January 31
Birthday Color: Wakameiro
#E0EBAF · rgb(224, 235, 175) · hsl(71, 60%, 80%) · CMYK(5,0,26,8)
CMYK values are numeric conversions from RGB and may differ from print standards.
Zodiac: Aquarius ♒
Color words & personality
If you were born on January 31, your color Wakameiro reads as balanced and steady. Its color words point to patience: you grow things at their pace, not yours, and they last because of it. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Telling someone "the color of my birthday" alone moves the conversation one step forward.
Try it: For room fabric or a plant pot — a color that brings calm.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of January 31
Birth star
Acubens
Star words: sheltering pincer, holding fast
Cancer · α Cnc · mag 4.26 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Winter peony
Meaning: prosperity, regal bearing
Peak: Jan, Feb
Winter peony closes January on the 31st, paired with Wakameiro (#E0EBAF) and the color word patience. Prosperity and regal bearing are still its hanakotoba, and it still peaks in January and February. After the aluminum gray of its earlier date, this pale sea-green is a gentler reading: the same heavy flower, seen in the thin light at the end of the month.
January closes under Acubens — Arabic for 'the claw' — the 4.26-magnitude star in Cancer's pincer, which a small telescope splits into two. Its star words are sheltering pincer and holding fast, and on the 31st it culminates around midnight. The day's color is Wakameiro (#E0EBAF), a pale sprout-green whose color word is patience. A grip that will not let go, and green the color of things that wait to grow: the month ends held, not hurried.
The Grey mullet reaches winter seas on January 31, journey's end, its flesh firmed by cold — the very picture of "fortitude." Grilled or glazed it rewards simply; its cured roe, karasumi, is a king among delicacies. The fish words are "journey" and "fortitude," the season December and January. Today's birthday color is Wakameiro (#E0EBAF), a pale budding green that lights the turning of the month. Close the journey gently at the day's table.
The Iyokan is the birth fruit of Jan 31. The Iyokan is a citrus fruit whose peak runs Jan and Feb. In fruit words, it stands for mellowness and tolerance. Peak season: Jan and Feb. The color side of the day is Wakameiro (#E0EBAF). Its color word is "patience". The day pairs the season's fruit with its own color.
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 31?
- The birth flower for January 31 is the Winter peony. Its hanakotoba include prosperity, regal bearing, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birth fish for January 31?
- The birth fish for January 31 is the Grey mullet. Its fish words include journey, fortitude, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fruit for January 31?
- The birth fruit for January 31 is the Iyokan. Its fruit words include mellowness, tolerance, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birthday color for January 31?
- The birthday color for January 31 is Wakameiro (#E0EBAF). It pairs with the day's flower, Winter peony.
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Color palette for Wakameiro
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#F2F7DE
oklch(96.6% 0.033 116.2)
#E0EBAF
oklch(91.7% 0.079 116.4)
base
#C4D966
oklch(84.6% 0.143 118.2)
Analogous (±30°)
#EBD8AF
oklch(88.8% 0.058 86.0)
#E0EBAF
oklch(91.7% 0.079 116.4)
base
#C2EBAF
oklch(89.6% 0.091 135.9)
Complementary (+180°)
#E0EBAF
oklch(91.7% 0.079 116.4)
#BAAFEB
oklch(78.4% 0.085 292.7)
base
#DCD6F5
oklch(89.0% 0.043 294.4)
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