Every MSI Everlife XL Cyrus Color (2026)
All forty active colors in MSI Everlife XL Cyrus, a 12 mil, 5mm SPC vinyl in 9-by-60-inch long planks. Each one covered plank by plank: who it is for, where it belongs, and the design palette it pairs with.
The Design Move That Used to Cost Twice as Much
For the last decade, long-plank vinyl was a premium-tier feature. If you wanted the proportions of wide-plank engineered hardwood, long continuous grain lines, fewer visible end joints, the kind of refined visual rhythm that defines high-end residential builds, you paid for it. The collections that delivered the look sat at the top of the LVP market, with construction tiers and price points to match.
XL Cyrus is what happens when that design move comes down-market. It is the same value-tier construction that Cyrus has been built on for years, 5mm SPC rigid core, 12 mil wear layer, attached pad, fully waterproof, in the 60-inch plank length that, until very recently, was effectively gatekept by premium-tier collections. The visual upgrade is real. The price tier did not change.
What that means in a finished room: fewer end joints running across the floor, longer continuous grain lines, and a visual rhythm that reads closer to wide-plank engineered oak than to standard mid-market vinyl. In a large open-plan kitchen-and-living space, the difference between a 48-inch plank and a 60-inch plank is the difference between a serviceable floor and a designed one. That is the entire argument for XL Cyrus.
The catalog is large, forty active colors mirroring the breadth of the standard Cyrus lineup. That breadth is deliberate: this is the value-tier collection that wants to cover every interior style, every cabinetry tone, every regional palette. Below is every color in the collection, with the rooms each one belongs in.
XL Cyrus at a Glance
- Construction: 5mm SPC rigid core with attached pad
- Wear Layer: 12 mil (residential)
- Plank Format: 9″ × 60″ long-plank
- Waterproof: Yes, fully waterproof SPC core
- Warranty: Lifetime Limited Residential / 10-Year Light Commercial
- Active Colors: 40 across tan, brown, dark brown, warm brown, blonde, and gray families
At a Glance: The Full XL Cyrus Lineup
| Color | Color Family | Designer's Note | Shop | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Boswell | Gray | Warm greige with weathered-driftwood character. Reminiscent of wood worn by sun and salt. Soft, current, easy. | View Product → |
 | Bracken Hill | Gray | Slate-toned deeper gray with a brown undercurrent. In the style of moody coastal stone with grain. Moody, current, grounded. | View Product → |
 | Brianka | Gray | Soft light warm gray with whisper-quiet grain. Looks like a soft modern-oak with the warmth dialed up. Soft, airy, current. | View Product → |
 | Cranton | Gray | Medium warm gray with visible color movement. Resembles natural worked oak with a cooler tone. Balanced, neutral, current. | View Product → |
 | Draven | Gray | Medium-deep cool gray with pronounced knot and grain detail. Inspired by industrial worked wood. Architectural, bold, modern. | View Product → |
 | Dulles Tails | Gray | Soft pale gray with faded driftwood warmth. Drawn from sun-bleached coastal wood. Soft, airy, weathered. | View Product → |
 | Dunite Oak | Gray | Sandy warm gray with visible oak grain. Reminiscent of beach-weathered driftwood. Warm, grounded, coastal. | View Product → |
 | Finely | Gray | Soft pale warm gray with the faintest cool undertone. Captures the look of refined modern-oak in a quiet color. Refined, restrained, calm. | View Product → |
 | Grayton | Gray | Warm medium gray with visible knots and grained passes. Modeled after authentic worked-and-weathered oak. Warm, characterful, current. | View Product → |
 | Honeybella Oak | Gray | Honey-touched warm greige reading nearly tan in southern light. Inspired by warm weathered oak with golden undertones. Honey, soft, versatile. | View Product → |
 | Kardigan | Gray | Soft warm gray with comfortable, restrained grain. Calls to mind weathered cedar on a north-facing porch. Soft, quiet, current. | View Product → |
 | Katella Ash | Gray | Medium ashy gray with visible ash-wood grain. | View Product → |
 | Ludlow | Gray | Warm light gray with quiet visible grain and a tan undercurrent. Drawn from soft weathered driftwood. Soft, warm, livable. | View Product → |
 | Mezcla | Gray | Mixed-tone medium gray with plank-to-plank color shift. In the style of variegated reclaimed boards. Mixed, expressive, designed. | View Product → |
 | Runmill Isle | Gray | Warm coastal gray with grain detail. Captures the look of wind-weathered cedar. Warm, coastal, honest. | View Product → |
 | Ryder | Gray | Architectural medium gray with quiet grain. Echoes worked wide-plank oak in a clean modern color. Architectural, clean, deliberate. | View Product → |
 | Weathered Brina | Gray | Soft weathered warm gray with gentle grain. Calls to mind sun-bleached coastal driftwood. Soft, weathered, current. | View Product → |
 | Whitfield Gray | Gray | Warm soft light gray with driftwood character. Looks like a wide-plank oak in a quietly designed color. Soft, current, versatile. | View Product → |
 | Woburn Abbey | Gray | Deeper warm gray with rich grain. In the style of weathered stained oak in a formal room. Warm, deep, traditional. | View Product → |
 | Wolfeboro | Gray | Moody warm gray with grained worked-oak character. Echoes weathered wood with real visual depth. Moody, warm, grounded. | View Product → |
 | Akadia | Tan | Soft sun-warmed tan with gentle, restrained grain. Calls to mind a clean, lightly stained oak. Warm, balanced, easygoing. | View Product → |
 | Austell Grove | Tan | True mid-warm tan with lived-in color variation. | View Product → |
 | Chester Hills | Tan | Warm sun-bleached tan with soft, even variation. Calls to mind a sun-faded wide-plank oak. Warm, clean, stable. | View Product → |
 | Lenexa Creek | Tan | Soft sandy tan with balanced, real-wood grain. Resembles a gentle wide-plank oak from a coastal builder. Warm, balanced, easy. | View Product → |
 | Sandino | Tan | Warm sandy tan with a soft golden lean. Modeled after warm light-stained oak. Warm, golden, versatile. | View Product → |
 | Brookings | Blonde | Pale warm blonde with restrained, quiet grain. Modeled after pale natural oak. Airy, bright, calm. | View Product → |
 | Brookline | Blonde | Warm light blonde with subtle golden character. Echoes lightly grained natural oak. Bright, warm, lived-in. | View Product → |
 | Valleyview Grove | Blonde | Warm light blonde with golden undertone and subtle grain. Drawn from softly grained natural oak. Warm, light, grounded. | View Product → |
 | Braly | Warm Brown | Warm medium brown with balanced, unhurried grain. Captures the look of stained mid-range oak in a designer kitchen. Warm, settled, universal. | View Product → |
 | Amber Forrester | Brown | Warm amber brown with saturated, even grain. Looks like grained stained oak from a few decades back. Warm, anchored, classic. | View Product → |
 | Barnstorm | Brown | Saturated rustic brown with lighter passes running through the grain. Echoes wide-plank stained hardwood with real depth. Rustic, warm, layered. | View Product → |
 | Exotika | Brown | Heavily grained medium-dark brown with dramatic plank-to-plank variation. In the style of genuinely exotic hardwood species. Bold, expressive, designed. | View Product → |
 | Fauna | Brown | Warm lightly rustic brown with knot character and color shifts. Looks like honestly worked oak with lived-in detail. Warm, rustic, honest. | View Product → |
 | Walnut Waves | Brown | Grained walnut-toned brown with rich plank-to-plank variation. Resembles genuine wide-plank hardwood. Rich, designed, expressive. | View Product → |
 | Barrell | Dark Brown | Deep, saturated dark brown closer to walnut than to espresso. Modeled after real dark hardwood with grained movement. Grounded, dramatic, warm. | View Product → |
 | Bembridge | Dark Brown | Warm reddened deep brown with complexity in the grain. Inspired by aged stained oak in English-traditional homes. Rich, formal, layered. | View Product → |
 | Billingham | Dark Brown | Cool-toned deep brown with honest grain. Drawn from stained oak with a modern slant. Sophisticated, grounded, current. | View Product → |
 | Hawthorne | Dark Brown | Saturated deep brown with even, sophisticated grain. Resembles formal stained wide-plank oak. Grounded, refined, warm. | View Product → |
 | Jenta | Dark Brown | Cool deep walnut brown with charcoal undertones. Echoes a modern stained walnut with crisp edges. Modern, deep, refined. | View Product → |
 | Stable | Dark Brown | Warm dark brown with rustic grained character. Inspired by aged stained oak with lived-in detail. Warm, rustic, grounded. | View Product → |
The Colors, One by One
Every active XL Cyrus color in full, with how the 60-inch plank reads in a real room, who each one is for, and the design palette it pairs with.
Boswell
Boswell is the warm-greige entry in the gray range - and the emphasis is on warm. This is not the cold blue-gray of 2018 vinyl; Boswell sits closer to weathered driftwood, with enough underlying tan to pair with current furniture instead of fighting it. The long-plank format keeps the soft variation flowing through the room. It is the safer call for buyers who want a gray-leaning floor without committing to anything aggressive.
Best For:
Modern coastal interiors, light contemporary kitchens, warm-gray transitional spaces
Bracken Hill
Bracken Hill is the deeper, moodier gray - slate-leaning, with a brown undercurrent that keeps it from ever reading cold. The 60" plank length is what makes a darker gray work; in short-plank format, deeper grays fragment and read flat, but stretched long, the grain has room to play and the floor reads as moody rather than busy. Pacific Northwest palettes - whitewashed shiplap, charcoal walls, evergreen cabinets - sit cleanly on top.
Best For:
Pacific Northwest interiors, moody contemporary spaces, stormy-coastal homes
Brianka
Brianka is the lighter end of the warm-gray range - soft, restrained, and noticeably warmer than the gray flooring that dominated the last decade. The grain is subtle, which is the right call at this lightness; busy grain on a pale gray floor reads frantic. The 60" plank gives the quiet pattern room to breathe across the floor and lets the color sit as a true backdrop. Bright contemporary kitchens and minimalist living rooms read best on a floor like this.
Best For:
Light contemporary interiors, modern coastal spaces, airy minimalist rooms
Cranton
Cranton is the medium warm-gray, with the kind of balanced tone that anchors a neutral room without ever pulling cold. The graining has visible chromatic variation, and the long-plank format spreads those passes out so they read as natural wood rather than as repeated pattern. It is one of the more universally flattering grays, and the safest pick for buyers who want a gray floor that will still feel current in five years.
Best For:
Contemporary urban interiors, modern condo kitchens, neutral transitional spaces
Draven
Draven leans cooler than the rest of the gray range - closer to the industrial-modern direction than to coastal weathered. The grain is more pronounced, with visible knot and grain detail that reads as authentic worked wood. Industrial interiors, exposed-brick lofts, and contemporary spaces with metal-and-glass elements all benefit from a floor that holds its own visually, and the 60" plank gives Draven the substantial proportions that the look demands.
Best For:
Modern industrial interiors, contemporary lofts, mid-tone gray transitional spaces
Dulles Tails
Dulles Tails is one of the softer, paler grays - a faded driftwood color with enough warmth to keep it from going cold. The light tone reads almost greige in southern light and shifts cooler under north-facing windows, which is why it works in such a wide range of homes. The 60" plank length is critical here: at this lightness, a short plank would chop the floor up visually, but XL Cyrus lets Dulles Tails read as a continuous, airy backdrop.
Best For:
Light coastal interiors, modern beach houses, soft contemporary palettes
Dunite Oak
Dunite Oak runs warmer than most colors in the gray family - closer to a sandy beach-driftwood than to a true gray, with visible oak grain that keeps it grounded in real-wood territory. It is the gray for people who like the idea of a gray floor but want the actual look to lean closer to tan-weathered. The 60" plank pulls the soft variation across long stretches of floor, which is what makes this color read as a wide-plank engineered oak rather than as a printed vinyl.
Best For:
Modern coastal homes, light contemporary interiors, warm-cool transitional palettes
Finely
Finely is the most refined, restrained gray - close to a soft greige with the faintest cool undertone. The grain is whisper-light, which is exactly the right call for a pale floor meant to recede. This is the floor for modern interiors that want the wall art, the millwork, and the furniture to carry the visual weight, with a floor that simply provides clean continuous ground. The 60" plank stretches the subtle variation long enough to read as authentic.
Best For:
Light modern interiors, clean Scandinavian-leaning spaces, soft contemporary palettes
Grayton
Grayton is the warm coastal-gray with real character in the grain - visible knots, grained passes, and the kind of authentic worked-wood detail that the previous generation of gray vinyl never managed. The undertone runs warm, which keeps the floor pairing cleanly with current furniture, brass fixtures, and warm-cream walls. In the 60" plank format, the grain detail runs long and continuous across the room, which is what makes the floor read as a designed wide-plank oak.
Best For:
Coastal interiors, transitional family rooms, warm-leaning gray kitchens
Honeybella Oak
Honeybella Oak is the warm-leaning gray that almost reads as a tan in southern light - a honey-touched greige that is one of the most versatile floors. It works for buyers who want warmth but cannot fully commit to a brown, and for designers trying to mediate between a gray-toned kitchen and a warmer adjacent living room. The 60" plank length spreads the soft honey variation across long sweeps of floor, which keeps it reading as a cohesive design choice rather than a hedge.
Best For:
Warm coastal kitchens, sun-filled living rooms, transitional homes that want warmth in a gray
Kardigan
Kardigan is the soft, comfortable gray - like the color of weathered cedar on a north-facing porch. The grain is gentle, the undertone is warm, and the overall effect is unmistakably current rather than gray-of-2018. It is the floor for buyers who want a gray look but want it to feel like a quiet design choice rather than a statement. The 60" plank format lets the subtle variation spread comfortably across the room, which is what keeps a quiet floor from reading flat.
Best For:
Modern coastal homes, light transitional kitchens, soft contemporary spaces
Katella Ash
Katella Ash is the ashy, medium gray with real visible grain - closer to actual ash-wood graining than to the abstract gray that defined the last decade of vinyl. The character is in the grain, not in heavy color variation, which keeps the floor reading clean and architectural. The 60" plank length lets the ash grain run continuous across the room, and the result is the kind of grounded, architectural gray that contemporary urban interiors have been searching for.
Best For:
Modern industrial lofts, contemporary urban interiors, gray-toned kitchens with character
Ludlow
Ludlow is the warm light-gray with quiet visible grain - closer to driftwood than to slate, with enough underlying tan to read as a soft neutral rather than a cool one. The 60" plank length is what makes Ludlow feel intentional in a room; short planks of a soft warm gray can read busy because the eye picks up every short variation, while long planks turn those same variations into a flowing, designed surface. A genuinely livable color for the long haul.
Best For:
Modern coastal homes, light transitional interiors, warm soft-gray family rooms
Mezcla
Mezcla lives up to its name - a true mixed-tone floor with plank-to-plank chromatic variation that ranges from warmer driftwood to cooler weathered gray. The variation is what makes it interesting; it is also what makes the 60" plank essential, because long boards give the eye time to read each tone as part of the whole rather than as a jarring transition. Designer-led interiors that lean on chromatic complexity benefit most from this color.
Best For:
Modern transitional interiors, designer-led contemporary spaces, sophisticated gray-toned kitchens
Runmill Isle
Runmill Isle is the warm coastal gray with visible grain - closer to a wind-weathered cedar than to slate. The undertone is comfortably warm, the grain is honest, and the overall read is genuinely current. The 60" plank length gives the grain pattern room to play out across the floor in long continuous passes, which is the visual that separates a wide-plank engineered oak from a mass-market printed vinyl. A safer, warmer alternative to the cooler grays.
Best For:
Coastal interiors, modern beach houses, warm-toned soft-gray transitional rooms
Ryder
Ryder is the architectural medium-gray - clean, even, with a quiet grain that reads as worked wood rather than as printed pattern. It is the gray for buyers who want the floor to feel deliberate and modern without leaning industrial or moody. The 60" plank format is what lets a quiet color like Ryder hold a room; long, continuous boards read as a designed surface, which is the proportion that contemporary interiors are built around.
Best For:
Contemporary urban interiors, modern lofts, mid-tone gray transitional kitchens
Weathered Brina
Weathered Brina is the soft weathered-gray with real driftwood character - gentle grain, a warm undertone, and the kind of sun-bleached softness that defines current coastal interiors. The 60" plank length lets the gentle variation spread across long sweeps of floor, which is what makes the weathered look read as authentic rather than as forced. Whitewashed shiplap, raw linen, brass fixtures, and soft seafoam accents all sit cleanly on top.
Best For:
Coastal weathered interiors, modern beach houses, soft warm-gray transitional kitchens
Whitfield Gray
Whitfield Gray carries the warm-soft-gray DNA that runs through the broader Cyrus catalog into XL Cyrus - driftwood-leaning, gently grained, and unmistakably current rather than dated. The 60" plank length is what elevates this color; the same gray in a short plank reads pleasant but everyday, while in the XL format it reads as a designed wide-plank floor. The proportions are what move the look up a tier.
Best For:
Modern coastal homes, light contemporary interiors, soft-gray transitional family rooms
Woburn Abbey
Woburn Abbey is the deeper, warmer gray with the kind of chromatic depth that traditional-leaning interiors have always called for in a floor. It is closer to weathered stained oak than to a true gray, with rich grain that reads as worked wood. The 60" plank length carries the long, continuous grain lines that formal traditional rooms expect from a substantial floor - and that short vinyl planks have never been able to deliver convincingly.
Best For:
English-traditional interiors, library and study rooms, formal transitional living rooms
Wolfeboro
Wolfeboro is the moody warm-gray that lands somewhere between Bracken Hill and Grayton, with the kind of grain that reads as worked-and-weathered oak. It is the floor for lake houses, mountain-modern interiors, and any room that wants a gray with real chromatic depth without going stark. The 60" plank lets the warmth and the moodiness coexist across long continuous boards.
Best For:
Modern lake homes, mountain-modern interiors, moody warm-gray transitional kitchens
Akadia
Akadia is the soft, sun-warmed tan, and the 60" plank length is where the color actually starts to show what it can do. Long planks let the gentle grain variation read as a continuous flow across the room rather than chopping into short, busy segments. The undertone stays clean - warm enough that the floor never feels cold, restrained enough that white shaker cabinets, off-white walls, and brushed-nickel hardware all sit cleanly on top.
Best For:
Bright neutral kitchens, transitional living rooms, sunlit open-plans
Austell Grove
Austell Grove sits one shade deeper than Akadia - a true mid-warm tan with enough chromatic variation to feel like real, lived-in oak. The 60" plank stretches the natural color shifts into longer sweeps, which is what makes the floor read as wide-plank engineered hardwood rather than as printed vinyl. It is the safest defensible pick for a home that has mixed cabinetry tones, painted millwork, and a transitional palette to balance.
Best For:
Transitional family homes, modern farmhouse, mid-warmth open-plans
Chester Hills
Chester Hills sits in the warm tan range with Akadia and Sandino but pushes a touch lighter and a touch cleaner - closer to a sun-bleached oak than to a deeply grained wood. The character is in the subtle variation rather than in heavy graining, which is what makes it a stable, easy-to-live-with choice. The 60" plank gives the soft grain room to play out at room scale, and the floor ends up reading the way wide-plank oak does in design-forward farmhouse kitchens.
Best For:
Modern farmhouse kitchens, transitional living rooms, warm everyday interiors
Lenexa Creek
Lenexa Creek is the soft, sandy tan with a touch more grain character than Akadia - a balanced, real-wood-leaning color that lives comfortably in the middle. The 60" plank format pulls the gentle variation into long continuous sweeps that read as authentic wide-plank oak rather than as repeated print. It is one of the easier colors to commit to, because the warmth is genuine but the saturation stays low enough that almost any cabinetry tone works on top.
Best For:
Modern coastal interiors, transitional kitchens, warm everyday family homes
Sandino
Sandino is the warm sandy tan that anchors the heart of the XL Cyrus catalog - golden enough to read warm in any light, restrained enough to never tip toward orange. The grain is balanced: visible character without busy distraction. The 60" plank length is what makes the warmth work at room scale; the gentle gold variation pulls across long sweeps of floor in a way that short vinyl can never replicate. One of the most universally flattering colors, and one of the easiest to commit to.
Best For:
Sunlit kitchens, modern coastal living rooms, warm transitional open-plans
Brookings
Brookings is the soft, warm blonde - pale enough to brighten a room, warm enough to never read cold the way the previous decade's blondes always did. The grain is restrained, which is what keeps a pale floor reading as quiet space rather than as visual noise. The 60" plank is what unlocks the Scandinavian-modern look this color was made for: long, light, continuous boards running across the floor in the same proportions as the wide-plank engineered hardwoods that defined the look.
Best For:
Scandinavian-leaning interiors, modern coastal kitchens, bright airy spaces
Brookline
Brookline is the slightly warmer, slightly more grained of the two blondes, with the kind of subtle character that keeps a light floor from disappearing entirely. It is the right call when the room needs brightness but also needs the floor to have a bit of personality. The 60" plank length keeps the warm grain reading as continuous wood rather than as a repeated print, which is the entire visual advantage of going XL in a blonde.
Best For:
Modern transitional homes, bright urban interiors, warm Scandinavian palettes
Valleyview Grove
Valleyview Grove is the warm blonde with a touch more visible grain than Brookings - soft golden undertone, subtle character in the grain, and the kind of light-but-grounded look that modern Scandinavian interiors have been pulling toward for years. The 60" plank length is critical for a blonde of this character: long boards let the warm grain read as one continuous floor rather than as repeated print, which is the entire visual reason to specify long-plank vinyl in the first place.
Best For:
Bright contemporary homes, modern Scandinavian-leaning interiors, airy minimalist spaces
Braly
Braly is the warm, medium-brown center - the one most homeowners gravitate toward once they put samples on the floor next to their cabinetry. It is unhurried, balanced, and warm without ever tipping toward orange. The 60" plank is what turns this color from a fine choice into a strong one: long continuous grain lines mean the floor reads as a designed space rather than as a patterned surface. The everyday workhorse of the XL Cyrus lineup.
Best For:
Transitional family homes, warm modern kitchens, everyday workhorse interiors
Amber Forrester
Amber Forrester is the warm-amber heart of the brown range - saturated enough to anchor a room, restrained enough to never feel orange or dated. In the 60" format, the grain runs long and uninterrupted, which is how stained oak looked when it was installed in real homes decades ago, and it is the visual the short-plank version of this color can never quite catch. Craftsman trim, leather furniture, and brass fixtures all sit on it naturally.
Best For:
Warm-traditional kitchens, family rooms, Craftsman-leaning interiors
Barnstorm
Barnstorm leans into the saturated rustic-brown direction that modern farmhouse and mountain-modern interiors have been pulling toward for the last few years. There is real chromatic depth in the print - lighter strands cutting through deeper brown plank-to-plank - and the 60" length lets those passes of variation play out at room scale instead of repeating every four feet. Painted-white millwork, navy cabinetry, and warm-cream walls all anchor cleanly on this floor.
Best For:
Rustic-modern interiors, mountain homes, warm farmhouse kitchens
Exotika
Exotika is the most visually expressive brown - heavily grained, chromatically complex, with the kind of dramatic plank-to-plank variation that you would otherwise only get from genuinely exotic hardwood species. It is not a quiet floor; it is a focal-point floor. The 60" plank length is what turns that drama into a designed effect rather than a chaotic one, because the long boards let the variation pace itself across the room instead of repeating every few feet.
Best For:
Bold transitional spaces, dramatic living rooms, designer-led interiors
Fauna
Fauna is the warm, lightly rustic brown that sits in the same neighborhood as Braly but with a touch more visible character. The grain runs honest and lived-in - knots, color shifts, and grained passes that read as worked oak rather than as a printed surface. In the 60" plank length, those details get the room they need to read as authentic wide-plank flooring, which is the entire reason long-plank vinyl is worth specifying in the first place.
Best For:
Rustic-modern kitchens, mountain interiors, warm layered family rooms
Walnut Waves
Walnut Waves is the grained walnut-leaning brown - chromatically rich, with the kind of dramatic plank-to-plank variation that reads as genuine hardwood from across the room. It is the floor for spaces that want the floor itself to be part of the design story rather than a quiet background. The 60" plank length is what makes that drama work; long boards pace the variation across the room rather than letting it repeat into busyness every few feet.
Best For:
Designer-led contemporary interiors, statement living rooms, modern-traditional kitchens
Barrell
Barrell is the deep, saturated dark-brown choice - closer to a true walnut than to espresso, with enough lighter grain running through the grain to keep the floor from going flat. Dark vinyl in short-plank format almost always reads cheap; the 60" plank fundamentally fixes that, because the long continuous grain lines are the visual that real dark hardwood has and short vinyl has always faked. It is the floor for rooms that want gravity without losing warmth.
Best For:
Statement rooms, dark-cabinet kitchens, contemporary living areas
Bembridge
Bembridge runs a touch warmer and more reddened than Barrell - closer to aged stained oak than to walnut. The color carries the kind of chromatic complexity that traditional and English-leaning interiors lean on: leather, brass, deep green walls, and painted-cream millwork all read richer against a floor like this. The 60" plank gives Bembridge the proportions that formal traditional rooms have always called for, which short vinyl has never been able to deliver.
Best For:
English-traditional interiors, library and study rooms, layered formal spaces
Billingham
Billingham is the deep brown for rooms that want the weight of dark wood without the heaviness - a cooler-leaning dark with enough graining to keep the floor reading as authentic. It is the color that lets darker cabinetry tones, deep blues, and matte-black hardware coexist without the room feeling closed in. The 60" plank stretches every grain line long enough to read as wide-plank stained oak from across the room.
Best For:
Sophisticated transitional interiors, dark-cabinet kitchens, modern-traditional homes
Hawthorne
Hawthorne is one of the most sophisticated dark browns - saturated, evenly grained, with the kind of grounded warmth that anchors formal-leaning rooms without ever feeling heavy. The 60" plank is what makes a deep floor like this defensible; short-plank dark vinyl tends to read flat and cheap, but stretched long, Hawthorne carries the proportions and visual rhythm of real wide-plank stained oak. Painted-white cabinetry, brass hardware, and deep wall colors all benefit from the contrast.
Best For:
Sophisticated transitional kitchens, dark-walled formal spaces, modern-traditional interiors
Jenta
Jenta is the cool-leaning dark brown - closer to a deep walnut with charcoal undertones than to a warm chocolate. It is the right call when the room needs the weight of dark wood but wants to lean modern rather than traditional, with crisp matte-black hardware, deep blues or greens on the walls, and clean-lined cabinetry. The 60" plank gives Jenta the proportions that contemporary interiors expect from a dark floor - and that short vinyl planks have never been able to deliver.
Best For:
Modern formal interiors, dark-trim kitchens, contemporary spaces with deep palettes
Stable
Stable is the warm-leaning dark brown with rustic character - grained, lived-in, with visible color shifts that read as aged stained oak. It is the dark floor for rooms that want gravity with warmth: cream walls, leather furniture, brass and bronze accents, and the layered-rustic interiors that have come to define mountain-modern design. The 60" plank is what gives Stable the visual proportions that real dark wide-plank floors have always had.
Best For:
Rustic-modern living rooms, mountain homes, warm dark-floor traditional interiors
The Bottom Line
XL Cyrus is the long-plank version of the value-tier vinyl that has anchored the MSI catalog for years. Same construction, same wear layer, same warranty, in the 60-inch plank format that was, until very recently, a premium-tier feature.
For homeowners who want the visual upgrade of a long-plank floor without committing to a premium-tier price, this is the collection to be looking at. Order samples before committing. The 60-inch plank is a different visual experience than any photograph can fully convey, and every wood-look reads differently against your own cabinets, walls, and natural light.
MSI XL Cyrus FAQ
The questions homeowners, contractors, and designers ask before specifying the collection.
What is the difference between XL Cyrus and regular Cyrus?
It is the same value-tier construction in a longer plank. XL Cyrus runs the same 5mm SPC rigid core, the same 12 mil wear layer, the same attached pad, and the same waterproof spec as the standard Cyrus collection - what changes is the plank length. Standard Cyrus runs the typical 48" plank that defines mid-market vinyl; XL Cyrus stretches that to 60". The construction tier is identical; the visual is meaningfully different.
Why does long-plank actually matter for how a floor looks?
Long planks read as a more refined floor. Standard 48" vinyl creates an end joint every four feet, which means the eye picks up the seams as a repeating pattern across the room - especially in larger open-plan spaces. The 60" plank format spreads those seams out, lets the grain run as longer continuous lines, and reads visually closer to the wide-plank engineered hardwoods that defined high-end residential builds for the last decade. Until recently, long-plank vinyl was almost exclusively a premium-tier feature; XL Cyrus is one of the first value-tier collections to bring it down-market.
Who is XL Cyrus right for?
It is the right call for budget-conscious homeowners, landlords, and contractors who want the visual upgrade of a long-plank floor without paying the premium-tier price. XL Cyrus delivers the long-plank proportions of collections that cost meaningfully more, with the same workhorse 5mm SPC construction and 12 mil wear layer that Cyrus has been built on for years. It is also a strong pick for short-term-rental and flip projects where the finished floor needs to read as premium even when the spec sheet is value-tier.
Is MSI XL Cyrus waterproof?
Yes. Every plank in the XL Cyrus collection is built on a 100 percent waterproof SPC (stone polymer composite) rigid core, which means it will not swell, warp, or delaminate from water exposure. That makes XL Cyrus a valid choice for kitchens, bathrooms, mudrooms, basements, and any other room where moisture is a real consideration.
What is the wear layer on XL Cyrus?
12 mil. That is the standard wear layer for value-tier residential vinyl - it handles normal household traffic, family use, and reasonable pet activity without trouble. The 12 mil thickness is exactly where XL Cyrus is positioned: it is not built for heavy commercial work the way the upgraded Cyrus 2.0 (20 mil) is, but for everyday residential installs it carries the same warranty backing and the same durable design layer.
How does XL Cyrus install?
It floats. Like every SPC click-lock vinyl, XL Cyrus uses a tongue-and-groove click profile that snaps together over the subfloor without glue or nails. A floating install is faster than glue-down, DIY-friendly, and forgiving of minor subfloor imperfections. The attached pad on each plank handles sound transmission and underfoot feel - most installs do not require a separate underlayment, though a moisture barrier is still required on below-grade concrete.
What are the XL Cyrus plank dimensions?
9" wide by 60" long, with a 5mm SPC core and 12 mil wear layer. The 60" length is what defines this collection visually - longer than the 48" planks that dominate the rest of the value-tier vinyl market, with the same wide-plank proportions that read as current and refined rather than as standard-issue.
What is the warranty on MSI XL Cyrus?
Lifetime Limited Residential and 10-Year Light Commercial - the same warranty structure that backs the rest of the Cyrus catalog. The residential warranty covers manufacturing defects, wear-through of the design layer, and waterproof performance for as long as the original purchaser owns the home, which is among the strongest warranties available at this construction tier.
Order Your Samples
It is always worth seeing your favorite colors in person before you commit. Order XL Cyrus samples for a flat $9.99 shipping fee (up to 10 per order), and full flooring orders over $1,999 ship free to your home.