If you will like to go little different than Indian / traditional one, mint green colour is in trend and goes well with brick colour walls. Looks good if you have white appliances, crockery and some other elements that are visible with it. (Sourced from google images) https://goo.gl/images/Wyu1kR

Thanks. I am aware of potential materials (e.g. quartz). I was looking more at what color combination works well with ash oak cabinet colors? Would a softer tone mimicking wooden countertop (e.g. brown/beige colors) work better or would a darker tone such as black/dark brown go well?

White would work the best for overhead cabinets. But in case you want to get lower cabinets too, then go for light wood look sun mica like Oak, or ash

Hi The shade of cabinets depends.on A : shade of your platform.top , wall & floor tiles. Pls email image.of them to Info@spcontractors.in. we can take .it forward from there Thanks Good day