蝙蝠侠, 超人, 超级英雄, 超能力, 较深肤色 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 超級英雄：黑皮膚 | 正派, 英雄, 超人, 超級英雄, 超能力, 黑皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): superheld: donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): Supahero: wedeε ani tuntum
- Albanian (sq): superhero: nuancë lëkure e errët
- Amharic (am): ጀግና: የቆዳ ዓይነት-6
- Armenian (hy): սուպերհերոս․ մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): চুপাৰহিৰ’: ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): superqəhrəman: tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): супергерой: ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): superheroi: 6. mota
- Belarusian (be): супергерой: цёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): superheroj: tamna boja kože
- Breton (br): gourharoz : krocʼhen teñval
- Bulgarian (bg): жена супергерой: тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): လူစွမ်းကောင်း − အသားမည်းရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): superhéros : peau foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 超人: 深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 超人: 深肤色
- Catalan (ca): superheroi: pell molt fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏒᎩ ᏩᏥᎸᏉᏛ: ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 超人：黑皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): супергер: сӑран тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): superheroj: tamno smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): superhrdinská postava: tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): superhelt: mørk teint
- Estonian (et): superkangelane: tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): super-herói: tipo de pele 6
- Faroese (fo): superhetja: myrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): superhero: dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): supersankari: tumma iho
- Galician (gl): heroe: ton de pel moi escuro
- Georgian (ka): სუპერგმირი: კანის მუქი ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): સુપરહીરો: ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): jarumi: launin fata mai duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): superhero: dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): szuperhős: sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): ofurhetja: dökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): dike: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji
- Irish (ga): sárlaoch: ton cnis dorcha
- Javanese (jv): satriya mandraguna: kulit ireng
- Kannada (kn): ಸೂಪರ್‌ಹೀರೊ: ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): супер батыр: 6-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سۋپەر باتىر: 6-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): កំពូលវីរជន: សម្បុរខ្មៅ
- Konkani (kok): सुपरहिरो: गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): супер баатыр: кара
- Lao (lo): ສຸດຍອດພະເອກ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳ
- Latvian (lv): supervaronis: tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): supereröe: carnaxon scua
- Lithuanian (lt): superherojus: itin tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): superryśaŕ: śamna barwa kóže
- Macedonian (mk): суперхерој: тип на кожа 6
- Malay (ms): adiwira: ton kulit gelap
- Malayalam (ml): സൂപ്പർഹീറോ: ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Marathi (mr): सुपरहिरो: काळसर त्वचा
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): superheroína: tono de piel oscuro
- Mongolian (mn): супер баатар: бор
- Nepali (ne): सुपरहिरो: छालाको प्रकार-६
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Supahíro: Dák Skín Ton
- Norwegian (no): superhelt: hudtype 6
- Odia (or): ସୁପର୍‌ହିରୋ: ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): goota: toonii gogaa gurraachaa
- Pashto (ps): لوي اتل: تور پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਸੁਪਰ-ਹੀਰੋ: ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Quechua (qu): superheroe: yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): supererou: ton închis al pielii
- Sardinian (sc): supereroe: pedde iscura
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): sàr-ghaisgeach: tòna doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): супер херој: тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): суперхерој: тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): super heroj: tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): superheroj: tamna koža
- Shan (shn): သူႇပႃႇႁီးရူဝ်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်
- Sindhi (sd): سپر هيرو: ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): සුපිරි වීරයා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-6
- Slovak (sk): superhrdina: tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): superjunak/superjunakinja: temen ten kože
- Somali (so): halyeey ah: jidh madaw
- Swahili (sw): shujaa: ngozi nyeusi
- Tamil (ta): சூப்பர்ஹீரோ: வகை 6
- Telugu (te): సూపర్‌హీరో: ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ልዕለ ጅግና፦ ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tokotaha ivimālohi: kili ʻuliʻuli
- Turkmen (tk): supergahryman: goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): superrjek/ superrjekowka: ćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): سپر ہیرو: جلد کی سیاہ رنگت
- Uzbek (uz): superqahramon: 6-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): archarwr: arlliw croen tywyll
- Yoruba (yo): akọni alágbára: adúláwọ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): akɔni alágbára: adúláwɔ̀
- Zulu (zu): iqhawe: uhlobo-6

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9B8 U+1F3FF` |
| HTML | `🦸🏿` |
| CSS | `\1F9B8\1F3FF` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9B8}\u{1F3FF}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9B8\U0001F3FF` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 B8 F0 9F 8F BF` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDB8 D83C DFFF` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%B8%F0%9F%8F%BF` |

## Questions

### What does 🦸🏿 mean?

A person in a cape and costume striking a heroic pose. You will see it for superheroes and comic-book themes, for praising someone who saved the day or showed great strength, and for telling a friend they are a hero. 🦸🏿 shows it with dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🦸🏿 and 🦸?

🦸🏿 is the 🦸 superhero emoji with dark skin tone. It's 🦸 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F9B8 U+1F3FF.

### How do I type 🦸🏿?

Find 🦸 in your emoji keyboard by searching “superhero”, then press and hold it and choose dark 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+1F9B8 U+1F3FF. In HTML you can write 🦸🏿

### When was 🦸🏿 added?

It was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

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