# Distant Shore in a Japandi room

Distant Shore, from the Legacy Flooring Collection Coastal line, is a mid tone vinyl plank with a golden undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 26). Here it is with Repose Gray walls, Alabaster trim and Hale Navy as the deep note, chosen by the numbers.

A vision board by Powell Flooring, 1811 Union Valley Rd, West Milford, NJ 07480, 973-728-9717. AI assisted: the rooms are AI generated, simulated photos; the floor, the paint colors and every number are real.
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## The floor
- Distant Shore, Legacy Flooring Collection Coastal: Waterproof vinyl plank · SPC · 9.06 in (SKU W6546)
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/legacy/coastal/distant-shore

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 26
- CIELAB (D65): L* 57.8, a* -0.4, b* 13.1, chroma 13.1, hue 91.7 degrees
- Undertone: a golden undertone, warm without leaning red
- The grain and color of Distant Shore move from board to board (a spread of 3.0 in L*), which helps hide everyday wear.

## Paint
- Walls: Repose Gray (Sherwin-Williams SW 7015, LRV 58.2, +32.5 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 97°), so Distant Shore stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/neutral-paint-colors/sw7015-repose-gray/
- Or walls: Pale Oak (Benjamin Moore OC-20, LRV 68.6, +42.9 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 95°), so Distant Shore stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-20/pale-oak
- Trim and ceilings: Alabaster (Sherwin-Williams SW 7008, LRV 82.2). 57 points over Distant Shore in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7008-alabaster/
- Deep note: Hale Navy (Benjamin Moore HC-154, LRV 8.4). Deep and cool, about 175° around the color wheel from Distant Shore and 17 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/hc-154/hale-navy
- Lower cabinets or an island in Hale Navy, uppers and trim in Alabaster. The floor at LRV 26 sits between the two (8 and 82).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a mid brown wood, like our Chestnut stain sample. About 19 points darker than Distant Shore in L* (38 against 58), far enough to read as a choice.
- Wood a step lighter: a pale, bleached wood, like our Country White stain sample. About 14 points lighter than Distant Shore in L* (72 against 58).
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: linen (#dbd6cb). 6 in chroma, half the warmth of Distant Shore (13), and 28 points lighter in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: graphite (#47505f). Hue 272°, straight across the color wheel from the 92° of Distant Shore, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: charcoal (#44413b). A deep note at L* 28, 30 points from the 58 of Distant Shore, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Distant Shore at LRV 26 it gives the room its outline.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Distant Shore (hue 92°).
- Metal: unlacquered brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Distant Shore (hue 92°).

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Distant Shore: Evergreen Fog (Sherwin-Williams SW 9130, LRV 30.4) sits 5 points from its LRV of 26, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Creamy yellow walls: yellow on yellow flattens the golden undertone of Distant Shore (hue 92°).

## The room it suits
- At LRV 26, Distant Shore is a mid tone: it holds its color in a sunny room and hides everyday dust and pet hair better than a very dark or very light floor.
- At 9.06 inches a board, Distant Shore lays about 16 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
- Distant Shore is waterproof, so it belongs in kitchens, baths, mudrooms and basements as well as living spaces.
- Core: SPC, a rigid stone polymer core (firm underfoot and resists dents from furniture)
- Water: Waterproof (the maker's word) (wet mopping is fine; a flood is not)

## Sources
- Paint names, codes, hex and LRV as Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore publish them (each color links to its page).
- BS 8300-2:2018 asks for a difference of at least 30 LRV points between adjacent surfaces, such as a floor and a wall, so the surfaces read apart.
- The floor measured from its own picture in CIELAB (D65); the wood tones from our own photographs of 37 stains on oak.