On November 28, 1843, formal separation from the British Empire occurred when Hawaiian Independence was jointly recognized by the governments of the Great Britain and France. Two years later, on May 25, 1845, a revised National Flag was unfurled at the opening of the Hawaiian Legislature. The Hae Hawai‘i, or Hawaiian National Flag previous differed only in the number of stripes, in its arrangement of colors, and has since remained unchanged.

In the Polynesian Newspaper of May 31, 1845, was the following article which described the Hawaiian Flag after heraldic fashion:

At the opening of the Legislative Council, May 25, 1845, the new national banner was unfurled, differing little however from the former. It is octo. (eight) parted per fess (horizontal band), first, fourth and seventh, argent (silver represented by the color white): second, fifth and eighth, gules (the color red): third and sixth, azure (light purplish blue), for the eight islands under one sovereign, indicated by crosses saltire, of St. Andrew and St. Patrick quarterly, per saltire counterchanged, argent (white) and gules (red).