DMC 819 thread Baby Pink Light
DMC stranded cotton 819 is officially called “Baby Pink Light”: a very light pink, muted.
- On-screen colour
#FFEEEB- RGB 255, 238, 235
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 95 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Baby Pink” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 819
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3770Tawny Vy LightΔE 3.9 · very close
- DMC 3774Desert Sand Vy LtΔE 4.4 · very close
- DMC 948Peach Very LightΔE 4.7 · very close
- DMC 3713Salmon Very LightΔE 5.1 · close
- DMC 818Baby PinkΔE 5.7 · close
- DMC 225Shell Pink Ult Vy LtΔE 6 · close
- DMC 967Apricot Very LightΔE 6.2 · close
- DMC 3866Mocha Brn Ult Vy LtΔE 6.5 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 819 is easily confused with DMC 3770, DMC 3774, DMC 948, DMC 3713 and DMC 818. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 819?
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.