February 8
Birthday Color: Burgundy
#6C2735 · rgb(108, 39, 53) · hsl(348, 47%, 29%) · CMYK(0,64,51,58)
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Zodiac: Aquarius ♒
Color words & personality
Burgundy is the birthday color for February 8. In this system it belongs to a family read as warm, driven, and honest about what you feel. Its color words point to courage: you act on what you believe, and people around you feel allowed to do the same. In print, this color shows a deep tone that absorbs rather than reflects light. Colors propose; they do not decide. Your own reading is the final one.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of February 8
Birth star
Alphard
Star words: independence, self-reliance
Hydra · α Hya · mag 1.99 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Stock
Meaning: eternal beauty, bond of love
Peak: Feb, Mar, Apr
Birth fish
Blackthroat seaperch
Fish words: luxury, quietude
Peak: Nov, Dec
Stock is the February 8 flower. It is grown for scent as much as for looks, spikes of double flowers that smell of cloves and hold their color a long time in a vase. In hanakotoba it stands for eternal beauty and bond of love. Peak season is February to April. Its birthday color is Burgundy (#6C2735), a deep wine red whose color word is courage. Fragrance, dark red, and a certain resolve.
February 8 belongs to Alphard — Arabic for 'the solitary one.' At magnitude 1.99 it is the only bright star for a wide stretch of sky, the glowing heart of Hydra, the water snake. Its star words are independence and self-reliance, and it culminates around midnight, alone and unmistakable in the south. The day's color is Burgundy (#6C2735), whose color word is courage. A star that shines without company, beside a deep red that asks for none: a brave pairing.
One more for the season's talk: the birthday fish of February 8 is the Blackthroat seaperch, whose dark-throated white flesh is said to show its sweet, fatty richness when grilled with salt. Its fish words are "luxury" and "quietude". The peak season is November and December, with February said to offer a lingering taste. The birth color of the day is "Burgundy" (#6C2735). Like a deep red lamp, this color would light a quiet evening table.
The Setoka (せとか) is assigned to Feb 8. Market stalls fill with this citrus fruit around Jan and Feb. In fruit words, it stands for luxury and maturity. Peak season: Jan and Feb. Its date also carries the birthday color Burgundy (#6C2735). Its color word is "courage". 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 February 8?
- The birth flower for February 8 is the Stock. Its hanakotoba include eternal beauty, bond of love, and its peak season is Feb, Mar, Apr.
- What is the birth fish for February 8?
- The birth fish for February 8 is the Blackthroat seaperch. Its fish words include luxury, quietude, and its peak season is Nov, Dec.
- What is the birth fruit for February 8?
- The birth fruit for February 8 is the Setoka. Its fruit words include luxury, maturity, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birthday color for February 8?
- The birthday color for February 8 is Burgundy (#6C2735). It pairs with the day's flower, Stock.
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Color palette for Burgundy
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#AF3F56
oklch(53.0% 0.146 11.2)
#6C2735
oklch(37.8% 0.099 10.7)
base
#290F14
oklch(21.1% 0.044 9.5)
Analogous (±30°)
#6C2758
oklch(39.2% 0.116 340.6)
#6C2735
oklch(37.8% 0.099 10.7)
base
#6C3C27
oklch(41.1% 0.075 43.9)
Complementary (+180°)
#6C2735
oklch(37.8% 0.099 10.7)
#276C5E
oklch(48.4% 0.073 177.3)
base
#52C1AA
oklch(74.0% 0.107 177.3)
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