Flag of Laos

CurrentSovereign stateISO LA · LAO

Colours

Named in law, no values given

The colours are named in law, but no numeric values are given for any of them. The figures below are conventional values in wide use. Each value shows where it comes from, so you can choose the right level of certainty for your project.

ColourHEXRGB
red
#CE1126206 17 38
Widely used approximation · Name from Constitution of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1991 (revised 2015), English translation
dark blue
#0028680 40 104
Widely used approximation · Name from Constitution of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1991 (revised 2015), English translation
white
#FFFFFF255 255 255
Widely used approximation · Name from Constitution of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1991 (revised 2015), English translation

Construction sheet

A dark blue band between two red bands, each half the height of the blue band, with a white disc (the moon) at the centre, four-fifths as wide as the blue band is high.

Proportion
Height two-thirds of the width (2:3)
Each red band
One-half of the height of the dark blue band
White disc diameter
Four-fifths of the height of the dark blue band

Source: Constitution of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1991 (revised 2015), English translation

Sources

  1. Constitution of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1991 (revised 2015), English translation. Constitute Project (English translation of the Constitution of the Lao PDR), 8 Dec 2015. Accessed 4 Oct 2026.
  2. Laos (Flags of the World). Flags of the World (FOTW). Accessed 4 Oct 2026.