— DMC stranded cotton —

DMC 160

Petrol Blue - MED

Hex: #8178A9
RGB: 129, 120, 169
Lab: 52.91, 14.23, -24.86
Family: Blues

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.

DMC 30
94%
Blueberry - MED LT
ΔE 1.24
DMC 156
87%
Blue - MED
ΔE 2.82
DMC 52
84%
Violet - VAR
ΔE 3.48
DMC 793
76%
Cornflower Blue - MED
ΔE 5.34
DMC 28
71%
Eggplant - MED LT
ΔE 6.35
DMC 155
70%
Forget-me-not Blue
ΔE 6.56
DMC 3839
68%
Lavender Blue - MED
ΔE 7.20
DMC 340
59%
Blue Violet - MED
ΔE 9.01

The rest of Petrol Blue

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.

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