January 23
Birthday Color: Tsuyukusa
#38A1DB · rgb(56, 161, 219) · hsl(201, 69%, 54%) · CMYK(74,26,0,14)
CMYK values are numeric conversions from RGB and may differ from print standards.
Zodiac: Aquarius ♒
Color words & personality
Tsuyukusa is the birthday color for January 23. In this system it belongs to a family read as thoughtful and loyal. Its color words point to depth: you keep your promises quietly, and people learn they can build on that. In print, this color shows a vivid, confident saturation. Colors propose; they do not decide. Your own reading is the final one.
Try it: For a handkerchief or tie — items that stay near you daily.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of January 23
Birth star
Alsciaukat
Star words: lynx eye, piercing sight
Lynx · 31 Lyn · mag 4.25 — Culminates around midnight
Birth fish
Splendid alfonsino
Fish words: celebration, depth
Peak: Dec, Jan
January 23 brings the Japanese apricot back, paired with Tsuyukusa (#38A1DB) and the color word depth. The tree's hanakotoba of noble and patience holds, and it peaks in January and February as before. This is the darkest of the apricot's three dates: a clear mid-blue set against five pale petals, with the contrast doing most of the work.
The birth star of January 23 is Alsciaukat — 'the thorn' in Arabic — a 4.25-magnitude star in Lynx. The constellation itself is young, drawn up by Hevelius in the 17th century, who remarked that only a lynx's eyes could make out its faint stars. Its star words are lynx eye and piercing sight, and it culminates near midnight. The day's color is Tsuyukusa (#38A1DB), whose color word is depth. A thorn of a star and a deep, dewy blue: sharp sight meets deep water.
From deep water comes January 23's Splendid alfonsino, raised where sunlight rarely reaches, its flesh dense with fat and deep umami, it is said. Grilled dry it turns fragrant; as shabu-shabu, gentle sweetness springs forward. The fish words are "celebration" and "depth," the season December through January. Today's birthday color is Tsuyukusa (#38A1DB), a blue of depth beside the crimson body. A festive plate for the day's table.
Jan 23 belongs to the Kumquat (キンカン). A citrus fruit of the season, the Kumquat arrives from Dec and Jan. Fruit words attach "small medal and devotion" to the Kumquat. It is in season Dec and Jan. This day's birthday color: Tsuyukusa (#38A1DB). The color word here is "depth". A seasonal fruit and a birthday color, sharing one date.
Our birth flowers are an independently compiled system based on flowering seasons and hanakotoba. Birth stars are assigned by an astronomical rule — the IAU-named star culminating around midnight on that date. Birth fish and fruits are compiled independently by peak season (fish include seafood).
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for January 23?
- The birth flower for January 23 is the Japanese apricot. Its hanakotoba include noble, patience, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birth fish for January 23?
- The birth fish for January 23 is the Splendid alfonsino. Its fish words include celebration, depth, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fruit for January 23?
- The birth fruit for January 23 is the Kumquat. Its fruit words include small medal, devotion, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birthday color for January 23?
- The birthday color for January 23 is Tsuyukusa (#38A1DB). It pairs with the day's flower, Japanese apricot.
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Color palette for Tsuyukusa
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#86C6E9
oklch(79.6% 0.082 233.1)
#38A1DB
oklch(67.5% 0.127 237.5)
base
#1C6E9B
oklch(51.3% 0.103 238.5)
Analogous (±30°)
#38DBC3
oklch(80.5% 0.134 180.3)
#38A1DB
oklch(67.5% 0.127 237.5)
base
#3850DB
oklch(50.4% 0.212 269.4)
Complementary (+180°)
#38A1DB
oklch(67.5% 0.127 237.5)
#DB7238
oklch(66.3% 0.149 47.1)
base
#EFBEA4
oklch(83.9% 0.067 49.4)
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