— DMC stranded cotton —

DMC 817

Coral Red - VY DK

Hex: #BB1630
RGB: 187, 22, 48
Lab: 40.17, 61.66, 31.12
Family: Reds

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 321
91%
Red
ΔE 1.95
DMC 347
84%
Salmon - VY DK
ΔE 3.59
DMC 349
82%
Coral - DK
ΔE 3.91
DMC 326
81%
Rose - VY DK
ΔE 4.14
DMC 666
81%
Red - BRIGHT
ΔE 4.20
DMC 309
75%
Rose - DK
ΔE 5.47
DMC 5270
75%
Metallic Red
ΔE 5.48
DMC 600
71%
Cranberry - VY DK
ΔE 6.53

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