March 15
Birthday Color: Rouge
#D11C1E · rgb(209, 28, 30) · hsl(359, 76%, 46%) · CMYK(0,87,86,18)
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Zodiac: Pisces ♓
Color words & personality
Assigned to March 15, Rouge belongs to a family read as straightforward, with a strength that protects. Its color words point to a steady heartbeat: you keep your own rhythm, and it steadies your allies. In print, this color shows a vivid, confident saturation. Write it down; years later it becomes a way to reread yourself.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of March 15
Birth star
Denebola
Star words: afterglow, legacy
Leo · β Leo · mag 2.14 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Grape hyacinth
Meaning: mutual understanding, disappointment
Peak: Mar, Apr
Grape hyacinth takes March 15. Each stem carries a cluster of tiny bell-shaped flowers that opens from the bottom upward, so the whole thing looks, briefly, like a bunch of grapes standing upright. Hanakotoba meanings are mutual understanding and disappointment. It peaks in March and April. The date's color is Rouge (#D11C1E), a classic deep red whose color word is a steady heartbeat.
At the tip of the lion's tail sits Denebola — Arabic for exactly that: the lion's tail. This 2.14-magnitude star, the birth star of March 15, completes the Spring Triangle with Arcturus and Spica. Its star words are afterglow and legacy. As the date turns, the tail gives one proud flick at the height of the southern sky. Beside it, Rouge (#D11C1E), a color word of a heartbeat. The star that finishes the constellation, beside the color of lips. Even endings deserve a leading role.
A pinch of sea air — the birthday fish of March 15 is the Darkbanded rockfish. In western Japan it has long been loved as a fish that tells of spring, its inshore schools marking the turn of the season. Its fish words are “acuity” and “spring breeze”. The peak month is April. The day's birth color is Rouge (#D11C1E). One deep red, glossy as simmered fish, may carry a spring breeze to the day's table.
Mar 15 belongs to the Dekopon (デコポン). Market stalls fill with this citrus fruit around Feb and Mar. The fruit words for this date read "individuality and reward". Feb and Mar is its season. Its date also carries the birthday color Rouge (#D11C1E). The color word here is "a steady heartbeat". 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).
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for March 15?
- The birth flower for March 15 is the Grape hyacinth. Its hanakotoba include mutual understanding, disappointment, and its peak season is Mar, Apr.
- What is the birth fish for March 15?
- The birth fish for March 15 is the Darkbanded rockfish. Its fish words include acuity, spring breeze, and its peak season is Apr.
- What is the birth fruit for March 15?
- The birth fruit for March 15 is the Dekopon. Its fruit words include individuality, reward, and its peak season is Feb, Mar.
- What is the birthday color for March 15?
- The birthday color for March 15 is Rouge (#D11C1E). It pairs with the day's flower, Grape hyacinth.
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Color palette for Rouge
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#EA5F61
oklch(66.3% 0.173 22.2)
#D11C1E
oklch(55.1% 0.211 27.5)
base
#801112
oklch(38.7% 0.145 27.1)
Analogous (±30°)
#D11C79
oklch(56.9% 0.219 357.0)
#D11C1E
oklch(55.1% 0.211 27.5)
base
#D1741C
oklch(65.1% 0.148 57.0)
Complementary (+180°)
#D11C1E
oklch(55.1% 0.211 27.5)
#1CD1CF
oklch(78.0% 0.130 193.6)
base
#7FEEED
oklch(88.3% 0.102 194.7)
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