February 14
Birthday Color: Miruiro
#726D40 · rgb(114, 109, 64) · hsl(54, 28%, 35%) · CMYK(0,4,44,55)
CMYK values are numeric conversions from RGB and may differ from print standards.
Zodiac: Aquarius ♒
Color words & personality
Assigned to February 14, Miruiro belongs to a family read as honest and direct. Its color words point to clarity: you can name what others only feel, and the naming itself brings relief. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Used on a note or planner, it becomes a signature in place of your name.
Try it: An accent for cards and planners — a signature in place of a name.
As a gift: Yellow works for good-luck starts — a small courage for a new beginning. → Pick a gift color by birthday color
Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of February 14
Birth star
Zhang
Star words: extended net, expanse
Hydra · υ1 Hya · mag 4.11 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Flowering quince
Meaning: ordinary, boredom
Peak: Feb, Mar
February 14 is a flowering quince date, paired with Miruiro (#726D40) and the color word clarity. Ordinary and boredom remain its hanakotoba, and its peak is February to March. On a date the rest of the world spends on roses, this is deliberately unfashionable: thorny stems, a hard pink flower, and a flat olive brown that asks you to look rather than feel.
Valentine's Day has a star with a Chinese name: Zhang — after the ancient lunar mansion meaning 'the Extended Net' — formally assigned in 2017 to this 4.11-magnitude star in Hydra. It culminates near midnight on February 14. Its star words are extended net and expanse. The day's color is Miruiro (#726D40), a kelp olive whose color word is clarity. A net cast wide, and water clear enough to see through it: reach, plus transparency.
The fish chosen for this day is the Common octopus, whose deft use of eight arms has long made it a byword for cleverness. Its fish words are "wisdom" and "flexibility". Its springy texture shines in sashimi and takoyaki, while a simmered octopus grows sweeter with every bite. The peak season is December and January. The birth color of the day is "Miruiro" (#726D40). A clear-minded greenish brown for a quiet afternoon table.
The Blood orange is the birth fruit of Feb 14. The Blood orange is a citrus fruit whose peak runs Feb and Mar. In fruit words, it stands for fiery color and depth. Peak season: Feb and Mar. The color side of the day is Miruiro (#726D40). Its color word is "clarity". A quiet, seasonal note for a birthday table.
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).
Anniversaries of this date
- Valentine's DaySource
See each source for the origin and details of these anniversaries.
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for February 14?
- The birth flower for February 14 is the Flowering quince. Its hanakotoba include ordinary, boredom, and its peak season is Feb, Mar.
- What is the birth fish for February 14?
- The birth fish for February 14 is the Common octopus. Its fish words include wisdom, flexibility, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fruit for February 14?
- The birth fruit for February 14 is the Blood orange. Its fruit words include fiery color, depth, and its peak season is Feb, Mar.
- What is the birthday color for February 14?
- The birthday color for February 14 is Miruiro (#726D40). It pairs with the day's flower, Flowering quince.
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Color palette for Miruiro
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#A9A265
oklch(70.4% 0.082 102.6)
#726D40
oklch(52.8% 0.064 102.8)
base
#37351F
oklch(32.5% 0.036 103.7)
Analogous (±30°)
#725440
oklch(47.2% 0.050 54.8)
#726D40
oklch(52.8% 0.064 102.8)
base
#5E7240
oklch(52.3% 0.077 126.7)
Complementary (+180°)
#726D40
oklch(52.8% 0.064 102.8)
#404572
oklch(40.7% 0.075 277.7)
base
#7C82B5
oklch(62.1% 0.077 278.7)
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