The demisexual flag has a black triangle at the left edge over three horizontal stripes: a wide white stripe, a narrow purple stripe and a wide gray stripe. It borrows the asexual flag’s colors and meanings, with black for asexuality, gray for gray-asexuality and demisexuality, white for sexuality and purple for community. Its creator is unknown.
Demisexual Flag Colors, Triangle and Stripe Order
| Part of the flag | Color | Meaning | Hex code (Flag Color Codes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triangle at the hoist | Black | Asexuality | #000000 |
| Top stripe (wide) | White | Sexuality | #FFFFFF |
| Middle stripe (narrow) | Purple | Community | #6E0070 |
| Bottom stripe (wide) | Gray | Gray-asexuality and demisexuality | #D2D2D2 |
Those meanings come from the Human Rights Campaign’s flag guide and the University of British Columbia, which says the flag carries the same meanings as the asexual flag. Flags of the World, which calls the black shape “a black triangle based at the hoist,” agrees, and adds that the flag usually runs 3:5 and its gray and purple shades vary. Hex codes: Flag Color Codes.
The colors came from AVEN, the Asexual Visibility and Education Network. In Ace Week’s history of the asexual flag, F. Murray traces black, gray and white to AVEN’s older triangle symbol. As for purple, Murray writes: “Quite simply, purple is the accent color used in the design of the AVEN website.” Gayety’s asexual flag guide tells how AVEN members picked that four-stripe flag in 2010.
Who Made the Demisexual Flag? What Each Source Says
| Source | Creator | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Human Rights Campaign | Unknown | Unknown |
| Ace Week (2020) | Unknown | Unknown |
| University of British Columbia | Unknown | Unknown |
| Good Good Good (2024) | Anonymous AVEN user | 2010 |
| UC Santa Barbara | AVEN user “sonofzeal” | 2006 |
The history of the word is clearer than the history of the flag. Ace Week’s gray-asexual history credits AVEN user sonofzeal with coining “demisexual” in 2006. That does not establish who designed the flag. Ace Week describes the flag’s precise origins as unknown, so a firm creator credit would go beyond the evidence used here.
Flags of the World logged it at San Francisco Pride 2017, one of the earliest verified uses, then on Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard in early June 2018 among many orientation flags, on a billboard at Karlsruhe’s Christopher Street Day in 2019, and at Cologne Pride later that year.
What Demisexual Means on the Ace Spectrum
Merriam-Webster’s list of gender and identity terms says a demisexual person feels sexual attraction to someone “only after establishing an emotional bond” with them. Guenzel counts demisexual, gray-asexual and asexual as part of one asexual spectrum. For dating and labels, read Gayety’s demisexual meaning explainer.
Demiromantic, Gray-Ace and Aroace Flags in the Same Family
Ace Week says Milith Rusignuolo proposed the gray-asexual flag in 2013 by uploading it to Wikipedia. The demiromantic flag came in 2015 from Tumblr user Queer As Cat, Flags of the World says: same layout as the demisexual flag, but with the aromantic flag’s green where the purple was. Aroace folks fly their own aroace flag.
The rainbow, trans and every other flag are in Gayety’s guide to every Pride flag and our gay culture section.
Flying the Demisexual Flag During Ace Week
Ace Week, formerly Asexual Awareness Week, ran Oct. 25 to 31 in 2026. The annual campaign raises awareness of asexuality and builds community. The demisexual flag can be flown during Ace Week or any other time of year, with the black triangle at the hoist and the white stripe on top.
Demisexual Pride Flag FAQ
What do the colors of the demisexual flag mean?
The demisexual flag uses the asexual flag’s colors. The black triangle stands for asexuality, gray for gray-asexuality and demisexuality, white for sexuality and the narrow purple stripe for community.
Who created the demisexual flag?
Unknown, according to the Human Rights Campaign, Ace Week and UBC. UC Santa Barbara credits AVEN user sonofzeal in 2006, the user and year Ace Week ties to coining the word.
What is the difference between the asexual and demisexual flags?
Both use black, gray, white and purple. The asexual flag has four equal horizontal stripes, while the demisexual flag puts a black triangle at the left edge over a wide white stripe, a narrow purple stripe and a wide gray stripe.
What are the demisexual flag hex codes?
Flag Color Codes lists black #000000, white #FFFFFF, purple #6E0070 and gray #D2D2D2. Gray and purple vary between flags, per Flags of the World.
When was the demisexual flag first flown?
Flags of the World calls San Francisco Pride in 2017 one of the earliest verified uses of the demisexual flag. It also logged the flag in Tel Aviv in June 2018 and at Cologne Pride in 2019.
