April 17
Birthday Color: Battleship Gray
#898989 · rgb(137, 137, 137) · hsl(0, 0%, 54%) · CMYK(0,0,0,46)
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Zodiac: Aries ♈
Color words & personality
If you were born on April 17, your color Battleship Gray reads as composed and discerning. Its color words point to neutrality: you can stand between opinions without losing either side's respect. In print, this color shows an almost achromatic stillness, deep and quiet. Telling someone "the color of my birthday" alone moves the conversation one step forward.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of April 17
Birth star
Alkaid
Star words: vanguard, breakthrough
Ursa Major · η UMa · mag 1.85 — Culminates around midnight
Lilac arrives on April 17, and the calendar lists it as a tree. Hanakotoba are memories and friendship, roughly what the flower is used for in practice. Its peak is April to May. Battleship Gray (#898989) is the birthday color, a solid mid gray with the color word "neutrality": the ability to stand between opinions without losing either side's respect. Something fragrant, something steady.
At the very tip of the Dipper's handle burns Alkaid, the birth star of April 17. Its name comes from an Arabic word for the leader — the one who leads the mourning daughters in an old funeral asterism. A blue-white 1.85-magnitude light. Its star words are vanguard and breakthrough. At midnight it takes the head of the line at the top of the southern sky. Beside it, Battleship Gray (#898989), read as neutrality. A charging star beside a measured gray — courage and coolness can share one day.
The birth fish of April 17 is the Cherry salmon. Born in rivers and raised in the sea, it is said to return to its home river as the cherry blossoms open. Its fish words are "cherry" and "homecoming". Its peak month is April, when its spring return wins praise. The birth color of the day is Battleship Gray (#898989), a settled gray of neutrality. Recall the tale of the cherry-named fish with the season's news.
For Apr 17, the birth fruit is the Hassaku orange. Market stalls fill with this citrus fruit around Mar and Apr. In fruit words, it stands for freshness and promise. Peak season: Mar and Apr. Its date also carries the birthday color Battleship Gray (#898989). Its color word is "neutrality". One fruit, one color, one 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 April 17?
- The birth flower for April 17 is the Lilac. Its hanakotoba include memories, friendship, and its peak season is Apr, May.
- What is the birth fish for April 17?
- The birth fish for April 17 is the Cherry salmon. Its fish words include cherry, homecoming, and its peak season is Apr.
- What is the birth fruit for April 17?
- The birth fruit for April 17 is the Hassaku orange. Its fruit words include freshness, promise, and its peak season is Mar, Apr.
- What is the birthday color for April 17?
- The birthday color for April 17 is Battleship Gray (#898989). It pairs with the day's flower, Lilac.
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Color palette for Battleship Gray
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#B7B7B7
oklch(77.9% 0.000 89.9)
#898989
oklch(63.0% 0.000 89.9)
base
#5B5B5B
oklch(47.1% 0.000 89.9)
Analogous (±30°)
#898989
oklch(63.0% 0.000 89.9)
#898989
oklch(63.0% 0.000 89.9)
base
#898989
oklch(63.0% 0.000 89.9)
Complementary (+180°)
#898989
oklch(63.0% 0.000 89.9)
#898989
oklch(63.0% 0.000 89.9)
base
#C9C9C9
oklch(83.6% 0.000 89.9)
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