— DMC stranded cotton —

DMC 3064

Desert Sand

Hex: #BA7056
RGB: 186, 112, 86
Lab: 54.76, 26.58, 26.86
Family: Browns

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 407
96%
Desert Sand - DK
ΔE 0.94
DMC 3776
78%
Mahogany - LT
ΔE 4.92
DMC 3859
76%
Rosewood - LT
ΔE 5.33
DMC 22
75%
Alizarin
ΔE 5.61
DMC 3778
74%
Terra Cotta - LT
ΔE 5.72
DMC 105
70%
Tan/Brown - VAR
ΔE 6.71
DMC 356
70%
Terra Cotta - MED
ΔE 6.71
DMC 922
68%
Copper - LT
ΔE 7.16

The rest of Desert Sand

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.

3774
950
3773
407
3772
632

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