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Telegram Desktop day-blue theme file (day-blue.tdesktop-theme)
Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Institute | Molodetz Institute — Research & Retrieval Division |
| Subject | tui-framework-design |
| Document type | Source Dossier |
| Tier | 1 |
| Source title | day-blue.tdesktop-theme (Telegram Desktop built-in Day theme) |
| Source URL | https://raw.githubusercontent.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/dev/Telegram/Resources/day-blue.tdesktop-theme |
| Source publisher / author | Telegram Desktop contributors (tdesktop project) |
| Source type | repository |
| Source date (published) | Unknown — not stated |
| Date researched | 2026-10-11 |
| Researched by | tai (agent), model: Muse Spark, on behalf of retoor |
| Research method | direct page fetch |
| Confidence | High |
| Status | Active |
Summary
The authoritative built-in light theme for Telegram Desktop: white incoming bubbles against pale-blue outgoing bubbles, grey/blue in-bubble timestamps, translucent service pills, and a fixed 8-hue peer palette for sender names and avatars. Every value below is an exact hex from the file.
Key findings
- Message bubbles: incoming
msgInBg #ffffff, outgoingmsgOutBg #def1fd; selected-bubble overlay#bbe1fc; bubble shadows#748ea229/#0d5a911a. - Message text is near-black (
windowFg) on both bubble sides. - In-bubble time color: incoming
#a0acb6, outgoing#86a8c2. - Service pills (date dividers, service messages):
msgServiceBg #00518059; date pills render{month} {day}or{month} {day}, {year}. - Unread bar: background
#fcfbfa, foreground#538bb4. - Chat-list unread pill:
#40a7e3, muted#bbbbbb, white text; name#222, snippet#999. - Group sender-name peer palette (8 hues): red
#c03d33, green#4fad2d, yellow#d09306, blue#168acd, purple#8544d6, pink#cd4073, sea#2996ad, orange#ce671b; the same hues in different tones drive avatar gradients. - Top bar background and compose background are white.
Pros / strengths
- Authoritative source: the actual shipped built-in theme, not a teardown or guess.
- Exact hexes for every role, with a matching night file so day/night pairs can be compared key by key.
- The 8-hue peer palette is the canonical answer for sender-name coloring.
Cons / limitations / caveats
- Desktop only: iOS, Android, and Web default hexes were not verified against this file and may differ.
- A key/value theme file carries no geometry: bubble corner radii, paddings, inter-message spacing, and tail shape are not in evidence from this source.
- Key semantics have to be inferred from names; the file alone does not say how each key is rendered.
Relevance to tai
Canonical light-theme defaults for the Telegram look-and-feel decisions: bubble/ink/time hexes, service-pill treatment, unread-pill colors, and the peer-name palette tai's chat scene should mirror (as rows, per the rows-not-bubbles decision).
Changelog
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-11 | Initial dossier created. |