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Shavano, from the Legacy Flooring Collection Aspen line, is a light oak hardwood with a golden undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 45). Here it is with Greek Villa walls, Greek Villa trim, and Hale Navy as the deep note, chosen by the numbers.
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Read from its own picture, not from a name.
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.
Shavano has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 1.9 in L*): calm, but not flat.
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.
Named colors with the maker's code and LRV, each linked to its page.
A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 94°), so Shavano stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsA soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 110°), so Shavano stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Benjamin Moore37 points over Shavano in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsDeep and cool, about 169° around the color wheel from Shavano and 36 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer.
See it at Benjamin MooreLower cabinets or an island in Hale Navy, uppers and trim in Alabaster. The floor at LRV 45 sits between the two (8 and 82).
| Role | Color | Maker and code | LRV | From the floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor | Shavano | Legacy Flooring Collection Aspen | 45 | |
| Walls | Greek Villa | Sherwin-Williams SW 7551 | 84.2 | +39 |
| Or walls | Simply White | Benjamin Moore OC-117 | 89.5 | +45 |
| Trim and ceilings | Alabaster | Sherwin-Williams SW 7008 | 82.2 | +37 |
| The deep note | Hale Navy | Benjamin Moore HC-154 | 8.4 | -36 |
Contrast, not a match.
The near misses, by the numbers.
About Shavano and color, answered from the numbers above.
Greek Villa (Sherwin-Williams SW 7551, LRV 84.2): a soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 94°), so Shavano stays golden without turning yellow. It sits 39 LRV points from the floor (LRV 45), more than the 30 points that keep a wall and a floor reading apart. Or Simply White (Benjamin Moore OC-117, LRV 89.5).
Alabaster (Sherwin-Williams SW 7008, LRV 82.2): 37 points over Shavano in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
Hale Navy (Benjamin Moore HC-154, LRV 8.4): deep and cool, about 169° around the color wheel from Shavano and 36 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer. Lower cabinets or an island in Hale Navy, uppers and trim in Alabaster. The floor at LRV 45 sits between the two (8 and 82).
Contrast, not a match: a step darker: a honey tone (like our Fruitwood stain sample), or a step lighter: black or painted pieces. A wood like our Country White sample is only 3.9 apart (CIEDE2000) and reads as a near miss.
Light: LRV 45 and L* 73, measured from its own picture, with a golden undertone. At LRV 45, Shavano is light: it bounces light back into the room, suits north facing rooms, basements and small rooms, and shows dark grit more than lint.
Walls at the lightness of Shavano: Saybrook Sage (Benjamin Moore HC-114, LRV 45.5) sits within a point of its LRV of 45, so wall and floor would blur into one. Wood that almost matches Shavano: a tone like our Country White sample, 3.9 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
Light, size and wear, from the floor's own record.
At LRV 45, Shavano is light: it bounces light back into the room, suits north facing rooms, basements and small rooms, and shows dark grit more than lint.
At 6 inches a board, Shavano lays about 24 boards across a 12 foot room.
Engineered hardwood: living spaces and bedrooms on every level, kept out of full baths.
What only this floor's data can say.
One of our most-asked-for floors: estimated 10 times, chosen 6 times since 2024.
Shavano is lighter than 88 percent of the 1,744 hardwood floors we carry, measured the same way, and warmer than 60 percent of them.
The same look in waterproof vinyl or laminate: Sand Dune Beige, Shaw Floors Oak Grove, only 1.0 apart in color (CIEDE2000).
To get this color on an oak floor you already have, the nearest of our stains is Country White (3.9 apart, CIEDE2000, from our own photographs on red oak).
| Width | 6 in |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 5/8 in |
| Installation | Nail, Glue, Floating installation |
| Species | Oak |
| Construction | Engineered Hardwood |
| Carton | 24.87 sq ft |
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Legacy Flooring Collection
Shavano
Aspen · W8147
Engineered hardwood · Oak · 6 in
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Powell Flooring, 1811 Union Valley Rd, West Milford, NJ 07480
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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.
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