DMC 809 thread Delft Blue
DMC stranded cotton 809 is officially called “Delft Blue”: a medium blue.
- On-screen colour
#94A8C6- RGB 148, 168, 198
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 68 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Delft Blue” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 809
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 156Blue Violet Med LtΔE 4.8 · very close
- DMC 794Cornflower Blue LightΔE 5 · close
- DMC 160Blue Gray MediumΔE 5.7 · close
- DMC 3755Baby BlueΔE 5.9 · close
- DMC 932Antique Blue LightΔE 6.2 · close
- DMC 3840Lavender Blue LightΔE 6.9 · close
- DMC 334Baby Blue MediumΔE 7.5 · close
- DMC 3839Lavender Blue MedΔE 8.2 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 809 is easily confused with DMC 156, DMC 794, DMC 160 and DMC 3755. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 809?
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.