My question always is why fake plastic stone when there are 100s or real stones to choose from ? Your lighting in your space is what will decide what works with the cabinets . IMO all LEDs 4000K will at least help with that decision. You need to bring home sample so of either the real thing or the plastic one.

The only way to tell if the white of your cabinets and the white background on the quartz will work is to have samples of both. The alabaster is a warm white, so you'll want to make sure the white counters are not too cool. I might actually go darker with the counters and match the gray of the sink. Would be a nice contrast to the cabinets. Something like Silestone Seaport:

My question is, Why are you rushing your choices? Look around at counters while you’re waiting for cab install but don’t choose counter until cabs are in & you see how they look colorwise in your space. Then, bring samples home or bring a cabinet door to the stoneyard or showroom. As for counter material choice, a Pro or a designer helping you should be explaining the differences between manmade and natural stone. It’s your choice which product to use & not their job to criticize products they personally don’t like..

@TJ I know you mean ”…after cabs are in”. 😉 My advice is based on personal experience of choosing countertops & backsplash. Oh my, how I anguished over the BS choices after I was done with the countertop decision. My project was a remodel of cutting a 2 tier island down to all counter height. This necessitated new countertops. Since we already had a different Island color cabinet, we didn’t want 2 different tops on island & perimeter thus the new BS in additon to countertops. It was actually the countertop fabricator who told me I should keep window shopping BS choices but not pull the trigger until counters installed & I could bring samples home. BTW, we changed out our kitchen granite for Cambria quartz! I know the pros/ cons of both very well.. Our island size was the prime driver to choosing Cambria brand…their jumbo slab size worked for creating an island top with no seams. There aren’t any local to me Cambria showrooms & we were nervous about buying without seeing slab except for the 12”x 12” sample. I was able to set up a virtual viewing via Cambria site like a Zoom meeting. We also went to fabricator to view slabs after delivery to them & to approve template placement.

Be careful with the marble look quartz colors, if they are too gray/blue, because you might end up with counters that look blue and cabinets that look yellow.

Since Alabaster is a warm white, am I to stay in the warm category for the quartz color or should I mix warm and cool so it’s not too matchy? I am obviously color challenged and not sure what the rules are!

My understanding is that at least in the world of shades of white, mixing warm & cool tones doesn’t play well. I know that for my set up with warm wood color cabinets, the creamier, warmer tones of white looked much happier no matter which lighting was on them. My cabs are cinnamon & ebony, my counters are Cambria Colton which has rusty brown & a coule different intensities of charcoal or black veining. BS is a 3 tonal colored ’Green tea’ that reads gray & warm white.

Your alabaster cabinets have a slightly yellow undertone. The quartz does not. You do not want to mix warm whites and cool whites; it will look "off". Either go high contrast i.e. alabaster with dark, or find a quartz that has a warmer background color.

HanStone Oceana with Alabaster?

That could work. But again, make sure you get physical samples so you can compare the finishes.

HanStone identifies a color palette with all of their samples. I maybe am wrongly assuming that if it says “warm” it’s going to work. For Montauk and Oceana colors for example it says;
“Montauk: Grey, White, Warm”
“Oceana: Warm”

That's fine, but until you have physical samples and not just ones you've pulled off the computer, you won't know how it really looks together.

Hello! Currently having the same dilemma you had regarding countertops to look nice with SW alabaster cabinets. I would love to know what you decided and see some pics if possible! Thank you :0-)

Yes!! Me too! What did you decide? I’m in the same boat !

We went with HanStone Montauk. When we went to look at physical samples at the dealer, the owner told us HanStone is somewhat of a chameleon and goes well with many color’s including different variations of white. We are really happy with this color choice! I am attaching pictures for perspective on countertops but our kitchen STILL isn’t done-waiting on cabinet door replacements for doors that came damaged. Then on to backsplash. It’s been a long project!

go to a paint store and get some large chips to determine what colour is whatever surface you pick but make sure it works with the cabinets and wall colour. ie blue cabs with yellow walls and pink stone = disaster

Personally despise 4000k lighting

We haven’t decided on a backsplash yet. Waiting for everything else to be done including under cabinet lighting. Our can lights are changeable 2800-4000K. We have them set at 3500K.