March 17
Birthday Color: Mauve
#915DA3 · rgb(145, 93, 163) · hsl(285, 28%, 50%) · CMYK(11,43,0,36)
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Zodiac: Pisces ♓
Color words & personality
Assigned to March 17, Mauve belongs to a family read as sensitive and dignified. Its color words point to dusk: the hour when ordinary things show their second, quieter meaning. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Rather than testing whether it fits, keep it as a phrase worth remembering.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of March 17
Birth star
Denebola
Star words: afterglow, legacy
Leo · β Leo · mag 2.14 — Culminates around midnight
Squill is the March 17 flower. The plants are bulbs that naturalize readily, sending up loose spikes of small starry flowers, usually blue, in the grass under trees. Hanakotoba gives it unchanging love and sincere. March and April are its peak months. The color for the date is Mauve (#915DA3), a soft mid-purple whose color word is dusk, a fitting word for a flower that is at its best in low light.
Several stars carry the Arabic word dhanab, tail, but only Denebola holds the tip of the king of beasts. On March 17 this 2.14-magnitude star is your birth star once more; in ancient Mesopotamia the lion's tail was read as a sign of royal authority. Its star words are afterglow and legacy. At midnight it sways proudly at the top of the southern sky. The day's color is Mauve (#915DA3), whose color word is dusk. A king's tail by day, a twilight color by night — a date for treasuring afterglows.
The birthday fish of March 17 is the Small sea bream. Tinged cherry-pink in spring, it is sometimes called the sakura bream, and like its sea bream kin it suits a celebratory table. Its fish words are “cherry” and “lineage”. The peak months are April and November. The day's birth color is Mauve (#915DA3). In a season of graduations and first school days, a dusk-violet accent may pass the good wishes on at the day's table.
The Cherimoya (チェリモヤ) is assigned to Mar 17. A tropical fruit of the season, the Cherimoya arrives from Mar and Apr. Its fruit words are "frost-sweet and patience". Look for it in Mar and Apr. This day's birthday color: Mauve (#915DA3). Its color word is "dusk". A fruit in season and a color of its own — a small way to mark the 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 March 17?
- The birth flower for March 17 is the Squill. Its hanakotoba include unchanging love, sincere, and its peak season is Mar, Apr.
- What is the birth fish for March 17?
- The birth fish for March 17 is the Small sea bream. Its fish words include cherry, lineage, and its peak season is Apr, Nov.
- What is the birth fruit for March 17?
- The birth fruit for March 17 is the Cherimoya. Its fruit words include frost-sweet, patience, and its peak season is Mar, Apr.
- What is the birthday color for March 17?
- The birthday color for March 17 is Mauve (#915DA3). It pairs with the day's flower, Squill.
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Color palette for Mauve
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#B998C4
oklch(72.4% 0.072 317.6)
#915DA3
oklch(56.2% 0.119 317.0)
base
#5D3B69
oklch(41.1% 0.085 316.9)
Analogous (±30°)
#6E5DA3
oklch(52.6% 0.109 293.5)
#915DA3
oklch(56.2% 0.119 317.0)
base
#A35D92
oklch(57.6% 0.114 336.6)
Complementary (+180°)
#915DA3
oklch(56.2% 0.119 317.0)
#6FA35D
oklch(66.1% 0.113 138.0)
base
#B7D1AE
oklch(83.2% 0.055 137.7)
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