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The exact shade of blue has never been codified, but most flags used by the public are approximately RGB 0-204-255 (00CCFF); officials use something closer to RGB 0-128-255 (#0080FF). The flags shown above use #0099D5. The lozenges are not set in number, except there must be at least 21, and the top
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Both horizontal and vertical flags with stripes or white and blue lozenges without arms can be considered official flags of the state, in
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