— DMC stranded cotton —

DMC 5290

Metallic Electric Blue

Hex: #2672B0
RGB: 38, 114, 176
Lab: 46.42, -0.96, -39.46
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 103
81%
Royal Blue - VAR
ΔE 4.33
DMC 3760
77%
Wedgewood - MED
ΔE 5.04
DMC 826
75%
Blue - MED
ΔE 5.49
DMC 995
72%
Electric Blue - DK
ΔE 6.12
DMC 322
64%
Baby Blue
ΔE 8.10
DMC 517
63%
Wedgewood - DK
ΔE 8.27
DMC 3891
61%
Bright Turquoise - VY DK
ΔE 8.63
DMC 518
59%
Wedgewood - LT
ΔE 9.21

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.

Start your floss box Free · no ads · no tracking