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Tennessee flag colors

Three white stars in a blue circle on red, with a blue bar down the fly. The stars stand for the three grand divisions of the state, and the designer specified that none of them may be higher than the others.

Every color

ColorRoleHexRGBHSLPantoneCMYKPreview
Redprimary#CC0000204, 0, 00, 100%, 40%----Fill screen
Bluesecondary#002D650, 45, 101213, 100%, 20%----Fill screen
Whitebackground#FFFFFF255, 255, 2550, 0%, 100%----Fill screen

Contrast pairs

Red passes AA for body text on white, at 5.9 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 text5.9Red on White, passes AA for body text5.9Red on White, passes AA for body text3.6Red on Black, fails AA for body text
Blue2.3Blue on Red, fails AA for body text13.4Blue on White, passes AA for body text13.4Blue on White, passes AA for body text1.6Blue on Black, fails AA for body text
White5.9White on Red, passes AA for body text13.4White on Blue, passes AA for body text21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text
White5.9White on Red, passes AA for body text13.4White on Blue, passes AA for body text21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text
Black3.6Black on Red, fails AA for body text1.6Black 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 51 us state flags, A to Z

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