🇭🇳 The colours of Honduras

Honduras uses a flag with navy blue, white, and five blue stars. The blue stands for the Pacific and Caribbean, as well as unity and the sky. White represents the land, peace, and purity. The five stars symbolise the hope of Central American unity.

Where no official value is given, the swatch shows the colour family, not the exact shade.

• The flag's five stars represent Central American unity.
• Blue stands for both the Pacific and Caribbean.
• White symbolises land, peace, and purity.
• Turquoise blue was briefly official from 2022 to 2026.
• The flag's design comes from the United Provinces of Central America.

The colours of the flag of Honduras

The flag of Honduras has three horizontal stripes: navy blue at the top and bottom, and white in the middle. The blue stripes are said to represent both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, as well as the sky and the idea of brotherhood. The central white stripe stands for the land between these waters, and is also linked to peace, prosperity, and purity of thought. Five blue stars, arranged like the dots on a die, sit in the centre of the white band. These stars symbolise the five original Central American nations and the hope that they may reunite. These meanings are officially recognised.

How the colours were chosen of Honduras

Honduras first adopted a blue-white-blue flag in 1823, following the United Provinces of Central America. In 1866, five stars were added to represent the five original Central American provinces. The shade of blue was not fixed at first, but navy blue became common by the early 20th century. In 1949, a decree set turquoise as the official blue, but navy blue remained in use for decades. In 2022, the government briefly switched to turquoise, following academic recommendations, but in 2026 returned to navy blue.

Official shades and rules of Honduras

The flag's three stripes are of equal width. The 1949 decree specified turquoise blue as the official colour, but this was not consistently followed in practice. The National Autonomous University of Honduras recommended a specific turquoise shade (#00BCE4) in 2020, but this was only used officially for a few years. As of 2026, navy blue is again the official colour.