Flag of Hawaii
| Ka Hae Hawaiʻi | |
| Use | Civil and state flag |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Adopted | May 25, 1845 |
| Design | Eight alternating horizontal stripes of white, red, and blue, with the United Kingdom's Union Jack (ratio 4:7) in the canton. |
The flag of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Ka Hae Hawaiʻi), also known as the Hawaiian flag, is the official flag of the U.S. state of Hawaii. It consists of a field of eight horizontal stripes, in the sequence of white, red, blue, white, red, blue, white, red, with a British Union Jack depicted as a canton in the upper-left corner. The flag has been in use since 1845.
The use of the Union Jack is a legacy of the British Royal Navy's historical relations with the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and, in particular, the pro-British sentiment of its first ruler, King Kamehameha I. The kingdom was never formally part of the British Empire. The flag design was retained after the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893, after U.S. annexation in 1898, and after statehood in 1959.