March 22
Birthday Color: Deep Mauvette
#BA64A0 · rgb(186, 100, 160) · hsl(318, 38%, 56%) · CMYK(0,46,14,27)
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Zodiac: Aries ♈
Color words & personality
Assigned to March 22, Deep Mauvette belongs to a family read as loving in a direct, unbending way. Its color words point to an early-spring breeze: you carry the first warmth into a season still cold. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Write it down; years later it becomes a way to reread yourself.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of March 22
Birth star
Imai
Star words: guiding light, chorus
Crux · δ Cru · mag 2.75 — A far-southern star — culminates around midnight, but does not rise over Japan
Birth flower
Sweet pea
Meaning: departure, remembrance
Peak: Mar, Apr, May
Sweet pea is the March 22 flower. The blooms are folded and ruffled, held one or two to a stem, and the more you cut them the longer the plant keeps going. In hanakotoba it stands for departure and remembrance. Peak season runs from March to May. The day's color is Deep Mauvette (#BA64A0), a rich mauve-pink whose color word is an early-spring breeze.
One of the four stars of the Southern Cross, Imai carries a name from the Mursi people of Ethiopia, formally adopted by the IAU in 2018 — an old star with a very new name. At magnitude 2.75 it is the birth star of March 22, with the star words guiding light and chorus. At midnight it sings at its highest southern point, far below Japanese horizons. The day's color is Deep Mauvette (#BA64A0), read as an early-spring wind. To name something is to celebrate it.
March 22's birthday fish is the Japanese littleneck clam. It sits close to daily life — in morning miso soup, brightening the evening with one puff of sake steam — a true staple of the table. Its fish words are “tide” and “daily life”. The peak month is April. The day's birth color is Deep Mauvette (#BA64A0). With a violet like an early-spring breeze, let the quiet sound of sand-purging begin the day's table.
Mar 22 belongs to the Amaou strawberry (あまおう). A berry of the season, the Amaou strawberry arrives from Feb and Mar. Fruit words attach "crown and sweetness" to the Amaou strawberry. It is in season Feb and Mar. This day's birthday color: Deep Mauvette (#BA64A0). The color word here is "an early-spring breeze". 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).
Anniversaries of this date
- World Water DaySource
See each source for the origin and details of these anniversaries.
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for March 22?
- The birth flower for March 22 is the Sweet pea. Its hanakotoba include departure, remembrance, and its peak season is Mar, Apr, May.
- What is the birth fish for March 22?
- The birth fish for March 22 is the Japanese littleneck clam. Its fish words include tide, daily life, and its peak season is Apr.
- What is the birth fruit for March 22?
- The birth fruit for March 22 is the Amaou strawberry. Its fruit words include crown, sweetness, and its peak season is Feb, Mar.
- What is the birthday color for March 22?
- The birthday color for March 22 is Deep Mauvette (#BA64A0). It pairs with the day's flower, Sweet pea.
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Color palette for Deep Mauvette
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#D6A4C7
oklch(77.5% 0.075 337.6)
#BA64A0
oklch(62.2% 0.133 339.7)
base
#863C70
oklch(47.1% 0.121 340.2)
Analogous (±30°)
#A964BA
oklch(61.3% 0.145 319.5)
#BA64A0
oklch(62.2% 0.133 339.7)
base
#BA6475
oklch(60.7% 0.111 8.3)
Complementary (+180°)
#BA64A0
oklch(62.2% 0.133 339.7)
#64BA7E
oklch(71.9% 0.122 152.1)
base
#BCE1C7
oklch(87.6% 0.053 154.6)
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