February 18
Birthday Color: Chocolate
#6C3524 · rgb(108, 53, 36) · hsl(14, 50%, 28%) · CMYK(0,51,67,58)
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Zodiac: Aquarius ♒
Color words & personality
If you were born on February 18, your color Chocolate reads as bold and loyal. Its color words point to roots: strong below the surface, so the warmth you offer does not waver easily. In print, this color shows a deep tone that absorbs rather than reflects light. Placed beside a similar color, this one's character stands out even more.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of February 18
Birth star
Regulus
Star words: majesty, leadership
Leo · α Leo · mag 1.36 — Culminates around midnight
Birth fruit
Amaou strawberry
Fruit words: crown, sweetness
Peak: Feb, Mar
Primula is the February 18 flower. The plants are low rosettes with bright, flat-faced flowers carried in rings, sold in trays from late winter onward. Hanakotoba meanings are joy of youth and hope. Its peak is February to March. The date's color is Chocolate (#6C3524), a dark warm brown whose color word is roots: an earth tone placed under a very bright flower.
February 18 is crowned by Regulus — Latin for 'little king' — the 1.36-magnitude heart of Leo, also called Cor Leonis, revered since antiquity as a royal star. It culminates high in the south around midnight. Its star words are majesty and leadership. The day's color is Chocolate (#6C3524), whose color word is roots. Kingship above, rootedness below: authority that remembers where it stands.
Today's birthday fish is the Horsehair crab, named for the hair on its legs and said to hold sweetly dense meat and rich crab miso within its plain look. Its fish words are "rustic" and "attachment". Working a boiled leg open, little by little, becomes a small ritual of the table. The peak season is February and March. The birth color of the day is "Chocolate" (#6C3524). A deep, rooted brown for a night of slow savoring.
The Amaou strawberry (あまおう) is assigned to Feb 18. The Amaou strawberry is a berry whose peak runs Feb and Mar. Its fruit words are "crown and sweetness". Look for it in Feb and Mar. The color side of the day is Chocolate (#6C3524). Its color word is "roots". One fruit, one color, one day.
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 February 18?
- The birth flower for February 18 is the Primula. Its hanakotoba include joy of youth, hope, and its peak season is Feb, Mar.
- What is the birth fish for February 18?
- The birth fish for February 18 is the Horsehair crab. Its fish words include rustic, attachment, and its peak season is Feb, Mar.
- What is the birth fruit for February 18?
- The birth fruit for February 18 is the Amaou strawberry. Its fruit words include crown, sweetness, and its peak season is Feb, Mar.
- What is the birthday color for February 18?
- The birthday color for February 18 is Chocolate (#6C3524). It pairs with the day's flower, Primula.
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Color palette for Chocolate
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#B1573B
oklch(56.1% 0.125 37.9)
#6C3524
oklch(39.7% 0.083 37.9)
base
#27130D
oklch(21.4% 0.035 37.5)
Analogous (±30°)
#6C2437
oklch(37.5% 0.104 7.4)
#6C3524
oklch(39.7% 0.083 37.9)
base
#6C5924
oklch(47.2% 0.075 89.4)
Complementary (+180°)
#6C3524
oklch(39.7% 0.083 37.9)
#245B6C
oklch(44.2% 0.063 221.4)
base
#4CA7C3
oklch(68.4% 0.095 221.1)
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