Cambria Quartz Countertops: Design Series, Colors and Cost

Cambria is an American-made natural quartz surface, produced in Le Sueur, Minnesota by a family-owned company founded in 2000. Every slab is roughly 93 percent quartz, non-porous, never needs sealing, and carries a transferable Full Lifetime Warranty that stays with the house if you sell it.

The one thing to understand before you shop: Cambria prices by Design Series, not by square footage alone. Two slabs of identical size can sit several tiers apart because of the series they belong to. There are five series, from Classic to Grandeur, and the series you pick moves your countertop budget more than any other choice you make.

This guide maps all five series, the 157 Cambria designs we carry at our Wayne, NJ showroom, the color and pattern taxonomy, slab sizes, finishes, and what actually drives installed cost. Every series assignment below was cross-checked against the Cambria Standard Product Guide dated December 1, 2025.

What Cambria quartz actually is

Cambria slabs are engineered from natural quartz bound with resin and pigment, then cured and finished. The practical consequences matter more than the chemistry.

• No sealing, ever. A non-porous surface does not absorb liquid, so the annual resealing routine that comes with granite does not apply. Our quartz versus granite comparison covers that maintenance difference in detail.
• Consistent slab to slab. A manufactured surface repeats. Large kitchens and multi-slab runs are far easier to plan than with natural stone, where every slab is unique.
• Stain and scratch resistant, not heat proof. Resin softens under direct heat. Trivets are not optional with any quartz brand, Cambria included.
• Transferable Full Lifetime Warranty. Cambria coverage follows the home to the next owner. Most competing quartz warranties are limited and tied to the original buyer.
• Made in the USA. Cambria products meet Build America Buy America and Buy American Act requirements, which is why the brand appears so often on publicly funded and institutional projects.

Still deciding between quartz, granite, quartzite and porcelain? Start with our guide to choosing the right countertop material, then come back once quartz is settled.

The five Cambria Design Series, and why they set your price

Cambria sorts every design into one of five pricing series. The series is fixed by the manufacturer, published in its product guide, and used by every authorized dealer. It is the first number that moves on a quote.

Of the 157 Cambria designs in our range, 155 carry a published series. The two exceptions, Talbot Gray and Cambrian Gold, have been retired by the manufacturer and no longer appear in the current guide.

Classic ($)

Classic designs trade movement for calm. Fine particle structure, tight tonal range, little or no veining. They read as a background surface rather than a focal point, which makes them the right call when the cabinetry or backsplash is doing the visual work. Whitehall is the reference point here: a soft white with a quiet grain that behaves predictably across a long run.

All 29 Classic designs we carry: Axbridge, Beaumont, Canterbury, Carmarthen Brown, Clyde, Cranbrook, Darlington, Dunmore, Galloway, Hamilton, Harlech, Hawkridge, Haydon, Hyde Park, Kelvingrove, Kentmere, Lancaster, Lincolnshire, Linwood, Mackworth, Newport, Park Gate, Seagrove, Snowdon White, Templeton, Warwick, Whitehall, Wilshire Red, Windermere.

Signature ($$)

Signature is the largest series and where most kitchens land. You get real pattern at mid scale, which is enough to look intentional without taking over the room. Carrick and Montgomery are the gray veined workhorses, Blackbrook and Fieldstone cover the darker end, and Charlestown and Berwyn sit in the warmer middle.

All 57 Signature designs we carry: Ainsley, Armitage, Avalene, Bellingham, Berkeley, Berwyn, Blackbrook, Bradshaw, Bradwell, Brighstone, Brookvale, Cambria Black, Carrick, Charlestown, Charston, Clifton, Colton, Copeland, Crowndale, Devon, Dovestone, Fairbourne, Fieldstone, Hadley, Halewood, Havergate, Hermitage, Highgate, Kendal, Laneshaw, MacBeth, Malvern, Minera, Montgomery, Nadenbrook, New Quay, Pendle Hill, Praa Sands, Risegate, Rose Bay, Ruxley, Sandgate, Seacourt, Skye, Smithfield, Summerhill, Sutherland, Swanbridge, Torquay, Trafalgar, Travella, Wentwood, Weybourne, Whitendale, Whitney, Windrush, Woodcroft.

Coordinates ($$$)

Coordinates is the series most buyers have never heard of, and it exists for a specific job: pairing surfaces within one project. If an island takes a dramatic Luxury design, Coordinates gives you a companion for the perimeter, the butler pantry or a bathroom that shares the palette without repeating the pattern. Traymore Bay, released in 2026, and Inverness Stonestreet are both Coordinates designs.

All 9 Coordinates designs we carry: Big Sur Mist, Black Rock, Foggy City, Inverness Stonestreet, Mammoth Cave, Minnesota Snow, Salt Lake, St. Isley, Traymore Bay.

Luxury ($$$$)

Luxury is the marble-look tier. Large-format veining, higher contrast, and the pattern scale that makes a waterfall island work. The Brittanicca family and the Inverness family both sit here, including Brittanicca, Inverness Frost, Inverness Blakeley, White Cliff and Kenwood. If this is the look you are after, read our guide to choosing a realistic marble-look quartz before you commit, because vein scale behaves very differently on a 10-foot island than it does on a sample chip.

All 52 Luxury designs we carry: Abbey, Annaleigh, Annicca, Beckington, Bentley, Blackpool, Brighton, Brittanicca, Brittanicca Block, Brittanicca Gold Cool, Brittanicca Gold Warm, Brittanicca Warm, Claremont, Clovelly, Delamere, Delgatie, Ella, Everleigh, Everleigh Warm, Gladstone, Golden Dragon, Hailey, Harlow, Harrogate, Hawksmoore, Hemsworth, Huntley, Inverness Blakeley, Inverness Bristol Bay, Inverness Bronze, Inverness Cobalt, Inverness Everleigh, Inverness Frost, Inverness Gold, Inverness Platinum, Inverness Swansea, Ironsbridge, Ivybridge, Kenwood, Lakedale, Mayfair, Mersey, MonTaaj, Notting Hill, Oakleigh, Portrush, Queen Anne, Remington Brass, Remington Steel, Skara Brae, Southport, White Cliff.

Grandeur ($$$$$)

Grandeur is a short list of statement surfaces: the Berkshire and Windsor families, in Brass and Steel, several of them in Satin Ridge or Sculpted textures that carry physical relief rather than a flat finish. These are specified for feature walls, bar fronts and islands where the surface is the design. Remington Steel sits one tier below in Luxury and is often the compromise when a Grandeur texture is out of budget.

All 8 Grandeur designs we carry: Berkshire Brass, Berkshire Brass Satin Ridge, Berkshire Brass Sculpted, Berkshire Steel Satin Ridge, Berkshire Steel Sculpted, Windsor Brass, Windsor Brass Satin Ridge, Windsor Steel Satin Ridge.

Cambria colors, by tone family

Series tells you the price. Tone tells you whether it works in your room. Here is how the Cambria designs we carry break down by dominant color, counted from our live catalog.

Designs can carry more than one tone tag, so these counts overlap. For a broader view across every brand we stock, see our guide to quartz countertop colors, or the dedicated breakdowns on white quartz countertops and black quartz countertops.

Pattern movement: the vocabulary that actually predicts the look

Cambria classifies its designs by the kind of movement across the slab. This is the field most buyers ignore and then regret, because two designs in the same tone family and the same series can look nothing alike once they are cut to 10 feet.

Vein-heavy designs are where slab selection matters most. A vein that looks balanced on a sample can land badly on a seam or die into a sink cutout. We lay out every vein-heavy job in our in-house fabrication shop before cutting, which is the only reliable way to control where a vein lands.

Slab sizes, thickness and finishes

Cambria publishes two nominal slab sizes. The difference decides how many slabs your kitchen needs and whether a seam can be avoided.

Not every design is produced in both sizes, and that is a constraint worth checking before you fall in love with a color. If your island needs a single uninterrupted piece, slab availability narrows the shortlist before anything else does.

Thickness. Cambria publishes designs in 1 cm, 2 cm and 3 cm. For kitchen countertops 3 cm is the standard specification in our market, with 2 cm used for vanities and for laminated edge build-ups. Thickness interacts directly with the edge you choose, which we cover in the guide to countertop edge profiles.

Finishes. Cambria offers Polished, Cambria Matte, Cambria Satin and Cambria Luxe, plus textured treatments including Sculpted and Satin Ridge on selected Grandeur designs. Not every finish exists for every design. Matte and satin finishes hide water spots better than polished but show fingerprints more on dark tones, so the finish decision should follow the color decision, not lead it.

What a Cambria countertop actually costs

There is no single square-foot number for Cambria, and any page that gives you one is guessing. The installed price is built from six independent variables.

1. Design Series. The largest single factor. Moving a kitchen from Classic to Luxury can change the material line substantially with no change in square footage.
2. Square footage and slab yield. You pay for slabs, not for finished surface. A 48 sq ft kitchen that cannot be nested into one 47 sq ft slab needs two slabs, and the offcut is still billed.
3. Thickness. 3 cm costs more than 2 cm in material but removes the labor of laminating an edge.
4. Edge profile. An eased or straight edge is machine time. An ogee or a mitered waterfall is hand work and extra material.
5. Cutouts and fabrication detail. Undermount sink reveals, cooktop cutouts, drainboards and backsplash returns each add shop time.
6. Template, delivery and installation. Laser templating, removal of the old surface, and install labor are quoted per project.

One timing note that works in a buyer’s favor right now: in September 2026 Cambria announced a pricing guarantee of zero price increases across its portfolio until at least 2028, backed by more than 260 million dollars of US manufacturing investment. For a kitchen project being planned over several months, that removes the material escalation risk that currently applies to most imported surfaces.

The honest way to get your number is a measured quote. We provide free 3D kitchen design and a free template, measure and estimate for North Jersey homes, and financing options if you want to spread the cost. If your budget is fixed and you would rather start from price, our in-stock countertop deals are a separate program built around our own stocked quartz rather than Cambria.

New Cambria designs for 2026

Cambria adds designs every year and retires others. 15 of the designs we carry are current-generation releases: Annaleigh, Avalene, Berkshire Steel Satin Ridge, Brighton, Claremont, Everleigh Warm, Inverness Blakeley, Inverness Stonestreet, Kenwood, MacBeth, MonTaaj, Remington Brass, Remington Steel, St. Isley, Traymore Bay.

Traymore Bay is the one drawing the most search interest. It is a Coordinates-series design on a crisp white ground with soft gray and taupe veining, produced in 2 cm and 3 cm, in polished and satin, on the 60 sq ft jumbo slab. Kenwood, Inverness Blakeley and Remington Steel are the other recent additions we see specified most often.

Cambria designs that have been discontinued

This is the section nobody publishes, and it is the one that saves a repair job. 8 designs in our range have been retired by the manufacturer: Cambrian Gold, Cranbrook, Harlech, Harrogate, Hyde Park, Mackworth, Talbot Gray, Wilshire Red.

A discontinued design is not a problem for a new installation while material remains available. It becomes a problem later, when a damaged section needs replacing and no matching slab exists. If you own one of these surfaces and are planning a change to the layout, talk to us before anything is cut.

Cambria compared with the other quartz brands we carry

We are not a single-brand dealer, so the comparison below reflects what we actually see across jobs rather than a manufacturer position.

If the marble look is the goal rather than the brand, compare Cambria Luxury designs against the Calacatta and Carrara quartz options before deciding. Against natural stone, our granite color guide and the super white quartzite guide cover the alternatives honestly.

Where to see Cambria slabs in person in North Jersey

Cambria does not sell direct to homeowners. Every slab is bought through an authorized dealer who templates, fabricates and installs it, which is why the most common search around this brand is some version of who sells Cambria near me.

Aqua Kitchen and Stone Gallery has been fabricating and installing stone in North Jersey since 2006. Our 8,000 square foot Wayne showroom and slab yard at 1107 Route 23 South sits roughly 25 minutes from most of Passaic, Bergen, Morris and Essex County. What that gets you in practice:

• Full slabs, not chips. A 3 by 3 inch sample cannot show you vein scale. Seeing the slab is the entire point of visiting.
• Our own fabrication shop. CNC cutting and laser templating in house, so slab layout, seam placement and vein matching are decisions we control rather than subcontract.
• Our own installation crews. One company is accountable from template to final caulk.
• Free 3D design and a kitchen visualizer. See the design on your layout before committing.
• Commercial capability. We fabricate for multifamily and hospitality projects as well as single kitchens, which matters when Build America Buy America compliance is part of the specification.

Prefer to start at home? Book an in-home appointment. Want to know how we work first? Read why homeowners choose us and our customer reviews, or see the full list of services we provide.

Frequently asked questions about Cambria countertops

Is Cambria high end quartz?

Yes, across most of its range, but the brand is not priced as a single tier. Classic designs compete with mainstream quartz, while Luxury and Grandeur designs sit at the top of the engineered-stone market. The series name on the design tells you where it falls far more reliably than the brand name does.

What are the disadvantages of Cambria?

Three real ones. Price: the Luxury and Grandeur series cost more than most imported quartz of similar appearance. Heat: like all quartz, the resin binder is vulnerable to direct heat, so a hot pan straight from the burner can leave a mark. Availability: not every design is produced in every thickness, finish and slab size, so a specific combination can be unavailable even when the color is in the catalog. None of these are defects. They are trade-offs to plan around.

How much does a slab of Cambria quartz cost?

It depends on the Design Series, the thickness, and whether you need a standard 47 sq ft slab or a jumbo 60 sq ft slab. A Classic design in 2 cm and a Grandeur design in 3 cm are not comparable products. Because the countertop price also includes templating, fabrication and installation, a slab price on its own will not tell you what your kitchen costs. Call 973-706-5926 or request a free estimate and we will quote the actual slab count your layout needs.

Is Cambria cheaper than granite?

Sometimes. Classic and Signature designs frequently land in the same range as mid-grade granite, and they remove the cost of periodic sealing. Exotic granite and quartzite often cost more than Classic Cambria, while Luxury and Grandeur Cambria generally cost more than common granite. Compare by series against a specific stone, not brand against category. Our quartz versus granite guide sets out the full comparison.

Which is better, Silestone or Cambria?

They solve different problems. Cambria is made in the United States, carries a transferable lifetime warranty, and has the deeper bench of large-format marble-look veining. Silestone offers low-silica HybriQ lines and a broad color program, often at a lower entry price. If domestic manufacturing, warranty transferability or dramatic veining matter most, Cambria wins. If budget and color breadth lead, Silestone is competitive.

What is the difference between Cambria quartz and regular quartz?

Quartz content and consistency. Cambria slabs are approximately 93 percent quartz, which is at the high end of the engineered-stone range, and the whole line is manufactured at a single US facility rather than sourced across multiple plants. The practical difference shows up in color consistency between slabs bought months apart, which matters on phased projects and on repairs.

Are Cambria countertops good quality?

The measurable indicators are strong: non-porous so no sealing is required, high quartz content, and a transferable Full Lifetime Warranty rather than a limited one tied to the original owner. The warranty is the most telling signal, because a manufacturer that agrees to cover the surface for the next owner is accepting long-term exposure most competitors do not.

Which Cambria design looks most like marble?

The Luxury series, specifically the Brittanicca and Inverness families. Brittanicca is the closest to a Calacatta look, Inverness Frost runs cooler and more restrained, and White Cliff is the quietest of the three. Before choosing any of them, read our guide on how to tell whether a marble look is realistic, because vein scale relative to your island is what separates convincing from obviously fake.

Start with the slab, not the sample

The mistake we correct most often is a design chosen from a 3 inch chip and regretted at 10 feet. Series sets your budget, tone sets the room, but movement scale is what you live with. Come stand in front of the actual slabs.

Browse the full Cambria collection online, see the rest of our quartz countertop range and the wider countertop selection, then visit the Wayne, NJ showroom at 1107 Route 23 South or call 973-706-5926. Template, measure and estimate are free for North Jersey homes.

Planning the rest of the kitchen at the same time? Our guides to choosing a backsplash, matching countertop and cabinet colors, professional countertop installation, working with a countertop fabricator and our New Jersey stone showroom overview cover the decisions that come next.