DMC 312 thread Baby Blue Very Dark
DMC stranded cotton 312 is officially called “Baby Blue Very Dark”: a dark blue.
- On-screen colour
#35668B- RGB 53, 102, 139
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 41 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Baby Blue” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 312
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 824Blue Very DarkΔE 2.6 · very close
- DMC 798Delft Blue DarkΔE 3.2 · very close
- DMC 803Baby Blue Ult Vy DkΔE 4.6 · very close
- DMC 3842Wedgewood Vry DkΔE 6.2 · close
- DMC 930Antique Blue DarkΔE 6.4 · close
- DMC 517Wedgewood DarkΔE 8 · close
- DMC 3838Lavender Blue DarkΔE 8.5 · close
- DMC 311Wedgewood Ult VyDkΔE 9.8 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 312 is easily confused with DMC 824, DMC 798 and DMC 803. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 312?
A skein of DMC stranded cotton is 8 m long and splits into 6 strands. Stitched with 2 strands on 14-count Aida, it covers about 1,800 cross stitches. For your own chart, the cross-stitch calculator gives the number of skeins and the finished size.