Telegram
Reference value (#26A5E4), not official Telegram brand guidelines. Confirm against their materials before shipping in their identity.
The widely cited anchor color for Telegram is #26A5E4 — a mid-tone blue tone in the Social sector. It fails AA on white at 2.77:1 and needs a darker step for text; on dark grounds it passes AA body text on black at 7.58:1.
Use it as a seed, not a rule: open it in the generator to derive scales, accessible text steps, and themes in the same family, and confirm the current value against Telegram's own materials before shipping anything in their identity. Sector neighbors like Facebook, X, Instagram make useful comparisons when positioning against competitors.
Sector: Social
Values in every format
- HEX
- #26a5e4
- RGB
- rgb(38, 165, 228)
- HSL
- hsl(200, 78%, 52%)
- OKLCH
- oklch(0.685 0.139 236.8)
- CMYK
- cmyk(83.3%, 27.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
Scale derived from the anchor
- 50#f0f9ff
- 100#dbf1ff
- 200#bde5ff
- 300#93d5ff
- 400#56bef9
- 500 ★#26a5e4
- 600#008cc6
- 700#0071a1
- 800#005980
- 900#004463
- 950#002a3f
Measured contrast
on white2.77:1 · fails AA
on black7.58:1 · AA normal ✓