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# HKFitzpatrickSkinType

Categories representing the user’s skin type based on the Fitzpatrick scale.

```
enum HKFitzpatrickSkinType
```

## Overview

The Fitzpatrick scale is a numerical classification for skin color based on the skins response to sun exposure in terms of the degree of burning and tanning.

## Topics

### Constants

[`HKFitzpatrickSkinTypeNotSet`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKFitzpatrickSkinType/notSet)

Either the user’s skin type is not set, or the user has not granted your app permission to read the skin type.

[`HKFitzpatrickSkinTypeI`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKFitzpatrickSkinType/I)

Pale white skin that always burns easily in the sun and never tans.

[`HKFitzpatrickSkinTypeII`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKFitzpatrickSkinType/II)

White skin that burns easily and tans minimally.

[`HKFitzpatrickSkinTypeIII`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKFitzpatrickSkinType/III)

White to light brown skin that burns moderately and tans uniformly.

[`HKFitzpatrickSkinTypeIV`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKFitzpatrickSkinType/IV)

Beige-olive, lightly tanned skin that burns minimally and tans moderately.

[`HKFitzpatrickSkinTypeV`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKFitzpatrickSkinType/V)

Brown skin that rarely burns and tans profusely.

[`HKFitzpatrickSkinTypeVI`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKFitzpatrickSkinType/VI)

Dark brown to black skin that never burns and tans profusely.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

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