Qatar flag colors
Maroon rather than red, and the story is that the dye faded in the Gulf sun until the country adopted the faded colour as the real one. It is also the only national flag whose width is more than twice its height, at 11:28.
Every color
| Color | Role | Hex | RGB | HSL | Pantone | CMYK | Preview |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maroon | primary | #8A1538 | 138, 21, 56 | 342, 74%, 31% | -- | -- | Fill screen |
| White | background | #FFFFFF | 255, 255, 255 | 0, 0%, 100% | -- | -- | Fill screen |
Contrast pairs
Maroon passes AA for body text on white, at 9.4 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 | Maroon | White | White | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maroon | 9.3Maroon on White, passes AA for body text | 9.3Maroon on White, passes AA for body text | 2.3Maroon on Black, fails AA for body text | |
| White | 9.3White on Maroon, passes AA for body text | 21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text | ||
| White | 9.3White on Maroon, passes AA for body text | 21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text | ||
| Black | 2.3Black on Maroon, fails AA for body text | 21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text | 21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text |
Sources
- Every color on this page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Qatar.svg
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