DMC 828 thread Sky Blue Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 828 is officially called “Sky Blue Vy Lt”: a very light teal.
- On-screen colour
#C5E8ED- RGB 197, 232, 237
- Family
- Teals and turquoises
- Lightness
- 90 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Sky Blue” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 828
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3811Turquoise Very LightΔE 2.1 · almost identical
- DMC 3761Sky Blue LightΔE 4.7 · very close
- DMC 827Blue Very LightΔE 5.6 · close
- DMC 775Baby Blue Very LightΔE 5.7 · close
- DMC 747Peacock Blue Vy LtΔE 5.8 · close
- DMC 162Blue Ultra Very LightΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 3766Peacock Blue LightΔE 7.8 · close
- DMC 3841Baby Blue PaleΔE 7.9 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 828 is easily confused with DMC 3811, DMC 3761, DMC 827, DMC 775 and DMC 747. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 828?
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.