— DMC stranded cotton —
DMC 06
Driftwood - MED LT
- Hex
- #DCC6B8
- RGB
- 220, 198, 184
- Lab
- 81.33, 5.46, 9.82
- Family
- Oranges
- Range
- DMC
Closest substitutes
Ranked by CIEDE2000 — the measure of colour difference built to match what an eye sees, rather than the distance between two sets of RGB numbers. A higher percentage means a swap fewer people would notice. Both ranges are ranked together, so the closest shade to a DMC colour may well be a J&P Coats one, and the other way round.
DMC 05
93%Driftwood - LT
ΔE 1.55
DMC 453
83%Shell Gray - LT
ΔE 3.75
J&P Coats 8232
82%Rose Grey Medium
ΔE 3.90
J&P Coats 8231
82%Rose Grey Light
ΔE 3.92
J&P Coats 4221
80%Amethyst Medium Light
ΔE 4.48
DMC 543
75%Beige Brown - ULT VY LT
ΔE 5.47
DMC 3033
75%Mocha Brown - VY LT
ΔE 5.60
J&P Coats 5533
73%Fawn Very Light
ΔE 5.95
The rest of Driftwood
DMC prints this shade across a range, light to dark. These are its siblings — often the right answer when you want the same colour a shade deeper rather than a different colour altogether.
Know which of these you already own
Stitcheree keeps your floss box, your patterns and your finished pieces in one place — and when a chart calls for a colour you are out of, it ranks the substitutes against what is actually in your box rather than against the whole catalogue.