DMC 995 — Dark Electric Blue

Quick Conversion Table

Brand	Equivalent	Match	Buy links
Anchor	410	exact	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
Madeira	1102	exact	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
Cosmo ⚠	457	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
Sullivans	45314	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
J&P Coats	3843	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
Dimensions	17010	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
Bucilla	2595	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
Candamar	6085	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →

DMC 995 Dark Electric Blue — Plug In and Stitch

If most blues in the DMC range feel like they belong in a museum or a countryside landscape, DMC 995 feels like it belongs on a neon sign. Dark Electric Blue is the thread for stitchers who want their blues modern, vivid, and unapologetically bright. This is not your grandmother's cross stitch blue — unless your grandmother had excellent taste in contemporary design.

The hex (#2696B6) tells you everything: this is a highly saturated, warm-leaning blue with virtually no grey to dull it down. Where Wedgwood whispers and navy broods, Electric Blue practically vibrates. It is the color of clear tropical water, backlit screens, and sports car paint. In cross stitch, that energy translates into immediate visual impact.

For modern and pop-culture-inspired cross stitch — which has exploded in popularity — 995 is essential. Pixel art patterns, retro video game sprites, bold typographic designs, and contemporary geometric patterns all call for colors with this level of punch. If you are stitching something meant to look graphic and current rather than traditional and soft, 995 delivers.

It is also worth understanding where 995 sits relative to its neighbors. DMC 996 (Medium Electric Blue) is its lighter companion, and the two together create a vivid gradient that works for water effects, sci-fi themes, or any design that needs that crackling blue energy. Step further away and compare 995 to DMC 825 (Dark Blue) or DMC 517 (Wedgwood) — the difference is dramatic. Those are recessive, atmospheric blues. 995 is advancing, attention-grabbing, impossible to ignore.

A word of caution about fabric choice: 995 reads brightest on white and very light fabrics. On cream or ecru, it loses a fraction of its electric quality. On black Aida, it positively glows — if you are doing a dark-background piece, this is one of the blues that maintains its character against dark fabric without fading into it.

One more practical note. Because of its high saturation, 995 can dominate a palette if you are not careful. Use it as a deliberate accent or feature color rather than a filler. A little Electric Blue goes a long way — think of it as the exclamation point in your color story.

Matching DMC 995 Dark Electric Blue in Other Brands

Anchor 410 is an exact match and captures the vivid saturation well. Electric blues are harder to match across brands than muted shades because any deviation in saturation is immediately obvious, but Anchor nails this one.

Madeira 1102 is also exact. Madeira's version may appear very slightly less warm under certain lighting, but the difference is negligible for most projects.

Cosmo 457 is a close match with a small caveat: Cosmo threads sometimes handle high saturation differently, and their version may appear a touch more cyan. For pop art or pixel projects where precision is more about impact than subtlety, this difference is usually irrelevant. For projects where 995 sits next to other DMC blues in a gradient, test Cosmo 457 in context first.

Electric blues are one category where staying within a single brand for the entire blue range of your project really pays off. The relative saturation between, say, 995 and 996 is carefully calibrated by DMC, and that relationship may not translate perfectly if you mix brands within the gradient.

Reference quality

How We Validate This Color Record

Use this page as a reference card for DMC 995: the structured data, quick conversions, and long-form copy are all tied back to the same stored color record.

Methodology: This page renders DMC 995, 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 995 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 995 Dark Electric Blue record, hex value #2696B6, 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 blues family before you commit to accents, shading, or background blends.

Watch for

! Screen previews are only reference aids. Dark Electric Blue 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 995 Dark Electric Blue: 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.