The floor finish is the reference
Judge Hale Navy against your actual wood finish, not a generic wood species label. The starting material direction here is brass handles and white stone counters. Hale Navy offers genuine dark-blue depth, making it a purposeful cabinet anchor rather than a light coastal backdrop.
White stone creates a large value contrast, while brass is a smaller highlight; neither guarantees blue will remain obvious beneath an overhang.
Test the dominant wood color, not one grain line
Check the outline between Hale Navy and the darkest part of the floor or wood furniture. Deep paint and dark timber may lose separation in evening light. Decide whether that continuous dark effect is intended, or whether a lighter painted boundary would give the room clearer structure.
Hale Navy has an LRV of 8.36; Benjamin Moore Van Deusen Blue HC-156 is 11.97. The difference is 3.61 points, with Van Deusen Blue returning more light under the reference measurement.
The condition for keeping Hale Navy
Test the lower cabinet position as well as eye level; the blue should remain useful where overhead light falls away. The undertones and neighboring colors covers that related choice. The trim color comparison covers that related choice.
Keep the Hale Navy board vertical at the floor edge. A match to one pale grain line can misrepresent the dominant color across the installed floor. Judge the broad timber background from standing height. If the floor will be refinished, repeat the comparison with the approved new stain sample before ordering the wall paint. The coordinating color options covers that related choice. Before ordering samples, compare room-planning features in the paint color visualizer roundup.
Sources & notes
Color specifications: Benjamin Moore Hale Navy HC-154. The recorded LRV is 8.36. Named comparison values come from the respective manufacturers; material schemes are editorial suggestions.
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