December 21
Birthday Color: Lilla
#E0B5D3 · rgb(224, 181, 211) · hsl(318, 41%, 79%) · CMYK(0,19,6,12)
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Zodiac: Sagittarius ♐
Color words & personality
Read through the color words of December 21, Lilla behaves like gentle and perceptive. Its color words point to wrapping paper: a modest go-between that hands beauty over unchanged. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Placed beside a similar color, this one's character stands out even more.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of December 21
Birth star
Menkalinan
Star words: stewardship, support
Auriga · β Aur · mag 1.90 — Culminates around midnight
Skimmia is the December 21 flower. Glossy leaves and small red buds last through winter, and the plant is associated with deep love and sincerity. The birthday color is Lilla (#E0B5D3), a soft lilac with the color word "wrapping paper." A gift-like pairing for the solstice.
Menkalinan culminates again on December 21. One of the bright corners of Auriga's pentagon, at magnitude 1.9 it pierces even suburban skies — a star you can genuinely find tonight. Stewardship and support: its star words hold. Look south at midnight. Beside it, Lilla (#E0B5D3), a pale lilac whose word is wrapping paper. A light that reaches through the city, a color made for gifts: support arrives the way presents do.
The birthday fish of December 21 is the Stone flounder. Its fish words are "grit" and "stone". Said to be named for its stone-hard scales, it keeps a quiet, persistent spirit of its own, at its peak from December into January. The color of the day is Lilla (#E0B5D3). May the soft heart kept safe beneath a hard shell be remembered kindly, for you, today.
The birth fruit for Dec 21 is the Gold kiwifruit (ゴールドキウイ). It is a berry at its best around Nov and Dec. The fruit words for this date read "light and adventure". Nov and Dec is its season. On this date, the birthday color is Lilla (#E0B5D3). The color word here is "wrapping paper". 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).
Famous people & characters born on December 21
- Hermann Joseph MullerCelebrityAmerican biologist (1890–1967)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- William RutoCelebrityPresident of Kenya since 2022
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Florence Griffith JoynerCelebrityAmerican track and field athlete (1959-1998)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Jan ŁukasiewiczCelebrityPolish logician, mathematician, philosopher, rector of the U
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- András SchiffCelebrityHungarian-born British musician (1953–)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Jorien ter MorsCelebrityDutch short and long track speed skater
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Maud GonneCelebrityIrish revolutionary and activist (1866-1953)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Sewall WrightCelebrityAmerican geneticist (1889-1988)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Nasser Al-AttiyahCelebrityQatari rally driver and sport shooter (born 1970)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Adele GoldstineCelebrityAmerican computer programmer (1920–1964)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Donald ReganCelebrityAmerican cabinet official (1918–2003)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Magnus SamuelssonCelebritySwedish strongman
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
Birthdays are listed based on public information (such as Wikipedia). For characters, the birthday is the one given in their official settings.
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for December 21?
- The birth flower for December 21 is the Skimmia. Its hanakotoba include deep love, sincere, and its peak season is Dec, Jan, Feb.
- What is the birth fish for December 21?
- The birth fish for December 21 is the Stone flounder. Its fish words include grit, stone, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fruit for December 21?
- The birth fruit for December 21 is the Gold kiwifruit. Its fruit words include light, adventure, and its peak season is Nov, Dec.
- What is the birthday color for December 21?
- The birthday color for December 21 is Lilla (#E0B5D3). It pairs with the day's flower, Skimmia.
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Color palette for Lilla
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#F3E2EE
oklch(93.0% 0.024 336.1)
#E0B5D3
oklch(82.0% 0.063 337.4)
base
#C574AD
oklch(66.5% 0.124 338.9)
Analogous (±30°)
#D8B5E0
oklch(81.7% 0.070 320.0)
#E0B5D3
oklch(82.0% 0.063 337.4)
base
#E0B5BE
oklch(81.4% 0.051 4.2)
Complementary (+180°)
#E0B5D3
oklch(82.0% 0.063 337.4)
#B5E0C2
oklch(86.8% 0.061 154.5)
base
#DBF0E1
oklch(93.6% 0.030 154.7)
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