US Department of State Logo

Logo

US Department of State logo

About US Department of State

A circular official seal with a wide blue outer ring edged in gold. The outer ring contains white uppercase lettering reading DEPARTMENT OF STATE at the top and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA at the bottom, separated by small gold stars at left and right.

The center shows a heraldic bald eagle with outstretched wings. The eagle bears a red-and-white striped shield on its breast, holds an olive branch in its right talon and a bundle of arrows in its left, and a flowing ribbon in its beak with the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM; above the eagle is a circular cloud/stars motif.

What's in it: bald eagle shield olive branch arrows scroll/ribbon stars

Shapes: circular seal outer ring central circular field heraldic eagle escutcheon (shield) ribbon/banner star cluster

Style: official seal heraldic detailed symmetrical traditional

Text in logo: DEPARTMENT OF STATE / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Heraldic national symbolism: the eagle and shield represent the United States, olive branch for peace and arrows for readiness for war; the surrounding text and stars denote federal authority and national unity.

Colors

Extracted from the image. How we pick the colors →

Deep blue

#1E5AA8 · primary

White

#FFFFFF · secondary

Gold / yellow

#FFD24A · accent

Brown (eagle)

#7A4B2E · secondary

Flag red

#C8102E · accent

US Department of State Logo History

The seal uses iconography derived from the Great Seal of the United States (eagle, shield, olive branch and arrows) and serves as the official emblem of the U.S. Department of State.