A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 87°), so Fairhaven Oak stays golden without turning yellow.
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Fairhaven Oak in a warm modern room
Fairhaven Oak from the COREtec Pro Premium line is a mid dark vinyl plank with a golden undertone (LRV 18, measured from its own picture). Here it is with Agreeable Gray walls, Alabaster trim, and Upward on the cabinets, chosen by the numbers.
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The floor, measured
Read from its own picture, not from a name.
- LRV
- 18
- Lightness L*
- 49
- Undertone
- Golden
- Hue
- 68°
A golden undertone, warm without leaning red. LRV is light reflectance value, the share of light a surface sends back, the same scale paint makers print on every chip: 0 is black, 100 is white.
Fairhaven Oak is calm and even from board to board (a spread of 1.2 in L*), so it reads as one quiet plane.
The shaded band is within 30 points of the floor. A wall inside it blurs into the floor; BS 8300 asks for at least 30 points between surfaces that meet.
Walls, trim and cabinets
Named colors with the maker's code and LRV, each linked to its page.
A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 95°), so Fairhaven Oak stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Benjamin Moore64 points over Fairhaven Oak in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsA light color with some life in it, so cabinets float off Fairhaven Oak (a 40 point step in LRV).
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsCabinets in Upward or Alabaster: a dark floor needs light cabinets to float above it.
| Role | Color | Maker and code | LRV | From the floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor | Fairhaven Oak | COREtec Pro Premium | 18 | |
| Walls | Agreeable Gray | Sherwin-Williams SW 7029 | 60.4 | +43 |
| Or walls | Revere Pewter | Benjamin Moore HC-172 | 55.1 | +37 |
| Trim and ceilings | Alabaster | Sherwin-Williams SW 7008 | 82.2 | +64 |
| Cabinets | Upward | Sherwin-Williams SW 6239 | 57.4 | +40 |
Wood, rugs and metals
Contrast, not a match.
Wood furniture
Rugs and fabric
Metals
Room by room
The palette put to work around Fairhaven Oak.
- Living roomAgreeable Gray walls and Alabaster trim around Fairhaven Oak, a putty rug with an espresso border, a coffee table in a charcoal wood, aged brass lamps.
- KitchenCabinets in Upward so they float off Fairhaven Oak, Alabaster walls and trim, unlacquered brass pulls.
- BedroomRevere Pewter walls, bedding in putty with one mist blue pillow, nightstands in a pale, bleached wood.
- EntryAn espresso runner on Fairhaven Oak, Upward on the front door, a matte black mirror.
What to avoid
The near misses, by the numbers.
- Walls at the lightness of Fairhaven Oak: Gauntlet Gray (Sherwin-Williams SW 7019, LRV 17.4) sits within a point of its LRV of 18, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Wood that almost matches Fairhaven Oak: a tone like our Fruitwood sample, 4.0 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
- Walls that lean yellow: yellow on yellow flattens the golden undertone of Fairhaven Oak (hue 68°).
Questions
About Fairhaven Oak and color, answered from the numbers above.
What wall color goes with Fairhaven Oak flooring?
Agreeable Gray (Sherwin-Williams SW 7029, LRV 60.4): a soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 87°), so Fairhaven Oak stays golden without turning yellow. It sits 43 LRV points from the floor (LRV 18), more than the 30 points that keep a wall and a floor reading apart. Or Revere Pewter (Benjamin Moore HC-172, LRV 55.1).
What trim and ceiling color goes with Fairhaven Oak?
Alabaster (Sherwin-Williams SW 7008, LRV 82.2): 64 points over Fairhaven Oak in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
What cabinet color goes with Fairhaven Oak?
Upward (Sherwin-Williams SW 6239, LRV 57.4): a light color with some life in it, so cabinets float off Fairhaven Oak (a 40 point step in LRV). Cabinets in Upward or Alabaster: a dark floor needs light cabinets to float above it.
What wood furniture goes with Fairhaven Oak?
Contrast, not a match: a step darker: a charcoal wood (like our Ebony stain sample), or a step lighter: a pale, bleached wood (like our Natural stain sample). A wood like our Fruitwood sample is only 4.0 apart (CIEDE2000) and reads as a near miss.
How do I put a room together around Fairhaven Oak?
Living room: Agreeable Gray walls and Alabaster trim around Fairhaven Oak, a putty rug with an espresso border, a coffee table in a charcoal wood, aged brass lamps. Kitchen: Cabinets in Upward so they float off Fairhaven Oak, Alabaster walls and trim, unlacquered brass pulls.
Is Fairhaven Oak a light or a dark floor?
Mid dark: LRV 18 and L* 49, measured from its own picture, with a golden undertone. At LRV 18, Fairhaven Oak is mid dark: it is at its best in a big room with good light and warm lamps, and it shows dust, pet hair and fine scratches more than a mid tone.
What colors should I avoid with Fairhaven Oak?
Walls at the lightness of Fairhaven Oak: Gauntlet Gray (Sherwin-Williams SW 7019, LRV 17.4) sits within a point of its LRV of 18, so wall and floor would blur into one. Wood that almost matches Fairhaven Oak: a tone like our Fruitwood sample, 4.0 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
The room it suits
Light, size and wear, from the floor's own record.
At LRV 18, Fairhaven Oak is mid dark: it is at its best in a big room with good light and warm lamps, and it shows dust, pet hair and fine scratches more than a mid tone.
At 7 inches a board, Fairhaven Oak lays about 21 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
Fairhaven Oak is waterproof, so it belongs in kitchens, baths, mudrooms and basements as well as living spaces.
- Wear layer20 milAbout 0.51 mm of clear protection over the printed wood, the part that takes the traffic.
- CoreSPC, a rigid stone polymer coreFirm underfoot and resists dents from furniture.
- FinishUV Acrylic
- WaterWaterproof (the maker's word)Wet mopping is fine; a flood is not.
From the floor's own record
What only this floor's data can say.
One of our most-asked-for floors: estimated 3 times since 2026.
Fairhaven Oak is lighter than 31 percent of the 1,198 vinyl floors we carry, measured the same way, and warmer than 83 percent of them.
The same look in real wood: Woodlands, Shaw Floors Reflections White Oak, only 0.9 apart in color (CIEDE2000).
To get this color on an oak floor you already have, the nearest of our stains is Fruitwood (4.0 apart, CIEDE2000, from our own photographs on red oak).
| Width | 7 in |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.236" |
| Wear layer | 20 mil |
| Finish | UV Acrylic |
| Edge | Enhanced integrated bevel |
| Installation | Floating or direct glue |
| Core | SPC |
| Construction | COREtec Residential SPC |
| Carton | 16.97 sq ft |
| Water | Waterproof (the maker's word) |
The floor
Every color, price and detail on its own page.
Fairhaven Oak
COREtec Pro Premium · VV800-02036
Waterproof vinyl plank · SPC · 7 in
$6.29 per sq ft · $106.74 a carton
Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
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Powell Flooring, 1811 Union Valley Rd, West Milford, NJ 07480
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How we chose
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.
A picture's lightness depends a little on how it was lit, so the floor's LRV is read from the evenly lit field the visualizer lays and rounded. See the real floor before you choose paint: visit the showroom, or ask for a free measure and estimate.


