February 26
Birthday Color: Urabairo
#BECEBC · rgb(190, 206, 188) · hsl(113, 16%, 77%) · CMYK(8,0,9,19)
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Zodiac: Pisces ♓
Color words & personality
Urabairo is the birthday color for February 26. In this system it belongs to a family read as with a slow, unhurried gift for growing things. Its color words point to tree rings: unhurried years stack into a core that does not sway. In print, this color shows an almost achromatic stillness, light and quiet. Placed beside a similar color, this one's character stands out even more.
Try it: For room fabric or a plant pot — a color that brings calm.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of February 26
Birth star
Tania Borealis
Star words: northern leap, nimbleness
Ursa Major · λ UMa · mag 3.45 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Narcissus
Meaning: mystery, self-respect
Peak: Dec, Jan, Feb
Birth fish
Olive flounder
Fish words: flexibility, adaptation
Peak: Dec, Jan
Narcissus returns on February 26, paired with Urabairo (#BECEBC) and the color word tree rings. Mystery and self-respect are still its meanings, and its peak runs from December to February. The color is a pale gray-green, close to the tone of old wood, and it makes the flower's yellow trumpet look like the single warm thing in a very muted room.
February 26 belongs to Tania Borealis — 'the northern second leap' — a 3.45-magnitude star in Ursa Major, the northern counterpart of Tania Australis, sharing the old gazelle-leap tale between them. It culminates high in the south around midnight. Its star words are northern leap and nimbleness. The companion color is Urabairo (#BECEBC), the pale green of a leaf's underside, whose color word is tree rings. Nimble feet, patient rings: quickness anchored in time.
Today's birthday fish is the Olive flounder, a master of adaptation whose flat body glides and settles into its surroundings. Its fish words are "flexibility" and "adaptation". Its smooth white flesh shines in kobu-jime and sashimi, with the fin called "engawa" prized for its mellow richness. The peak season is December and January. The birth color of the day is "Urabairo" (#BECEBC). A back-of-the-leaf green for a supple, yielding day.
The Iyokan is the birth fruit of Feb 26. Market stalls fill with this citrus fruit around Jan and Feb. Its fruit words are "mellowness and tolerance". Look for it in Jan and Feb. Its date also carries the birthday color Urabairo (#BECEBC). Its color word is "tree rings". Seasonal sweetness and a personal color, on the same 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 26?
- The birth flower for February 26 is the Narcissus. Its hanakotoba include mystery, self-respect, and its peak season is Dec, Jan, Feb.
- What is the birth fish for February 26?
- The birth fish for February 26 is the Olive flounder. Its fish words include flexibility, adaptation, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fruit for February 26?
- The birth fruit for February 26 is the Iyokan. Its fruit words include mellowness, tolerance, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birthday color for February 26?
- The birthday color for February 26 is Urabairo (#BECEBC). It pairs with the day's flower, Narcissus.
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Color palette for Urabairo
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#E8EEE7
oklch(94.3% 0.011 141.3)
#BECEBC
oklch(83.4% 0.030 142.2)
base
#8BA787
oklch(69.8% 0.055 141.6)
Analogous (±30°)
#C7CEBC
oklch(84.1% 0.026 124.3)
#BECEBC
oklch(83.4% 0.030 142.2)
base
#BCCEC3
oklch(83.5% 0.025 159.0)
Complementary (+180°)
#BECEBC
oklch(83.4% 0.030 142.2)
#CCBCCE
oklch(81.4% 0.030 322.4)
base
#E9E2E9
oklch(92.0% 0.012 325.7)
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