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Colours

Named officially, no values given

The colours are named officially, 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
azul (blue)
#0038A80 56 168
Widely used approximation · Name from 182º Aniversario del Primer Pabellón Nacional
blanco (white)
#FFFFFF255 255 255
Widely used approximation · Name from 182º Aniversario del Primer Pabellón Nacional

Construction sheet

Four blue and five white horizontal stripes, with a white square at the hoist corner holding a sun drawn as a radiant circle with a face and 16 rays.

Proportion (height:length)
2:3 (usual convention; no official proportions found)
Stripes
Four blue and five white, horizontal
Canton
White square at the hoist corner, holding the sun
Sun
Radiant circle with a face and 16 rays

Source: 182º Aniversario del Primer Pabellón Nacional

Sources

  1. Símbolos Nacionales. Decreto del Poder Ejecutivo de 18/02/1952 (parcial). Intendencia de Montevideo (Normativa Departamental), in Spanish. Accessed 4 Oct 2026.
  2. Decreto N° 557/976: Regulación del enarbolado del Pabellón Nacional y banderas de Artigas y los Treinta y Tres. IMPO (Centro de Información Oficial), 24 Aug 1976, in Spanish. Accessed 4 Oct 2026.
  3. 182º Aniversario del Primer Pabellón Nacional. Intendencia de Canelones, in Spanish. Accessed 4 Oct 2026.