Flag of Spain

Spain Flag

Adopted

1981-12-19

Proportions

2:3

FIAV usage

Used as civil, state and military flag, on land and at sea.

Official status

⊕Officially adopted by national law

Colors

#AA151BPantone 7628 C

#F1BF00Pantone 7406 C

Designer

—

Predecessor

Flag of Spain (1945–1977)

Regulatory document

Ley 39/1981, de 28 de octubre, por la que se regula el uso de la bandera de España y el de otras banderas y enseñas

Design family

Horizontal tricolour

Blazoning

Quarterly: 1st Gules a triple-towered castle Or masoned Sable and ajoure Azure (Castile); 2nd Argent a lion rampant Purpure crowned Or, langued and armed Gules (León); 3rd Or, four pallets Gules (Aragon); 4th Gules, a cross, saltire and orle of chains linked together Or, a centre point Vert (Navarre); enté en point Argent a pomegranate proper seeded Gules slipped and leaved Vert (Granada); overall an escutcheon Azure bordure Gules, three fleurs-de-lys Or (Bourbon-Anjou); ensigned with the Spanish royal crown, between the Pillars of Hercules Argent with crowns Or and the motto 'Plus Ultra' on a scroll Gules.