DMC 554 thread Violet Light
DMC stranded cotton 554 is officially called “Violet Light”: a light purple.
- On-screen colour
#DBB3CB- RGB 219, 179, 203
- Family
- Purples and plums
- Lightness
- 77 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Violet” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 554
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 778Antique Mauve Vy LtΔE 5.7 · close
- DMC 3727Antique Mauve LightΔE 6.5 · close
- DMC 3609Plum Ultra LightΔE 6.5 · close
- DMC 211Lavender LightΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 210Lavender MediumΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 153Violet Very LightΔE 7.5 · close
- DMC 605Cranberry Very LightΔE 8.2 · close
- DMC 3608Plum Very LightΔE 8.3 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 554 is easily confused with DMC 778. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 554?
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.