— DMC stranded cotton —
DMC 53
Steel Gray - VAR
- Hex
- #6B7B7B
- RGB
- 107, 123, 123
- Lab
- 50.36, -5.87, -1.99
- Family
- Neutrals
- 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.
DMC 926
85%Gray Green - MED
ΔE 3.39
J&P Coats 6007
84%Blue Mist Medium
ΔE 3.56
DMC 5287
69%Metallic Silver - DK
ΔE 6.86
J&P Coats 8500
66%Stone Grey
ΔE 7.52
DMC 931
66%Antique Blue - MED
ΔE 7.63
J&P Coats 7051
62%Antique Blue Medium
ΔE 8.34
J&P Coats 7052
61%Antique Blue Dark
ΔE 8.76
J&P Coats 6008
59%Blue Mist Dark
ΔE 9.11
The rest of Steel 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.
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.