Meaning
Curaçao's flag is a vibrant visual statement featuring a horizontal blue stripe on top taking up two-thirds of the flag, a horizontal yellow stripe on the bottom taking up one-third, with a white border between them, and a red five-pointed star positioned in the blue section. The design reflects the island's sunny Caribbean character and proud independence as an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Curaçaoan flag is used to represent this Dutch Caribbean island, celebrated for its colorful architecture, pristine beaches, diverse culture, and unique position in the Caribbean. You'll see it in travel content, cultural celebrations, and messages about the island's vibrant music, food, and welcoming atmosphere.
On social media, it often accompanies discussions of Caribbean tourism, Dutch Caribbean identity, or the island's thriving diving and water sports scenes. It's also used by Curaçaoan expats and communities to express cultural pride and maintain connections to their island home.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 2.0 in 2015, the Curaçao flag gained wider representation following the island's status change to an autonomous country in 2010, making it now available across all modern platforms.
Common Uses
- • Representing Curaçao and Caribbean pride
- • Discussing travel and tourism to the island
- • Celebrating Curaçaoan culture and heritage
- • Highlighting the island's colorful architecture and beaches
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Did You Know?
Curaçao's capital, Willemstad, is famous for its candy-colored waterfront buildings and is a UNESCO World Heritage site, making it one of the most Instagram-worthy destinations in the Caribbean.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:curacao: :flag-cw: :curacao: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🇨🇼 |
| HTML (hex) | 🇨🇼 |
| CSS | \1F1E8\1F1FC |
| JavaScript | \uD83C\uDDE8\uD83C\uDDFC |
| Python | \U0001F1E8\U0001F1FC |
| Java | \uD83C\uDDE8\uD83C\uDDFC |
| Perl | \x{1F1E8}\x{1F1FC} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F1E8}\x{1F1FC} |
| Punycode | xn--2qco-2qd8 |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%87%A8%F0%9F%87%BC |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xA8 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xBC |
🇨🇼 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পতাকা: কুরাসাও |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 旗: 库拉索 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 旗子:庫拉索 |
| Danish | Curaçao |
| Dutch | vlag: Curaçao |
| English | flag: Curaçao |
| English (UK) | flag: Curaçao |
| Estonian | lipp: Curaçao |
| Finnish | lippu: Curaçao |
| French | drapeau : Curaçao |
| German | Flagge: Curaçao |
| Hindi | झंडा: कुरासाओ |
| Hungarian | zászló: Curaçao |
| Italian | bandiera: Curaçao |
| Japanese | 旗: キュラソー |
| Korean | 깃발: 퀴라소 |
| Lithuanian | vėliava: Kiurasao |
| Malay | bendera: Curacao |
| Norwegian | flagg: Curaçao |
| Polish | flaga: Curaçao |
| Portuguese | bandeira: Curaçao |
| Russian | флаг: Кюрасао |
| Spanish | Bandera: Curazao |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Bandera: Curazao |
| Swedish | flagga: Curaçao |
| Thai | ธง: คูราเซา |
| Ukrainian | прапор: Кюрасао |
| Vietnamese | cờ: Curaçao |