— DMC stranded cotton —

DMC 3022

Brown Gray - MED

Hex: #848274
RGB: 132, 130, 116
Lab: 54.17, -1.86, 7.85
Family: Neutrals

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 640
77%
Beige Gray - VY DK
ΔE 5.00
DMC 647
77%
Beaver Gray - MED
ΔE 5.03
DMC 642
75%
Beige Gray - DK
ΔE 5.47
DMC 169
63%
Pewter Gray
ΔE 8.30
DMC 522
61%
Fern Green
ΔE 8.59
DMC 3052
60%
Green Gray - MED
ΔE 8.83
DMC 3023
58%
Brown Gray - LT
ΔE 9.33
DMC 07
56%
Driftwood
ΔE 9.86

The rest of Brown Gray

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.

3024
3023
3787
3021

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