The flag of DR Congo consists of a sky blue field with a yellow-bordered diagonal red stripe running from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner. The blue color has a Pantone shade of 279C and the red color has a Pantone shade of 186C. The aspect ratio of the flag is 2:3. The diagonal stripe starts at a point 1/6th of the flag's length from the bottom edge and ends at a point 1/3rd of the flag's length from the top edge.