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Flag: St. Lucia 🇱🇨

Added in Emoji 2 · Flags Country Flags

Codepoint U+1F1F1 U+1F1E8
Shortcode :flag_lc:
Version Emoji 2

Meaning

St. Lucia's flag is a striking design featuring a blue background split diagonally by a white and black stripe, with a prominent yellow triangle below. The composition creates a distinctive sailboat-like appearance when viewed vertically. The colors carry deep meaning: blue represents the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea surrounding the island, yellow symbolizes sunshine and sandy beaches, white represents purity, and black represents the resilience of the Lucian people.

This Caribbean nation's flag appears in digital contexts when people celebrate island life, discuss tropical destinations, or express pride in St. Lucian heritage. Travelers use it when sharing vacation photos from the island, while residents and diaspora members incorporate it into their online identities and cultural posts.

You'll see it alongside hashtags about Caribbean culture, festivals like the St. Lucia Jazz Festival, or conversations about the island's natural beauty—including the famous Pitons, UNESCO World Heritage sites. It's especially visible during national holidays and in communities with strong ties to the island.

Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 2 in 2015, St. Lucia's flag stands out for its modern, geometric design adopted in 1967, making it one of the more visually distinctive Caribbean flags in digital spaces.

Common Uses

  • Promoting Caribbean travel
  • Celebrating St. Lucian pride
  • Sharing island vacation photos
  • Connecting with Caribbean communities

Popular Combos

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Did You Know?

St. Lucia's flag design is one of the few country flags to feature a sailboat-like geometric pattern, and it was specially designed to represent the island's maritime culture.

Keywords

LC flag

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Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

GitHub :st_lucia:
Slack :flag-lc:
Discord :st_lucia:

Developer Codes

HTML (decimal)
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HTML (hex)
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CSS
\1F1F1\1F1E8
JavaScript
\uD83C\uDDF1\uD83C\uDDE8
Python
\U0001F1F1\U0001F1E8
Java
\uD83C\uDDF1\uD83C\uDDE8
Perl
\x{1F1F1}\x{1F1E8}
PHP / Ruby
\x{1F1F1}\x{1F1E8}
Punycode
xn--2qcx-2qco
URL Encoded
%F0%9F%87%B1%F0%9F%87%A8
UTF-8 Bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB1 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xA8

🇱🇨 in 28 languages

Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.

Language Name
Bengali পতাকা: সেন্ট লুসিয়া
Chinese (Simplified) 旗: 圣卢西亚
Chinese (Traditional) 旗子:聖露西亞
Danish Saint Lucia
Dutch vlag: Saint Lucia
English flag: St. Lucia
English (UK) flag: St. Lucia
Estonian lipp: Saint Lucia
Finnish lippu: Saint Lucia
French drapeau : Sainte-Lucie
German Flagge: St. Lucia
Hindi झंडा: सेंट लूसिया
Hungarian zászló: Saint Lucia
Italian bandiera: Saint Lucia
Japanese 旗: セントルシア
Korean 깃발: 세인트루시아
Lithuanian vėliava: Sent Lusija
Malay bendera: Saint Lucia
Norwegian flagg: St. Lucia
Polish flaga: Saint Lucia
Portuguese bandeira: Santa Lúcia
Russian флаг: Сент-Люсия
Spanish Bandera: Santa Lucía
Spanish (Mexico) Bandera: Santa Lucía
Swedish flagga: S:t Lucia
Thai ธง: เซนต์ลูเซีย
Ukrainian прапор: Сент-Люсія
Vietnamese cờ: St. Lucia