What font does Telegram use?

Telegram’s website uses one typeface: Lucida Grande (headings and body text), a system font.

What are Telegram’s brand colours?

The main colours on telegram.org are Steel Blue (#0088CC), Steel Blue (#2481CC), Deep Dodger Blue (#179CDE), Deep Steel Blue (#0A76BA), Light Dodger Blue (#54A9EB) and Deep Sky Blue (#3FAEE8).

What colour is Telegram’s text and background?

Body text is #333333 on a #FFFFFF background.

Where is Telegram’s logo from?

The logo shown in this guide was found on telegram.org’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Telegram’s own brand or press page.

Is this Telegram’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from telegram.org’s public web pages on 30 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Telegram. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

Unofficial A style guide made by SiteStyleGuide from telegram.org’s public web pages. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Telegram. The real site is telegram.org ↗

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Telegram’s website (telegram.org) uses Lucida Grande for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Steel Blue (#0088CC), Steel Blue (#2481CC) and Deep Dodger Blue (#179CDE), with #333333 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 30 October 2026.

Website: telegram.org
Typefaces: Lucida Grande, Segoe UI, HelveticaNeue-Light
Palette: 4 neutrals, 12 colours, 2 gradients
Captured: 30 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide

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Screenshot of the telegram.org homepage on a desktop screen — Screenshot of telegram.org on a 1440 px desktop screen, 30 Oct 2026.

Screenshot of the telegram.org homepage on a phone — On a phone, 390 px.

Identity & metadata

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

Title &
description

Page title: Telegram Messenger; ● 18 / 60 characters
Meta description: Missing; ▲ 0 / 160 characters
Site name: Telegram
og:title: Telegram – a new era of messaging
og:description: Fast. Secure. Powerful.

In search results

Telegramhttps://telegram.org/

Telegram Messenger

When shared

telegram.org

Telegram – a new era of messaging

Fast. Secure. Powerful.

Logo & favicons

Found as: CSS background on .logo. PNG, 146 × 20.

Logo

On white

On black

On Steel Blue

Favicons

6 found

180 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
48 px · ICO alternate icon
32 px · PNG icon
32 px · ICO favicon.ico
16 px · SVG icon
16 px · PNG icon

Telegram Messenger

Light browser tab

Telegram Messenger

Dark browser tab

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 (#333333) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used

White 32.2%
Steel Blue 16.1%
Grey 8.5%
Off White 6.7%
Black 5.6%
Steel Blue 5.2%
Deep Dodger Blue 5%
Deep Steel Blue 4.4%
Light Dodger Blue 3.5%
Deep Sky Blue 3.5%
Light Steel Blue 3%
Indian Red 2.6%
Dim Grey 1.1%
Medium Sea Green 0.9%
Tan 0.9%
Dark Grey 0.8%

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
12.63:1 AAA

On white
—

Background, text, border · body, .navbar-inverse .navbar-toggle .icon-bar
Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 53

On text
2.82:1 Fail

On white
4.48:1 AA large

Text, border · h1 small, .nav>li.disabled>a
Off White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 13

On text
9.30:1 AAA

On white
1.36:1 Fail

Border, background · .nav .nav-divider, .navbar-default .navbar-toggle:hover
Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 100

On text
1.66:1 Fail

On white
21.00:1 AAA

Background, text, border · .tgme_page_title, .navbar-inverse .navbar-nav .open .dropdown-menu .divider

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 33 0 20

On text
3.25:1 AA large

On white
3.89:1 AA large

Text, background, border · .dev_page_edit_form .btn-primary, .navbar-tg .nav > li > a:after
Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
82 37 0 20

On text
3.06:1 AA large

On white
4.13:1 AA large

Text, background, border · .button-item-flat, a.tgme_head_right_btn
Deep Dodger Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
90 30 0 13

On text
4.12:1 AA large

On white
3.07:1 AA large

Background, border, text · .navbar-tg .nav > li > a:after, .nav .open > a
Deep Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
95 37 0 27

On text
2.60:1 Fail

On white
4.87:1 AA

Text, background, border · .navbar-default .navbar-brand, .dev_page_edit_form .btn-primary:hover
Light Dodger Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
64 28 0 8

On text
4.96:1 AA

On white
2.54:1 Fail

Background, border · .button-item, .tl_twitter_share_btn
Deep Sky Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
73 25 0 9

On text
5.07:1 AA

On white
2.49:1 Fail

Background, border · a.tlb_blog_head_more_link, .tlb_page_wrap .side_blog_wrap:before
Light Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
67 31 0 21

On text
3.48:1 AA large

On white
3.63:1 AA large

Background, text · #my_login_form_wrap .btn-primary, .button-nostyle-item .ripple
Indian Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 63 63 18

On text
2.95:1 Fail

On white
4.28:1 AA large

Text, background, border · .tgme_page_title mark.label, #my_login_form_wrap .btn-danger
Dim Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
26 15 0 55

On text
2.00:1 Fail

On white
6.31:1 AA

Text · pre, #dev_page_content_wrap .richcode
Medium Sea Green

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
50 0 50 28

On text
5.09:1 AA

On white
2.48:1 Fail

Background · #my_login_form_wrap .btn-success
Tan

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 7 25 37

On text
4.30:1 AA large

On white
2.94:1 Fail

Text · h3.tl_main_card_header
Dark Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 8 20 37

On text
4.25:1 AA large

On white
2.97:1 Fail

Background · .tl_main_download_btn, .tl_main_download_btn:hover

Gradients

radial-gradient(circle, #0088cc 0 1.7px, transparent 1.9px)
linear-gradient(270deg, rgba(100, 181, 239, 0) 48.44%, #64b5ef 75.52%, rgba(100, 181, 239, 0) 100%)

Dark mode

Switched on by the site

Aa Light · #333333 on #FFFFFF

Aa Dark · #E9EDF1 on #17212B · 13.85:1 AAA

Deep Sky Blue

#5EB0F3 · --d-accent-bright
Off White

#E9EDF1 · --d-text
Dodger Blue

#3390EC · --d-accent
Cool Grey

#828D99 · --d-text-muted
Midnight Blue

#232E3C · --d-surface
Cool Near Black

#17212B · --d-bg
White

#FFFFFF
Indian Red

#EF5350
Cool Light Grey

#C2CBD4

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.

Lucida Grande

Aa 400

Lucida Grande

System font, or not loaded on this page · body · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400

Segoe UI

System font, or not loaded on this page · body · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 300

HelveticaNeue-Light

System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 300 · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400

SFMono-Regular

System font, or not loaded on this page · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS · root 10 px

Heading 1 20px / 1.1 weight 600

Heading 2 20px / 1.1 weight 600

Telegram Messenger

Heading 3 20px / 1.1 weight 600

Telegram Messenger

Heading 4 16px / 1.1 weight 600

Telegram Messenger

Heading 5 16px / 1.1 weight 600

Telegram Messenger

Heading 6 11px / 1.1 weight 600

Telegram Messenger

Body 12px / 18px Segoe UI

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Paragraph 15px / 1.6 weight 300 · HelveticaNeue-Light

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Small 91%

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Link 13px / 1.5 weight 500

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

20pxline 148% · 6 rules
18pxline inherit · 5 rules
16pxline 160% · 11 rules
15pxline 1.33 · 24 rules
14pxline 20px · 31 rules
13pxline 1.4 · 24 rules
12pxline 1.42857143 · 13 rules
10pxline 25px · 4 rules

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

.button-item · #4CA3E2 · radius 19px

Link

Read our latest news today.

a · #2E87CA

Corner radius

4px · 17×
10px · 7×
3px · 6×
999px · 6×
6px · 5×
2px · 5×

Shadows

0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)
0 6px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.175)
0 1px 1px rgba(20,60,83,0.1)
1px 1px 3px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .10)

Layout

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

Grid

Breakpoints

480

640

767

768

991

992

1199

1200

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

800 px

798 px

600 px

500 px

400 px

330 px

Notes

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

Notes

● FineThe title is 18 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.
▲ CheckThere is no meta description, so search engines will pick text from the page.
▲ CheckThe page doesn’t declare its language (the lang attribute on <html>).

Questions

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

Questions

What font does Telegram use?: Telegram’s website uses one typeface: Lucida Grande (headings and body text), a system font.
What are Telegram’s brand colours?: The main colours on telegram.org are Steel Blue (#0088CC), Steel Blue (#2481CC), Deep Dodger Blue (#179CDE), Deep Steel Blue (#0A76BA), Light Dodger Blue (#54A9EB) and Deep Sky Blue (#3FAEE8).
What colour is Telegram’s text and background?: Body text is #333333 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is Telegram’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on telegram.org’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Telegram’s own brand or press page.
Is this Telegram’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from telegram.org’s public web pages on 30 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Telegram. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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

telegram-org-tokens.css

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/* telegram.org design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/telegram.org) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #333333;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-grey: #777777;
  --colour-off-white: #DDDDDD;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-steel-blue: #0088CC;
  --colour-steel-blue-2: #2481CC;
  --colour-deep-dodger-blue: #179CDE;
  --colour-deep-steel-blue: #0A76BA;
  --colour-light-dodger-blue: #54A9EB;
  --colour-deep-sky-blue: #3FAEE8;
  --colour-light-steel-blue: #428BCA;
  --colour-indian-red: #D14E4E;
  --colour-dim-grey: #546172;
  --colour-medium-sea-green: #5CB85C;
  --colour-tan: #A19679;
  --colour-dark-grey: #A19481;
  --gradient-1: radial-gradient(circle, #0088cc 0 1.7px, transparent 1.9px);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(270deg, rgba(100, 181, 239, 0) 48.44%, #64b5ef 75.52%, rgba(100, 181, 239, 0) 100%);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-body: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Arial', 'Helvetica', 'Verdana', sans-serif;
  --font-other: 'HelveticaNeue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Light', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', 'Verdana';

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 20px;
  --leading-h1: 1.1;
  --text-h2: 20px;
  --leading-h2: 1.1;
  --text-h3: 20px;
  --leading-h3: 1.1;
  --text-h4: 16px;
  --leading-h4: 1.1;
  --text-h5: 16px;
  --leading-h5: 1.1;
  --text-h6: 11px;
  --leading-h6: 1.1;
  --text-body: 12px;
  --leading-body: 18px;
  --text-p: 15px;
  --leading-p: 1.6;
  --text-small: 91%;
  --text-a: 13px;
  --leading-a: 1.5;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 4px;
  --radius-2: 10px;
  --radius-3: 3px;
  --radius-4: 999px;
  --radius-5: 6px;
  --radius-6: 2px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 480px;
  --breakpoint-2: 640px;
  --breakpoint-3: 767px;
  --breakpoint-4: 768px;
  --breakpoint-5: 991px;
  --breakpoint-6: 992px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1199px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1200px;
  --max-width-1: 800px;
  --max-width-2: 798px;
  --max-width-3: 600px;
  --max-width-4: 500px;
  --max-width-5: 400px;
  --max-width-6: 330px;
}

{
    "site": "telegram.org",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/telegram.org",
    "text": "#333333",
    "background": "#FFFFFF",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Grey",
            "hex": "#777777",
            "rgb": [
                119,
                119,
                119
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Off White",
            "hex": "#DDDDDD",
            "rgb": [
                221,
                221,
                221
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Black",
            "hex": "#000000",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                0,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#0088CC",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                136,
                204
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#2481CC",
            "rgb": [
                36,
                129,
                204
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Dodger Blue",
            "hex": "#179CDE",
            "rgb": [
                23,
                156,
                222
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#0A76BA",
            "rgb": [
                10,
                118,
                186
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Dodger Blue",
            "hex": "#54A9EB",
            "rgb": [
                84,
                169,
                235
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Sky Blue",
            "hex": "#3FAEE8",
            "rgb": [
                63,
                174,
                232
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#428BCA",
            "rgb": [
                66,
                139,
                202
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Indian Red",
            "hex": "#D14E4E",
            "rgb": [
                209,
                78,
                78
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dim Grey",
            "hex": "#546172",
            "rgb": [
                84,
                97,
                114
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Medium Sea Green",
            "hex": "#5CB85C",
            "rgb": [
                92,
                184,
                92
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Tan",
            "hex": "#A19679",
            "rgb": [
                161,
                150,
                121
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Grey",
            "hex": "#A19481",
            "rgb": [
                161,
                148,
                129
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "Lucida Grande",
            "stack": "\"Lucida Grande\", \"Lucida Sans Unicode\", Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif",
            "weights": [],
            "source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
        },
        {
            "name": "Segoe UI",
            "stack": "-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, \"Helvetica Neue\", Arial, sans-serif",
            "weights": [],
            "source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
        },
        {
            "name": "HelveticaNeue-Light",
            "stack": "\"HelveticaNeue-Light\", \"Helvetica Neue Light\", \"Helvetica Light\", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                300
            ],
            "source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
        },
        {
            "name": "SFMono-Regular",
            "stack": "ui-monospace, \"SFMono-Regular\", \"SF Mono\", Consolas, \"Liberation Mono\", Menlo, monospace",
            "weights": [],
            "source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
        },
        {
            "name": "Menlo",
            "stack": "Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace",
            "weights": [],
            "source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
        },
        {
            "name": "Monaco",
            "stack": "Monaco, Menlo, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace",
            "weights": [],
            "source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
        }
    ]
}

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Telegramstyle guide

Title &description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

White

Grey

Off White

Black

Colours

Steel Blue

Steel Blue

Deep Dodger Blue

Deep Steel Blue

Light Dodger Blue

Deep Sky Blue

Light Steel Blue

Indian Red

Dim Grey

Medium Sea Green

Tan

Dark Grey

Gradients

Dark mode

Lucida Grande

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

Share

Run telegram.org?

Similar colours

Discovery

La Vanguardia

Sniply

Instructure

Title &
description