May 20
Birthday Color: Deep Aqua
#8CCAB0 · rgb(140, 202, 176) · hsl(155, 37%, 67%) · CMYK(31,0,13,21)
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Zodiac: Taurus ♉
Color words & personality
If you were born on May 20, your color Deep Aqua reads as balanced and steady. Its color words point to new leaves: you renew yourself without needing to break with the past. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Used on a note or planner, it becomes a signature in place of your name.
Try it: For room fabric or a plant pot — a color that brings calm.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of May 20
Birth star
Unukalhai
Star words: suppleness, subtlety
Serpens · α Ser · mag 2.63 — Culminates around midnight
Foamflower takes May 20. Its hanakotoba, cuteness and pure, are unusually uncomplicated for this calendar. April to May is its peak season. The birthday color is Deep Aqua (#8CCAB0), a soft sea green whose color word is "new leaves." An unguarded flower and a color with nothing hidden in it.
'Suppleness' and 'subtlety' — those star words bring Unukalhai back for May 20. The serpent wrapped around the Serpent-Bearer belonged, in myth, to Asclepius, god of medicine: a symbol of healing, shedding its skin to begin again. Through binoculars this giant glows a warm orange. It culminates around midnight. The birthday color is Deep Aqua (#8CCAB0), young leaves: a renewing serpent beside the green of new growth.
The birthday fish for May 20 is the Pen shell, carrying the words “sail” and “whiteness”. Its thick muscle shines in sashimi or in broth, valued for whiteness and savor alike. Its peak season is May. The birth color of the day is Deep Aqua #8CCAB0, a gentle green like new leaves. Raise the day's sail, and serve something bright and white.
The birth fruit for May 20 is the Hyuganatsu (日向夏). A citrus fruit of the season, the Hyuganatsu arrives from Apr and May. Fruit words attach "beginnings and softness" to the Hyuganatsu. It is in season Apr and May. This day's birthday color: Deep Aqua (#8CCAB0). The color word here is "new leaves". 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 May 20?
- The birth flower for May 20 is the Foamflower. Its hanakotoba include cuteness, pure, and its peak season is Apr, May.
- What is the birth fish for May 20?
- The birth fish for May 20 is the Pen shell. Its fish words include sail, whiteness, and its peak season is May.
- What is the birth fruit for May 20?
- The birth fruit for May 20 is the Hyuganatsu. Its fruit words include beginnings, softness, and its peak season is Apr, May.
- What is the birthday color for May 20?
- The birthday color for May 20 is Deep Aqua (#8CCAB0). It pairs with the day's flower, Foamflower.
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Color palette for Deep Aqua
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#CBE7DB
oklch(90.4% 0.034 167.9)
#8CCAB0
oklch(78.9% 0.074 166.5)
base
#4FAB85
oklch(67.4% 0.106 164.0)
Analogous (±30°)
#8CCA91
oklch(78.2% 0.102 146.5)
#8CCAB0
oklch(78.9% 0.074 166.5)
base
#8CC5CA
oklch(78.6% 0.059 202.9)
Complementary (+180°)
#8CCAB0
oklch(78.9% 0.074 166.5)
#CA8CA6
oklch(70.9% 0.082 352.6)
base
#EFDCE4
oklch(91.2% 0.023 350.1)
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