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Norway flag colors

A blue Nordic cross laid inside a white one, on red. The double outline is the whole design idea, and it is what makes Norway the only Nordic flag with three colours rather than two. Red still takes 62 percent of the field.

Every color

ColorRoleHexRGBHSLPantoneCMYKPreview
Redprimary#BA0C2F186, 12, 47348, 88%, 39%----Fill screen
Bluesecondary#00205B0, 32, 91219, 100%, 18%----Fill screen
Whitebackground#FFFFFF255, 255, 2550, 0%, 100%----Fill screen

Contrast pairs

Red passes AA for body text on white, at 6.6 to 1.

Of 18 ordered pairs in this palette, 12 clear 4.5 to 1 for body text and 14 clear 3 to 1 for large text. Row is the text color, column is the background.

Text colorRedBlueWhiteWhiteBlack
Red2.3Red on Blue, fails AA for body text6.6Red on White, passes AA for body text6.6Red on White, passes AA for body text3.2Red on Black, fails AA for body text
Blue2.3Blue on Red, fails AA for body text15.5Blue on White, passes AA for body text15.5Blue on White, passes AA for body text1.4Blue on Black, fails AA for body text
White6.6White on Red, passes AA for body text15.5White on Blue, passes AA for body text21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text
White6.6White on Red, passes AA for body text15.5White on Blue, passes AA for body text21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text
Black3.2Black on Red, fails AA for body text1.4Black on Blue, fails AA for body text21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text

Sources

All 115 country flags, A to Z

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