Latvia flag colors
Latvia is one of the few countries to have written the screen into law. A 2018 regulation, in force from January 2019, gives digital representations Pantone 201 C while physical flags keep the textile reference they always had. The two are a long way apart: the cloth red is noticeably browner than the one a browser shows.
Every color
| Color | Role | Hex | RGB | HSL | Pantone | CMYK | Preview |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red | primary | #9D2235 | 157, 34, 53 | 351, 64%, 37% | 201 C | 40, 100, 90, 10 | Fill screen |
| White | background | #FFFFFF | 255, 255, 255 | 0, 0%, 100% | -- | 0, 0, 0, 0 | Fill screen |
Contrast pairs
Red passes AA for body text on white, at 7.7 to 1.
Of 10 ordered pairs in this palette, 8 clear 4.5 to 1 for body text and 8 clear 3 to 1 for large text. Row is the text color, column is the background.
| Text color | Red | White | White | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 7.7Red on White, passes AA for body text | 7.7Red on White, passes AA for body text | 2.7Red on Black, fails AA for body text | |
| White | 7.7White on Red, passes AA for body text | 21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text | ||
| White | 7.7White on Red, passes AA for body text | 21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text | ||
| Black | 2.7Black on Red, fails AA for body text | 21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text | 21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text |
Other values you will see
More than one authority publishes values for Latvia, and they do not agree. The palette above is the most widely cited set; these are the others, each with the body that publishes it.
Textile, for physical flags
Cloth flags kept the older reference when the 2018 regulation split the two. It is the duller, browner red that Latvians would recognise from a flagpole.
- Red#77353D19-1629 TPX or TC
- White#FFFFFF
Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-07-31
Sources
- The palette above: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Latvia