DMC 796 thread Royal Blue Dark
DMC stranded cotton 796 is officially called “Royal Blue Dark”: a very dark blue.
- On-screen colour
#11416D- RGB 17, 65, 109
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 27 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Royal Blue” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 796
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 797Royal BlueΔE 2.6 · very close
- DMC 820Royal Blue Very DarkΔE 3.8 · very close
- DMC 336Navy BlueΔE 5.4 · close
- DMC 823Navy Blue DarkΔE 8.1 · close
- DMC 803Baby Blue Ult Vy DkΔE 8.3 · close
- DMC 3750Antique Blue Very DkΔE 8.6 · close
- DMC 311Wedgewood Ult VyDkΔE 10 · fairly close
- DMC 939Navy Blue Very DarkΔE 10.3 · fairly close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 796 is easily confused with DMC 797, DMC 820 and DMC 336. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 796?
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.