🇱🇨 The colours of Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia’s flag features cerulean blue, gold, black, and white. Blue stands for the sky and surrounding seas, gold for sunshine and prosperity, and the black and white triangles symbolise harmony between races. The triangles also represent the island’s famous twin volcanic peaks, the Pitons.

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

• The flag was designed by Saint Lucian artist Dunstan St Omer.
• Blue stands for both the sky and the surrounding seas.
• The triangles represent the Pitons, two volcanic peaks.
• Black and white symbolise racial harmony.
• The flag was adopted in 1967 and updated in 1979.

The colours of the flag of Saint Lucia

The flag of Saint Lucia is made up of a cerulean blue background with a golden triangle in front of a black isosceles triangle edged in white. Blue is said to stand for the sky and the waters that surround the island, which are the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The golden triangle represents both the sun and prosperity. The black and white triangles together symbolise the unity and harmonious relationship between the black and white races on the island. The two triangles also stand for the Pitons, two volcanic peaks that are a national symbol. These meanings are officially recognised.

How the colours were chosen of Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia did not have its own flag during the colonial period, when it was ruled by France and Britain. In 1939, the island was granted a unique coat of arms, which was used on the British Blue Ensign. After the West Indies Federation ended, Saint Lucia became an Associated State in 1967 and adopted its current flag, designed by Dunstan St Omer. When the country became independent in 1979, the flag’s design stayed the same, though the shade of blue and the size of the triangles were slightly changed.

Official shades and rules of Saint Lucia

The flag’s design has remained consistent since 1967, with only minor adjustments to the blue shade and triangle sizes in 1979. There is no official hex code or detailed specification for the colours in the sources provided.