Flag of Libya

CurrentSovereign stateISO LY · LBY

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
#E70013231 0 19
Widely used approximation · Name from Libya's Constitutional Declaration 2011, Article 3, English translation
black
#0000000 0 0
Widely used approximation · Name from Libya's Constitutional Declaration 2011, Article 3, English translation
green
#239E4635 158 70
Widely used approximation · Name from Libya's Constitutional Declaration 2011, Article 3, English translation
white
#FFFFFF255 255 255
Widely used approximation · Name from Libya's Constitutional Declaration 2011, Article 3, English translation

Construction sheet

Three parallel stripes, red at the top, black in the centre and green at the bottom, the black stripe equal in size to each of the others and bearing a white crescent and five-pointed white star in its centre.

Proportion (height:length)
1:2
Stripes
Equal; red, black, green from the top

Source: Libya's Constitutional Declaration 2011, Article 3, English translation

Sources

  1. Libya's Constitutional Declaration 2011, Article 3, English translation. Libya (translation as published by the Constitute Project), 3 Aug 2011. Accessed 4 Oct 2026.
  2. Libya (flag page). Flags of the World (Flagspot / FOTW), 13 Dec 2025. Accessed 4 Oct 2026.