DMC 823 thread Navy Blue Dark
DMC stranded cotton 823 is officially called “Navy Blue Dark”: a very dark purple.
- On-screen colour
#213063- RGB 33, 48, 99
- Family
- Purples and plums
- Lightness
- 21 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Navy Blue” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 823
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 939Navy Blue Very DarkΔE 3.3 · very close
- DMC 336Navy BlueΔE 4 · very close
- DMC 820Royal Blue Very DarkΔE 5.9 · close
- DMC 796Royal Blue DarkΔE 8.1 · close
- DMC 797Royal BlueΔE 9.5 · close
- DMC 791Cornflower Blue V DΔE 10.3 · fairly close
- DMC 3750Antique Blue Very DkΔE 12.5 · fairly close
- DMC 158Cornflower Blu M V DΔE 12.8 · fairly close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 823 is easily confused with DMC 939, DMC 336 and DMC 820. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 823?
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.