DMC 803 thread Baby Blue Ult Vy Dk
DMC stranded cotton 803 is officially called “Baby Blue Ult Vy Dk”: a dark blue.
- On-screen colour
#2C597C- RGB 44, 89, 124
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 36 / 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 803
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 312Baby Blue Very DarkΔE 4.6 · very close
- DMC 930Antique Blue DarkΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 824Blue Very DarkΔE 6 · close
- DMC 798Delft Blue DarkΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 311Wedgewood Ult VyDkΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 797Royal BlueΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 3750Antique Blue Very DkΔE 7.2 · close
- DMC 3842Wedgewood Vry DkΔE 7.6 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 803 is easily confused with DMC 312 and DMC 930. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 803?
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.