March 21
Birthday Color: Pale Orchid
#AAA7D0 · rgb(170, 167, 208) · hsl(244, 30%, 74%) · CMYK(18,20,0,18)
CMYK values are numeric conversions from RGB and may differ from print standards.
Zodiac: Aries ♈
Color words & personality
Read through the color words of March 21, Pale Orchid behaves like thoughtful and loyal. Its color words point to still water: clear because it isn't stirred by every wind. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Blend two birthday colors and you get a memorial color unique to that pair.
Try it: For a handkerchief or tie — items that stay near you daily.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of March 21
Birth star
Alchiba
Star words: encampment, hush
Corvus · α Crv · mag 4.02 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Cherry blossom
Meaning: purity, spiritual beauty
Peak: Mar, Apr
March 21 belongs to the cherry blossom. The flowers open in a mass before the leaves and fall within a week or two, which is most of what the tree is known for. Its hanakotoba meanings are purity and spiritual beauty. It peaks in March and April. Its birthday color is Pale Orchid (#AAA7D0), a soft lavender-gray whose color word is still water: a cool setting for a much-photographed flower.
Alchiba comes from the Arabic word for a tent, and it is easy to picture: desert travelers raising a small pavilion under the raven's wing. This 4.02-magnitude star in Corvus is the birth star of March 21, with the star words encampment and hush. At midnight it pitches its quiet shelter at the top of the southern sky. Its companion color is Pale Orchid (#AAA7D0), read as still water. A tent beside still water — a day for keeping a place of your own, just outside the noise.
March 21 belongs to the Sakhalin surf clam as its birthday fish. Boiled plain or turned with butter, its honest sweetness stands out, adding a gentle dish to spring tables. Its fish words are “honesty” and “sprout”. The peak months are April and October. The day's birth color is Pale Orchid (#AAA7D0). With a pale blue-violet like still water, feel the first days of the sprouting season at the day's table.
If you were born on Mar 21, your birth fruit is the Kiyomi. A citrus fruit of the season, the Kiyomi arrives from Mar. The fruit words for this date read "harmony and refinement". Mar is its season. This day's birthday color: Pale Orchid (#AAA7D0). The color word here is "still water". 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 21?
- The birth flower for March 21 is the Cherry blossom. Its hanakotoba include purity, spiritual beauty, and its peak season is Mar, Apr.
- What is the birth fish for March 21?
- The birth fish for March 21 is the Sakhalin surf clam. Its fish words include honesty, sprout, and its peak season is Apr, Oct.
- What is the birth fruit for March 21?
- The birth fruit for March 21 is the Kiyomi. Its fruit words include harmony, refinement, and its peak season is Mar.
- What is the birthday color for March 21?
- The birthday color for March 21 is Pale Orchid (#AAA7D0). It pairs with the day's flower, Cherry blossom.
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Color palette for Pale Orchid
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#E4E3F0
oklch(92.0% 0.018 289.6)
#AAA7D0
oklch(74.5% 0.059 288.2)
base
#706BB0
oklch(56.2% 0.105 285.8)
Analogous (±30°)
#A7B9D0
oklch(77.9% 0.038 254.6)
#AAA7D0
oklch(74.5% 0.059 288.2)
base
#BFA7D0
oklch(76.3% 0.063 311.1)
Complementary (+180°)
#AAA7D0
oklch(74.5% 0.059 288.2)
#CDD0A7
oklch(84.5% 0.055 111.0)
base
#ECEDDE
oklch(94.1% 0.020 109.9)
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