— DMC stranded cotton —
DMC 3842
Wedgewood - DK
- Hex
- #06506A
- RGB
- 6, 80, 106
- Lab
- 31.38, -10.33, -20.80
- Family
- Blues
- 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 7980
82%Delft Blue Medium
ΔE 3.93
DMC 3765
79%Peacock Blue - VY DK
ΔE 4.69
DMC 3750
73%Antique Blue - VY DK
ΔE 5.92
J&P Coats 7100
73%Cobalt Blue Dark
ΔE 6.08
J&P Coats 7981
71%Delft Blue Dark
ΔE 6.38
J&P Coats 7979
71%Sea Blue Dark
ΔE 6.45
DMC 517
68%Wedgewood - DK
ΔE 7.04
DMC 3808
62%Turquoise - ULT VY DK
ΔE 8.49
The rest of Wedgewood
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.