Match Hot Cocoa
Sherwin-Williams Hot Cocoa is a deep, low-reflectance shade, warm in character with an LRV of 14. The matches below are the closest equivalents available across every brand on Pontata, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score. A ΔE under 3 is subtle; under 10 is noticeable but harmonious; above 25 means genuinely different colors.
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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 15 and 14, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 14), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 16 and 14, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 14 and 14, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Hot Cocoa reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 14), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Nether Red reads slightly lighter (LRV 20 vs 14), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 9.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 14 and 11, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 11.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.