Match Hot
Sherwin-Williams Hot is a deep, low-reflectance shade, cool in character with an LRV of 14. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
With LRVs of 14 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 16 vs 14), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 11), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 11.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Telemagenta reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 14), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 14.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Hot reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 17.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
