DMC 3325 thread Baby Blue Light
DMC stranded cotton 3325 is officially called “Baby Blue Light”: a light blue.
- On-screen colour
#B8D2E6- RGB 184, 210, 230
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 83 / 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 3325
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 827Blue Very LightΔE 3.8 · very close
- DMC 3841Baby Blue PaleΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 813Blue LightΔE 4.7 · very close
- DMC 800Delft Blue PaleΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 3752Antique Blue Very LtΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 3840Lavender Blue LightΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 932Antique Blue LightΔE 7.5 · close
- DMC 162Blue Ultra Very LightΔE 7.6 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3325 is easily confused with DMC 827, DMC 3841, DMC 813, DMC 800 and DMC 3752. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3325?
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.