DMC 3761 thread Sky Blue Light
DMC stranded cotton 3761 is officially called “Sky Blue Light”: a light blue.
- On-screen colour
#ACD8E2- RGB 172, 216, 226
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 84 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Sky Blue” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3761
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3766Peacock Blue LightΔE 3.4 · very close
- DMC 3811Turquoise Very LightΔE 3.9 · very close
- DMC 828Sky Blue Vy LtΔE 4.7 · very close
- DMC 827Blue Very LightΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 598Turquoise LightΔE 5.8 · close
- DMC 3325Baby Blue LightΔE 7.8 · close
- DMC 813Blue LightΔE 8 · close
- DMC 927Gray Green LightΔE 8.7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3761 is easily confused with DMC 3766, DMC 3811, DMC 828, DMC 827 and DMC 598. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3761?
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.