March 23
Birthday Color: Edomurasaki
#745399 · rgb(116, 83, 153) · hsl(268, 30%, 46%) · CMYK(24,46,0,40)
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Zodiac: Aries ♈
Color words & personality
Read through the color words of March 23, Edomurasaki behaves like letting individuality glow at low light. Its color words point to shifting: never staying one color, you make the change itself your character. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. It also works as a gift-wrap color or an accent on a message card.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of March 23
Birth star
Alchiba
Star words: encampment, hush
Corvus · α Crv · mag 4.02 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Dogtooth violet
Meaning: first love, loneliness
Peak: Mar, Apr
March 23 gives the dogtooth violet a second appearance, this time with Edomurasaki (#745399) and the color word shifting. First love and loneliness are still its hanakotoba, and it still peaks from March to April. A deeper, redder purple than the pale mauve of its earlier date, this reading makes the small nodding flower look less fragile and more deliberate.
Apollo's raven was sent to fetch water, dawdled over figs, and was flung into the sky with its excuses — so runs the myth of Corvus. Its alpha star, Alchiba, returns on March 23 as your 4.02-magnitude birth star. Its star words are encampment and hush. As the date turns it folds its wings at the top of the southern sky. The color of the day is Edomurasaki (#745399), read as transience. A star with an old blunder, beside a stylish Edo purple: drifting with things is not the worst way to live.
A pinch of sea air — the birthday fish of March 23 is the Cherry salmon. Said to return to its home river as the cherry trees bloom, it has long mirrored the shifting of the seasons. Its fish words are “cherry” and “homecoming”. The peak month is April. The day's birth color is Edomurasaki (#745399). With a deep Edo purple, tie the happiness of having somewhere to return to — onto the day's table, or a gift.
For Mar 23, the birth fruit is the Blood orange. A citrus fruit of the season, the Blood orange arrives from Feb and Mar. In fruit words, it stands for fiery color and depth. Peak season: Feb and Mar. This day's birthday color: Edomurasaki (#745399). Its color word is "shifting". 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 23?
- The birth flower for March 23 is the Dogtooth violet. Its hanakotoba include first love, loneliness, and its peak season is Mar, Apr.
- What is the birth fish for March 23?
- The birth fish for March 23 is the Cherry salmon. Its fish words include cherry, homecoming, and its peak season is Apr.
- What is the birth fruit for March 23?
- The birth fruit for March 23 is the Blood orange. Its fruit words include fiery color, depth, and its peak season is Feb, Mar.
- What is the birthday color for March 23?
- The birthday color for March 23 is Edomurasaki (#745399). It pairs with the day's flower, Dogtooth violet.
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Color palette for Edomurasaki
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#A289BF
oklch(67.2% 0.083 305.4)
#745399
oklch(50.8% 0.113 304.4)
base
#47335D
oklch(36.3% 0.074 304.9)
Analogous (±30°)
#535599
oklch(48.1% 0.108 280.2)
#745399
oklch(50.8% 0.113 304.4)
base
#975399
oklch(54.8% 0.130 326.1)
Complementary (+180°)
#745399
oklch(50.8% 0.113 304.4)
#789953
oklch(64.1% 0.104 129.6)
base
#B7CBA0
oklch(81.6% 0.062 128.0)
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