DMC 827 thread Blue Very Light
DMC stranded cotton 827 is officially called “Blue Very Light”: a very light blue.
- On-screen colour
#BDDDED- RGB 189, 221, 237
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 86 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Blue” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 827
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3325Baby Blue LightΔE 3.8 · very close
- DMC 3841Baby Blue PaleΔE 4.4 · very close
- DMC 3761Sky Blue LightΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 828Sky Blue Vy LtΔE 5.6 · close
- DMC 162Blue Ultra Very LightΔE 6 · close
- DMC 775Baby Blue Very LightΔE 6 · close
- DMC 3811Turquoise Very LightΔE 6.7 · close
- DMC 813Blue LightΔE 6.9 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 827 is easily confused with DMC 3325, DMC 3841, DMC 3761 and DMC 828. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 827?
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.