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CTV Newsstyle guide

CTV News’s website (ctvnews.ca) uses CTV Sans for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Light Royal Blue (#005FFF), Light Midnight Blue (#003662) and Red (#EB0000), with #26292B text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 30 October 2026.

Website
ctvnews.ca
Typefaces
CTV Sans, system
Palette
4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured
30 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.ctvnews.ca/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the ctvnews.ca homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of ctvnews.ca on a 1440 px desktop screen, 30 Oct 2026.

Identity & metadata

What browsers, search engines and social cards show before anyone reaches the page, from the homepage’s <head>.

Title &
description

Page title
CTV News – Breaking News and Video, Canada News Today
● 53 / 60 characters
Meta description
Get live updates on the latest local, national, and international news, including trusted reporting on politics, health, business, sports and more.
● 147 / 160 characters
Site name
CTV News
og:title
CTV News – Breaking News and Video, Canada News Today
Language
en-CA

In search results

CTV Newshttps://www.ctvnews.ca/

CTV News – Breaking News and Video, Canada News Today

Get live updates on the latest local, national, and international news, including trusted reporting on politics, health, business, sports and more.

When shared

The image CTV News shares with links

ctvnews.ca

CTV News – Breaking News and Video, Canada News Today

Get live updates on the latest local, national, and international news, including trusted reporting on politi…

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Colour

Read from the site’s stylesheets and weighted by where each colour is used. Names are the nearest standard colour name. Click a swatch to copy its hex code.

Contrast is against the site’s text colour (#26292B) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • White 36.2%
  • Charcoal 18.1%
  • Light Royal Blue 9.9%
  • Black 7.6%
  • Light Midnight Blue 7.5%
  • Dark Grey 6.3%
  • Red 3.5%
  • Dark Slate Blue 2.1%
  • Deep Fire Brick 1.6%
  • Dark Red 1.5%
  • Royal Blue 1.3%
  • Deep Midnight Blue 1.3%
  • Green 0.9%
  • Deep Royal Blue 0.8%
  • Honey Dew 0.8%
  • Light Fire Brick 0.7%

By how often each colour appears in the site’s CSS, weighted by where (body, headings, buttons), not by area on the screen.

Neutrals

Text, backgrounds and structure
  • White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 0
    On text
    14.64:1 AAA
    On white
    —

    Background, text, graphic · .b-lead-art-custom .shimmer, .b-section-title-custom

  • Charcoal

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    12 5 0 83
    On text
    —
    On white
    14.64:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .p-feed-link__title, .p-migrated-clips__title

  • Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 100
    On text
    1.43:1 Fail
    On white
    21.00:1 AAA

    Background, text, graphic · .b-multiplex-custom .shimmer, .queryly_overlay #queryly_search_header #queryly_search_header_inner button[titl

  • Dark Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 69
    On text
    1.79:1 Fail
    On white
    8.19:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .b-faq-group__content__title, #queryly_resultscontainer .queryly_item_container .queryly_item_title

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Light Royal Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 63 0 0
    On text
    2.84:1 Fail
    On white
    5.15:1 AA

    Background, text, border · #queryly_advanced_container #pubDate_filter button, #queryly_advanced_container form button

  • Light Midnight Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 45 0 62
    On text
    1.19:1 Fail
    On white
    12.32:1 AAA

    Background, text, graphic · .b-section-title-custom__separator, .b-standard-list-custom--profile .b-standard-list-custom__subtitle

  • Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 100 100 8
    On text
    3.16:1 AA large
    On white
    4.63:1 AA

    Background, text, border · .b-faq-group__content__title.expanded, .p-feed-link__form-container .close-push-notification

  • Dark Slate Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    91 55 0 47
    On text
    1.42:1 Fail
    On white
    10.33:1 AAA

    Text · .b-personal-details-custom__title, .b-promo-medium-manual-custom__title

  • Deep Fire Brick

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 100 100 22
    On text
    2.41:1 Fail
    On white
    6.08:1 AA

    Background, text, border · .c-badge--warning, .b-alert-bar

  • Dark Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 100 100 39
    On text
    1.68:1 Fail
    On white
    8.70:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .b-nav-cta__live, .b-cluster-list--live-label

  • Royal Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    89 47 0 25
    On text
    2.55:1 Fail
    On white
    5.75:1 AA

    Text, border, background · .pb-admin-overlay__panel--info .pb-admin-overlay__header .pb-admin-overlay__titl, .pb-admin-message--info .pb-admin-message__title

  • Deep Midnight Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    49 31 0 77
    On text
    1.00:1 Fail
    On white
    14.63:1 AAA

    Text · .p-product-details-form__header h2, .p-product-details-form__purchase-options-header h3

  • Green

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    85 0 100 51
    On text
    2.76:1 Fail
    On white
    5.30:1 AA

    Background, text, border · .p-general-embeds-edit__button--save, .c-badge--success

  • Deep Royal Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    88 48 0 34
    On text
    2.09:1 Fail
    On white
    7.00:1 AAA

    Text, background · .l-standards-and-policies .b-article-body__h2, .t-overline--xl

  • Honey Dew

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    7 0 8 1
    On text
    13.69:1 AAA
    On white
    1.07:1 Fail

    Background · .p-leader-profile__buttons .p-leader-profile__button--share, .p-migrated-clips__buttons .p-migrated-clips__button--share

  • Light Fire Brick

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 80 80 22
    On text
    2.60:1 Fail
    On white
    5.62:1 AA

    Text · .pb-admin-overlay__panel--error .pb-admin-overlay__header .pb-admin-overlay__tit, .pb-admin-message--error .pb-admin-message__title

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(180deg, #D70000 25%, #920505 171.43%)

  • linear-gradient(-45deg,#fee,#fee 10px,#fff 0,#fff 20px)

  • linear-gradient(90deg,#2563eb 60%,#1d4ed8)

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Typography

Faces from Google Fonts are shown in the real thing. Others are licensed to the site, so they show in your device’s copy if you have one, or a stand-in if not.

CTV Sans

Aa 400 Aa 900

CTV Sans

Self-hosted · weights 400, 500, 600, 700, 900 · headings, buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400 Aa 700

system

System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 400, 500, 700 · headings, buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 ! ? & @ % $ – ’ “ ”

Type scale

From the site’s CSS
Body — / 1.5 Segoe UI

Get live updates on the latest local, national, and international news, including trusted reporting on politics, health, business, sports a…

Paragraph 1.0625rem · 17 px / 1.3 weight 400 · system

Get live updates on the latest local, national, and international news, including trusted reporting on politics, health, business, sports a…

Small 12px

Get live updates on the latest local, national, and international news, including trusted reporting on politics, health, business, sports a…

Button 12px / 1.5 weight 700 · CTV Sans

Get started

Link 1rem · 16 px weight 700 · CTV Sans

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Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 24px4 rules
  • 22pxline 1.3 · 34 rules
  • 20pxline 0.6 · 7 rules
  • 18pxline 1.3 · 16 rules
  • 16pxline 1.3 · 118 rules
  • 14pxline 1.3 · 83 rules
  • 12pxline 1.5 · 35 rules
  • 10pxline 1.5 · 14 rules

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Elements

The main button and link as the site’s CSS draws them, and the corner radii and shadows it uses most.

Elements

Button

Get started

#queryly_advanced_container #pubDate_filter button · #005FFF · radius 0.25rem

Corner radius

  • 0.25rem · 80×
  • 0.5rem · 31×
  • 4px · 18×
  • 6px · 18×
  • 8px · 15×
  • 50% · 14×

Shadows

  • 0px 0px 16px rgba(25, 25, 25, 0.4)
  • 0 0 0 3px rgba(0,123,255,.25)
  • 0 0 0 3px rgba(3,102,214,.3)

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Layout

Breakpoints from the site’s media queries and the widths its content is held to, with how often each appears.

Grid

Breakpoints

1024
1150
1440

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

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Notes

Plain checks on what was found. Worth fixing if you look after this site.

Notes

  • ● FineThe title is 53 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.

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Questions

Quick answers, from the same capture as the rest of this guide.

Questions

What font does CTV News use?
CTV News’s website uses one typeface: CTV Sans (headings and body text), self-hosted.
What are CTV News’s brand colours?
The main colours on ctvnews.ca are Light Royal Blue (#005FFF), Light Midnight Blue (#003662), Red (#EB0000), Dark Slate Blue (#0C3D87), Deep Fire Brick (#C80000) and Dark Red (#9C0000).
What colour is CTV News’s text and background?
Body text is #26292B on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is CTV News’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on ctvnews.ca’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check CTV News’s own brand or press page.
Is this CTV News’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from ctvnews.ca’s public web pages on 30 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with CTV News. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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Design tokens

Everything above as CSS variables, ready to paste into a project. Members can download the tokens as files for Figma (Tokens Studio), Style Dictionary and Tailwind.

Tokens

ctvnews-ca-tokens.css

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/* ctvnews.ca design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/ctvnews.ca) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #26292B;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-charcoal: #26292B;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-dark-grey: #4F4F4F;
  --colour-light-royal-blue: #005FFF;
  --colour-light-midnight-blue: #003662;
  --colour-red: #EB0000;
  --colour-dark-slate-blue: #0C3D87;
  --colour-deep-fire-brick: #C80000;
  --colour-dark-red: #9C0000;
  --colour-royal-blue: #1565C0;
  --colour-deep-midnight-blue: #1E293B;
  --colour-green: #137D00;
  --colour-deep-royal-blue: #1458A9;
  --colour-honey-dew: #EBFCE9;
  --colour-light-fire-brick: #C62828;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(180deg, #D70000 25%, #920505 171.43%);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(-45deg,#fee,#fee 10px,#fff 0,#fff 20px);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(90deg,#2563eb 60%,#1d4ed8);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'CTV Sans';
  --font-buttons: 'CTV Sans';

  /* Type scale */
  --text-p: 1.0625rem;
  --leading-p: 1.3;
  --text-small: 12px;
  --text-button: 12px;
  --leading-button: 1.5;
  --text-a: 1rem;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 0.25rem;
  --radius-2: 0.5rem;
  --radius-3: 4px;
  --radius-4: 6px;
  --radius-5: 8px;
  --radius-6: 50%;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 1024px;
  --breakpoint-2: 1150px;
  --breakpoint-3: 1440px;
}

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