Record / EE-NAT-1918

Estonia

Eesti lipp / the blue-black-white flag

NationalEuropeHorizontal tricolorStatutory geometry
Flag of Estonia
Wikimedia Commons asset / statutory ratio 7:11
Quick answer

Estonia’s flag is a 7:11 horizontal tricolor with equal bands of blue, black, and white from top to bottom. The same design serves as both the national and state flag.

Specification

The Estonian Flag Act defines three horizontal bands of equal width, ordered blue, black, and white. The statute identifies it as both an ethnic national flag and the flag of the state, with an official reference image annexed to the act.

Hoist : fly7 : 11
Horizontal bands1 : 1 : 1
Band orderBlue / black / white
SymmetryVertical axis

Display colors

BlueHEX #0072CE / asset screen value
BlackHEX #000000 / RGB 0, 0, 0
WhiteHEX #FFFFFF / RGB 255, 255, 255

Construction notes

Divide a 7-by-11 rectangle into three equal horizontal fields. Because seven is not divisible by three, production artwork should preserve the equal-band relationship mathematically rather than rounding each band independently to whole output pixels.

Historical record

The first blue-black-white flag was consecrated in Otepää in 1884 for the Estonian Students Society. The colors developed into national colors, and the Provisional Government approved them as the state flag on 21 November 1918. The flag returned publicly during the restoration of independence and the 2005 act unified its national and state roles.

Source trail

Riigi Teataja: Estonian Flag Act ↗

Government Office of Estonia: story of the flag ↗