— DMC stranded cotton —

DMC 800

Delft Blue - PALE

Hex: #B5C7E9
RGB: 181, 199, 233
Lab: 79.93, 1.10, -18.86
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 3840
80%
Lavender Blue - LT
ΔE 4.38
DMC 827
77%
Blue - VY LT
ΔE 5.20
DMC 794
75%
Cornflower Blue - LT
ΔE 5.55
DMC 3325
71%
Baby Blue - LT
ΔE 6.51
DMC 157
69%
Blue - LT
ΔE 6.78
DMC 828
62%
Blue - ULT VY LT
ΔE 8.43
DMC 159
56%
Petrol Blue - LT
ΔE 9.89
DMC 3761
55%
Sky Blue - LT
ΔE 10.10

The rest of Delft Blue

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.

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