959 — Sea Green medium
Teals family#30AD9D
DMC 959 (Sea Green medium) is a medium, vivid teal shade with hex code #30AD9D and RGB values 48, 173, 157. Below you'll find the closest Valdani, Crescent Colors, and Anchor equivalents — ranked by visual color similarity — plus 8 similar DMC shades and color harmony pairings.
About DMC 959
DMC Six-Strand Embroidery Floss (Mouliné Spécial)
- Also sold as
- Pale Viridian
- Fiber
- 100% cotton
- Strands
- 6 strands
- Sold as
- 8 m skein
Brand Equivalents for DMC 959
The five closest matches in each brand, ranked by CIEDE2000 perceptual color difference.
Anchor
Madeira
J&P Coates
Sullivans
Classic Colorworks
Weeks Dye Works
Gentle Art Sampler
Valdani
Crescent Colors
Closest match to DMC 959 in 67 more brands
The single nearest shade in every other palette we hold, from needlepoint silks and wools to fuse beads and yarn. Match quality is perceptual color distance: 93% and up is hard to tell apart, under 75% is a visible shift.
More stranded cotton
Hand-dyed & overdyed
Silk
Wool for needlepoint
Metallic, rayon & specialty
Other threads & beads
Fuse beads
Yarn for crochet & knitting
Need the runners-up, or a whole pattern converted? The thread conversion chart ranks every alternative for DMC 959 (Sea Green medium) in any brand.
Similar DMC Colors to 959
Closest DMC threads by perceptual color distance, sorted from most to least similar.
Working with DMC 959
It has moderate contrast on both light and dark fabric — usable on either, but test a few stitches on your chosen ground first.
DMC 959 in other DMC lines
DMC reuses base numbers across its specialty lines, so the same shade can exist as a satin, a metallic, or a sparkle floss under a prefixed code. Here is where Sea Green medium turns up.
Diamond painting: the same number is sold as a drill — Diamond Dotz D959, Diamond Drills USA DMC959. A kit legend or drill bag marked 959 means this color. See the diamond painting DMC chart for every code with drill availability.
Color Harmonies for DMC 959
DMC threads that pair well with 959, based on color theory harmony rules in CIELAB color space.
Teals Family
DMC959 in context with nearby shades from the teals color family.
About DMC 959
Meet DMC 959, Sea Green medium — a vivid, medium thread in the teals family. Its vibrant and steady presence shines in water and sky and tropical motifs alike. Pull this thread for cool accents or nature themes when you need a dependable shade.
Frequently Asked Questions
DMC 959 — what color is it?
The color of DMC 959 is Sea Green medium — a medium teal thread (hex #30AD9D, RGB 48, 173, 157). It shows up most in dragonflies and turtle designs.
What is the Anchor equivalent of DMC 959?
The closest Anchor match for DMC 959 (Sea Green medium) is Anchor 1074 (Jade Medium) with a 71% match based on visual color similarity. Other near matches include Anchor 187 (Turquoise Medium, 64%) and Anchor 1072 (Jade Medium Light, 64%).
Which DMC threads are close to 959?
The closest DMC threads to 959 are 993 Aquamarine light (ΔE 5.27), 3851 Bright Green light (ΔE 6.69), and 958 Sea Green dark (ΔE 6.89). These are useful substitutes when 959 is unavailable or for building gradients.
What is DMC 959 good for?
DMC 959 (Sea Green medium) is commonly used in cross-stitch projects featuring dragonflies, turtle designs, mermaid motifs, sea glass tones. Its medium tone works well for standalone motifs and as part of larger palettes. This page includes color harmonies and similar shades to pair with 959.
What fabric color works best with DMC 959 (Sea Green medium)?
It has moderate contrast on both light and dark fabric — usable on either, but test a few stitches on your chosen ground first. For reference, 959 has a contrast ratio of about 2.8:1 on white fabric and 7.6:1 on black. As a cool shade, its cool cast recedes visually — useful for backgrounds, shadows, water and sky, and calm, restful palettes.
Does DMC 959 come in a satin, metallic, or Étoile version?
Yes. The same number is made as DMC Satin S959. The base shade is matched across the lines, but the fiber changes the look: Satin is a high-sheen rayon, Light Effects is a metallic polyester most people blend one strand at a time, and Étoile is cotton with a sparkle filament that stitches like ordinary floss.
What is the diamond painting drill code for DMC 959?
Diamond Dotz D959 and Diamond Drills USA DMC959 carry the same number. Diamond painting adopted DMC's numbering, so a kit legend or drill bag marked 959 is this color regardless of drill brand — though each manufacturer dyes to the reference in its own batches, so avoid mixing brands inside one large block.
Which other thread brands come closest to DMC 959?
Outside the main floss brands, the nearest shades we hold are Soie d'Alger 5102 Sea Green medium (100%), Planet Earth 082 bermuda (94%), Luca-S 213 (91%). Percentages are perceptual color distance between the two swatches; anything above about 93% is hard to tell apart on fabric.