March 18
Birthday Color: Campanula Purple
#985B9E · rgb(152, 91, 158) · hsl(295, 27%, 49%) · CMYK(4,42,0,38)
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Zodiac: Pisces ♓
Color words & personality
Campanula Purple, the color given to March 18, is affectionate and honest. Its color words point to the warmth of a cheek: your feeling arrives as warmth before it arrives as words. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Once you know this color, you will start noticing it in the street.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of March 18
Birth star
Zavijava
Star words: wakeful bark, alertness
Virgo · β Vir · mag 3.59 — Culminates around midnight
Birth fruit
Strawberry
Fruit words: love at first sight, small luxury
Peak: Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar
Corydalis gives March 18 its flower. The blooms are small and tubular with a spur at the back, carried in loose spikes above finely divided leaves. Hanakotoba meanings are secret and hidden love. It peaks in March and April. Campanula Purple (#985B9E) is the birthday color, a strong violet whose color word is the warmth of a cheek, warmer than the flower's cool look suggests.
Zavijava means the corner, and it marks the corner of an ancient Arab asterism of barking dogs, set near the head of Virgo at magnitude 3.59. It is the birth star of March 18, carrying the star words wakeful bark and alertness. As the date turns it lets out one clear cry from the summit of the southern sky. The color of the day is Campanula Purple (#985B9E), read as the warmth of a cheek. A watchdog's voice beside a warm cheek — a fitting pair for the season of waking up.
Today's birthday fish is the Longtooth grouper — March 18. Big-mouthed with firm flesh, worthy of its name as the hotpot king, its springy skin and body are the heart of a kue hotpot. Its fish words are “hotpot king” and “gravity”. The peak months are December and January. The day's birth color is Campanula Purple (#985B9E). Gather round a steaming pot on a cold night and steady the day's table with the warmth of a cheek.
The birth fruit for Mar 18 is the Strawberry (イチゴ). Dec and Jan and Feb and Mar is when this berry tastes its best. Fruit words attach "love at first sight and small luxury" to the Strawberry. It is in season Dec and Jan and Feb and Mar. The birthday color for this date is Campanula Purple (#985B9E). The color word here is "the warmth of a cheek". A quiet, seasonal note for a birthday table.
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 18?
- The birth flower for March 18 is the Corydalis. Its hanakotoba include secret, hidden love, and its peak season is Mar, Apr.
- What is the birth fish for March 18?
- The birth fish for March 18 is the Longtooth grouper. Its fish words include hotpot king, gravity, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fruit for March 18?
- The birth fruit for March 18 is the Strawberry. Its fruit words include love at first sight, small luxury, and its peak season is Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar.
- What is the birthday color for March 18?
- The birthday color for March 18 is Campanula Purple (#985B9E). It pairs with the day's flower, Corydalis.
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Color palette for Campanula Purple
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#BD94C1
oklch(71.9% 0.079 323.4)
#985B9E
oklch(56.5% 0.121 323.8)
base
#603964
oklch(40.9% 0.085 323.6)
Analogous (±30°)
#775B9E
oklch(52.8% 0.106 302.2)
#985B9E
oklch(56.5% 0.121 323.8)
base
#9E5B83
oklch(56.0% 0.102 344.2)
Complementary (+180°)
#985B9E
oklch(56.5% 0.121 323.8)
#619E5B
oklch(64.1% 0.116 142.1)
base
#AECEAA
oklch(81.8% 0.060 142.0)
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