Mexico Flag Colors: Green, White, Red, HEX, RGB & Meaning
Understand Mexico’s green, white and red tricolor, historical interpretations of the colors and practical digital color references for design work.
What colors are on the Mexican flag?
The flag uses three equal vertical bands: green at the hoist, white in the center and red at the fly. The coat of arms occupies the white stripe and introduces additional natural colors.
What do green, white and red mean?
In the 1821 Trigarante tradition, government historical material associates white with religion, green with independence and red with union. Later civic interpretations commonly linked green with hope, white with unity or purity, and red with the blood of national heroes.
Practical HEX and RGB references
For websites and educational graphics, designers often use close digital approximations. Screen values can vary because the legal definition focuses on the national symbol itself rather than a single web palette.
| Green | Use a saturated Mexican-flag green matched to your source artwork |
|---|---|
| White | #FFFFFF / RGB 255,255,255 |
| Red | Use a strong national-flag red matched to your source artwork |
For official reproduction, use an authorized government artwork or specification rather than relying on screen color values alone.
How does Mexican law define the flag?
The law specifies three equal vertical divisions in green, white and red, with the national coat of arms centered in the white band. It also fixes the flag at a 4:7 height-to-length ratio.
Mexico flag colors FAQ
Does green officially mean hope?
Hope is a widely used later interpretation, but historical meanings changed and the current law does not prescribe a simple one-word meaning for each color.
What order are the stripes?
Green, white and red from hoist to fly.
Is white part of the coat of arms?
The coat of arms is centered on the white stripe; the stripe itself remains one of the three principal national colors.
Government of Mexico — Flag Day and historical colors
Chamber of Deputies — National Symbols Law
