DMC 3701 — Salmon Pink

Quick Conversion Table

Brand	Equivalent	Match	Buy links
Anchor	1024	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
Madeira	0405	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
Cosmo ⚠	2620	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
Sullivans	45103	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →

Coral and salmon are among the most consistently popular colors in decorative needlework — warm, vibrant, and deeply flattering in the colors they surround. DMC 3701 Salmon Pink captures the mid-range of this territory: a lively, warm pink with enough orange to distinguish itself clearly from cooler rose and mauve tones, yet contained enough not to tip fully into coral or true red-orange. It's a color that designers reach for when they want energy and warmth simultaneously.

Distinguishing Salmon Pink from Its Neighbors

At #FF7878, DMC 3701 is notably brighter and more orange-warm than most pink threads in the DMC range. Compare it to DMC 3687 (Mauve) or DMC 3731 (Very Dark Dusty Rose) — those threads lean purple-cool by comparison. Even DMC 899 (Medium Rose), which is a bright pink, stays more clearly in the red-pink zone without the orange warmth that defines salmon. 3701 occupies specific territory that other pinks can't substitute effectively if the orange-warmth quality is central to the design.

Within the salmon family itself, 3701 sits above DMC 3702 (Medium Salmon) and DMC 3703 (Dark Salmon) and below DMC 3700 (Light Salmon). As a mid-family value, it's often the workhorse color in salmon shading sequences — the large fill area that darker and lighter values work around.

Tropical and Folk Art Applications

Salmon Pink finds natural homes in tropical design motifs: hibiscus flowers, flamingos, tropical fish, and sunset-palette landscapes all draw on this color family. It's also a strong player in Mexican and Central American folk art-inspired designs, where saturated warm pinks are traditional and expected. Embroidery traditions from Oaxaca and other textile-rich regions use exactly this pink-salmon territory as a key palette component.

In modern cross-stitch, Salmon Pink appears in retro and vintage aesthetic pieces alongside DMC 740 (Tangerine) and DMC 743 (Medium Yellow) — a warm-palette combination that reads as joyful and energetic. It also works in realistic botanical designs for flowers like bougainvillea, certain dahlias, and pink-orange tulips that resist easy categorization as "pink" or "orange."

For fabric interaction, 3701 is one of those colors that shifts perceptibly between fabric types. On white fabric the orange quality is more visible; on cream or ecru it softens toward a more classic salmon. On natural linen, it warms further — potentially the most flattering version of the color, though linen's texture adds visual complexity that can diffuse the saturation slightly.

The substitution situation for 3701 mirrors the rest of the salmon family — all four brand equivalents are rated close, and some degree of hue or saturation shift should be expected. Anchor 1024 is the standard recommendation but reads slightly pinker and less orange-warm than the DMC original in many stitchers' experience. If the orange-warmth of salmon pink is driving a palette decision, test any Anchor substitution before committing.

Madeira 0405 performs reasonably well and preserves more of the orange-warm quality than some Anchor equivalents. Cosmo 2620 is close but may shift slightly in one direction or another depending on batch; Sullivans 45103 carries the characteristic bright sheen.

Within DMC, immediate neighbors 3700 (Light Salmon) and 3702 (Medium Salmon) are the obvious fallbacks. For cross-family substitution, DMC 352 (Light Coral) and DMC 351 (Coral) offer nearby orange-pink territory from a different sub-family — worth checking if you need the warmth and can work slightly differently calibrated hues. DMC 353 (Peach) goes lighter and more delicate. None are perfect replacements, but any can fill the warmth role in uncritical applications.

Reference quality

How We Validate This Color Record

Use this page as a reference card for DMC 3701: the structured data, quick conversions, and long-form copy are all tied back to the same stored color record.

Methodology: This page renders DMC 3701, its hex value, and every brand equivalent from the site's source-of-truth color record, then checks long-form body copy against those same stored fields.
Verification status: Source-field checked. The page content is audited against the stored DMC number, brand equivalents, and match-quality labels before publishing.
Last reviewed: 2026-04-20
Approximation warning: Screen hex values, thread photos, and cross-brand conversions are reference aids. Dye lots, thread sheen, and fabric color can still shift the result in hand.

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Decision guide

When to use the DMC 3701 reference page

This page should help you decide faster between palette planning, brand substitution, and shade comparison without turning the color record into a thin lookup page.

Best for

+ Palette planning when you want the stored DMC 3701 Salmon Pink record, hex value #FF7878, and linked brand equivalents in one place.
+ Checking the quickest cross-brand shortlist before you buy floss, compare stash substitutes, or route into a more specific conversion page.
+ Finding nearby shades in the pinks family before you commit to accents, shading, or background blends.

Watch for

! Screen previews are only reference aids. Salmon Pink can shift on real fabric because thread sheen, stitch coverage, and room lighting change how the color reads.
! A stored equivalent is still a shortlist, not a guarantee that two brands will disappear into each other in the same stitched motif.
! Older charts, discontinued kit floss, and dye-lot variation can all introduce small but visible differences that the page cannot detect for you.

Before you commit

Confirm the role of DMC 3701 Salmon Pink: decide whether you need an exact hero shade, a forgiving background, or a rough stash substitute.
Compare on project fabric: view the skein or stitched sample on the same fabric count and color you will actually use.
Use the linked conversion pages next: open the brand-specific pages when you need match-quality caveats before substituting away from the DMC reference.