Summer has a feeling before it has a color — warm air, water moving, fruit on the counter. This scheme tries to hold all of that at once. A clear Sky Blue leads, the kind of blue that looks like the hour just before the heat sets in, and it sets the easy, open mood for everything else.
Against it, Citrus Yellow is the spark — bright and a little juicy, used in small amounts so it stays joyful instead of loud. Sea Glass softens the gap between the two, that pale green you find in tide pools, while Warm Sand does the calm, grounding work across the largest surfaces so the brights have somewhere to land.
For 2026 I like keeping the brights a touch dustier than a beachy cliche, then dropping in Deep Navy as the anchor — on a door, a frame, a single bold piece. It pulls the whole palette back to evening and keeps the summer in it warm rather than sugary.