# 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.

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
- Fairhaven Oak, COREtec Pro Premium: Waterproof vinyl plank · SPC · 7 in (SKU VV800-02036)
- Price: $6.29 per sq ft · $106.74 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/coretec/coretec-pro-premium-vv800/fairhaven-oak

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 18
- CIELAB (D65): L* 49.3, a* 7.8, b* 19.5, chroma 21, hue 68.3 degrees
- Undertone: a golden undertone, warm without leaning red
- Fairhaven Oak is calm and even from board to board (a spread of 1.2 in L*), so it reads as one quiet plane.

## Paint
- Walls: Agreeable Gray (Sherwin-Williams SW 7029, LRV 60.4, +42.6 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 87°), so Fairhaven Oak stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/neutral-paint-colors/sw7029-agreeable-gray/
- Or walls: Revere Pewter (Benjamin Moore HC-172, LRV 55.1, +37.3 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 95°), so Fairhaven Oak stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/hc-172/revere-pewter
- Trim and ceilings: 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. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7008-alabaster/
- Cabinets: 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). Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/blue-paint-colors/sw6239-upward/
- Cabinets in Upward or Alabaster: a dark floor needs light cabinets to float above it.

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a charcoal wood, like our Ebony stain sample. About 20 points darker than Fairhaven Oak in L* (29 against 49), far enough to read as a choice.
- Wood a step lighter: a pale, bleached wood, like our Natural stain sample. About 18 points lighter than Fairhaven Oak in L* (67 against 49).
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: putty (#ccbcaf). 9 in chroma, half the warmth of Fairhaven Oak (21), and 28 points lighter in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: mist blue (#b0c4d2). Hue 248°, straight across the color wheel from the 68° of Fairhaven Oak, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: espresso (#382f26). A deep note at L* 20, 29 points from the 49 of Fairhaven Oak, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Fairhaven Oak (hue 68°).
- Metal: unlacquered brass. Left unsealed, it darkens with handling to a softer warm tone beside Agreeable Gray walls.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Fairhaven Oak at LRV 18 it gives the room its outline.

## Room by room
- 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.
- Bedroom: Revere Pewter walls, bedding in putty with one mist blue pillow, nightstands in a pale, bleached wood.
- Entry: An espresso runner on Fairhaven Oak, Upward on the front door, a matte black mirror.

## What to avoid
- 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°).

## The room it suits
- 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 layer: 20 mil (about 0.51 mm of clear protection over the printed wood, the part that takes the traffic)
- Core: SPC, a rigid stone polymer core (firm underfoot and resists dents from furniture)
- Finish: UV Acrylic
- 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.