April 24
Birthday Color: Sprout
#A3D49C · rgb(163, 212, 156) · hsl(113, 39%, 72%) · CMYK(23,0,26,17)
CMYK values are numeric conversions from RGB and may differ from print standards.
Zodiac: Taurus ♉
Color words & personality
Sprout, the color given to April 24, is balanced and steady. Its color words point to patience: you grow things at their pace, not yours, and they last because of it. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Write it down; years later it becomes a way to reread yourself.
Try it: For room fabric or a plant pot — a color that brings calm.
As a gift: Green quietly accompanies everyday things. → Pick a gift color by birthday color
Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of April 24
Birth star
Menkent
Star words: mentorship, sagacity
Centaurus · θ Cen · mag 2.06 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Candytuft
Meaning: change of heart, indifference
Peak: Apr, May
April 24 goes to candytuft, whose hanakotoba are change of heart and indifference. The calendar offers both without ranking them. Peak season runs April to May, inside a longer March to May stretch. Sprout (#A3D49C) is the birthday color, a young green whose color word is "patience": growing things at their pace rather than yours. A flower that may not care, and a color that waits anyway.
Menkent means the shoulder of the centaur in Arabic, and this warm orange 2.06-magnitude star rests on Chiron's shoulder — the wise centaur who taught the heroes. On April 24 it is your birth star, with the star words mentorship and sagacity. From Japan it rides low in the south, reaching its modest summit at midnight. Its companion color is Sprout (#A3D49C), read as patience. A teacher's shoulder beside the color of a bud — to teach is to wait for the sprout.
The birth fish of April 24 is the Bigfin reef squid. Marked by its large fins, it is said to lift a celebratory table when served as nigiri or whole. Its fish words are "elegance" and "wit". Peak months are April and October. The birth color of the day is Sprout (#A3D49C), the green of a seedling after patience. Let its elegant sweetness quietly color a table of new journeys.
The birth fruit for Apr 24 is the Dekopon (デコポン). The Dekopon is a citrus fruit whose peak runs Feb and Mar. The fruit words for this date read "individuality and reward". Feb and Mar is its season. The color side of the day is Sprout (#A3D49C). The color word here is "patience". 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 24?
- The birth flower for April 24 is the Candytuft. Its hanakotoba include change of heart, indifference, and its peak season is Apr, May.
- What is the birth fish for April 24?
- The birth fish for April 24 is the Bigfin reef squid. Its fish words include elegance, wit, and its peak season is Apr, Oct.
- What is the birth fruit for April 24?
- The birth fruit for April 24 is the Dekopon. Its fruit words include individuality, reward, and its peak season is Feb, Mar.
- What is the birthday color for April 24?
- The birthday color for April 24 is Sprout (#A3D49C). It pairs with the day's flower, Candytuft.
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Color palette for Sprout
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#DEF0DC
oklch(93.6% 0.033 142.5)
#A3D49C
oklch(82.1% 0.092 141.5)
base
#68B85C
oklch(71.0% 0.150 141.2)
Analogous (±30°)
#BFD49C
oklch(84.0% 0.078 124.7)
#A3D49C
oklch(82.1% 0.092 141.5)
base
#9CD4B1
oklch(82.2% 0.076 156.9)
Complementary (+180°)
#A3D49C
oklch(82.1% 0.092 141.5)
#CD9CD4
oklch(75.7% 0.095 322.2)
base
#EDDBF0
oklch(91.2% 0.034 321.4)
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