March 20
Birthday Color: Kodaimurasaki
#895B8A · rgb(137, 91, 138) · hsl(299, 21%, 45%) · CMYK(1,34,0,46)
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Zodiac: Pisces ♓
Color words & personality
Kodaimurasaki is the birthday color for March 20. In this system it belongs to a family read as graceful and firm. Its color words point to wrapping paper: a modest go-between that hands beauty over unchanged. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Birthday colors are not science — enjoy them as part of your birth-date identity.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of March 20
Birth star
Zavijava
Star words: wakeful bark, alertness
Virgo · β Vir · mag 3.59 — Culminates around midnight
Hyacinth takes March 20. The flower spike is dense with small reflexed bells, and the scent is strong enough that one bulb can fill a room. Hanakotoba readings are sport and first love. Peak season runs through March and April. The date's color is Kodaimurasaki (#895B8A), an old-fashioned muted purple whose color word is wrapping paper: a color that suggests something already set aside.
Long ago the Arabs kept an asterism called al-'Awwa', the barking dogs, and Zavijava — its corner star — returns on March 20, equinox night, as your 3.59-magnitude birth star in Virgo. Its star words are wakeful bark and alertness. As midnight arrives it takes its post at the southern meridian's peak. The day's color is Kodaimurasaki (#895B8A), an ancient purple read as wrapping paper. An old-named star beside an old-fashioned purple, quietly wrapping the turning of the season.
From the sea tipping into spring, the birthday fish of March 20 is the Japanese halfbeak. A leading herald of spring, slim-bodied with a beak jutting forward, it has long announced the season on spring shores. Its fish words are “herald” and “youth”. The peak months are April and May. The day's birth color is Kodaimurasaki (#895B8A). In this season of youth and new starts, wrap its clear-white sashimi in ancient purple for the day's table.
Mar 20 belongs to the Grapefruit (グレープフルーツ). The Grapefruit is a citrus fruit whose peak runs Jan and Feb and Mar. Fruit words attach "freshness and morning" to the Grapefruit. It is in season Jan and Feb and Mar. The color side of the day is Kodaimurasaki (#895B8A). The color word here is "wrapping paper". Pair the season's fruit with the day's color for a small celebration.
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 20?
- The birth flower for March 20 is the Hyacinth. Its hanakotoba include sport, first love, and its peak season is Mar, Apr.
- What is the birth fish for March 20?
- The birth fish for March 20 is the Japanese halfbeak. Its fish words include herald, youth, and its peak season is Apr, May.
- What is the birth fruit for March 20?
- The birth fruit for March 20 is the Grapefruit. Its fruit words include freshness, morning, and its peak season is Jan, Feb, Mar.
- What is the birthday color for March 20?
- The birthday color for March 20 is Kodaimurasaki (#895B8A). It pairs with the day's flower, Hyacinth.
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Color palette for Kodaimurasaki
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#B38DB4
oklch(69.2% 0.071 325.5)
#895B8A
oklch(53.8% 0.090 326.0)
base
#523753
oklch(37.9% 0.058 325.4)
Analogous (±30°)
#715B8A
oklch(51.2% 0.077 305.3)
#895B8A
oklch(53.8% 0.090 326.0)
base
#8A5B74
oklch(53.0% 0.071 346.6)
Complementary (+180°)
#895B8A
oklch(53.8% 0.090 326.0)
#5C8A5B
oklch(58.7% 0.087 143.9)
base
#A3C2A2
oklch(78.2% 0.056 144.2)
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