— DMC stranded cotton —
DMC 3809
Turquoise - VY DK
- Hex
- #136A75
- RGB
- 19, 106, 117
- Lab
- 40.78, -20.01, -13.14
- Family
- Teals
- 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.
J&P Coats 7010
73%Ice Blue Dark
ΔE 6.07
DMC 806
68%Peacock Blue - DK
ΔE 7.22
J&P Coats 7181
65%Sapphire Medium Dark
ΔE 7.69
DMC 3808
65%Turquoise - ULT VY DK
ΔE 7.70
J&P Coats 7162
63%Surf Blue Dark
ΔE 8.25
DMC 3765
62%Peacock Blue - VY DK
ΔE 8.48
J&P Coats 7161
58%Surf Blue Medium
ΔE 9.37
J&P Coats 7169
58%Surf Blue Medium
ΔE 9.37
The rest of Turquoise
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.