DMC 3, Tin - Medium

DMC reference: 3
Name: Tin - Medium
French name: Étain moyen
Colour: #B0B0B5 · rgb(176, 176, 181)
Family: Whites, greys & neutrals

The eight nearest shades

Measured by eye rather than by number: the perceived difference (CIEDE2000) says how far apart two skeins still look once they are stitched. Under two, nobody will see that something other than 3 went into the cloth. That is where you start when a shop is out of a reference.

DMC 415 · Pearl Gray · Gris perle · #B8B9BD · ΔE 2.5
DMC 168 · Silver Gray · Gris argent · #B1AEB7 · ΔE 2.7
DMC 2 · Tin · Étain · #C5C4C9 · ΔE 5.4
DMC 318 · Steel Gray - Light · Gris acier clair · #A2A3B7 · ΔE 7.5
DMC 927 · Gray Green - Light · Vert gris clair · #9FA8A5 · ΔE 7.5
DMC 3743 · Antique Violet - Very Light · Violet ancien très clair · #CFC2C9 · ΔE 8.2
DMC 932 · Antique Blue - Light · Bleu ancien clair · #93A0AF · ΔE 8.2
DMC 762 · Pearl Gray - Very Light · Gris perle très clair · #D1D0D2 · ΔE 8.4

In the other brands

This thread's equivalent in Anchor, Madeira and Cosmo: the one in Madeira's table when it gives one, otherwise the nearest.

Anchor 398 · nearest, ΔE 4.6
Madeira 1001 · nearest, ΔE 3.9
Cosmo 2151 · nearest, ΔE 7.9

See it in a chart

This shade is one of the 483 the converter can put in a pattern. Give it a photograph and it picks the threads for you, this one included when the picture calls for it.

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Where to buy it

From €0.94 to €2.30 at 11 shops, checked on 20/10/2026.