May 23
Birthday Color: Bottle Green
#034415 · rgb(3, 68, 21) · hsl(137, 92%, 14%) · CMYK(96,0,69,73)
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Zodiac: Gemini ♊
Color words & personality
Bottle Green is the birthday color for May 23. In this system it belongs to a family read as with a slow, unhurried gift for growing things. Its color words point to the soil's memory: ground that remembers everything it has grown. In print, this color shows a deep tone that absorbs rather than reflects light. Once you know this color, you will start noticing it in the street.
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 May 23
Birth star
Dschubba
Star words: focus, acuity
Scorpius · δ Sco · mag 2.29 — Culminates around midnight
Rose takes May 23 and brings the month's longest season with it: May through November, with peak months in May, June, and October. Hanakotoba meanings are love and beauty. The birthday color is Bottle Green (#034415), a deep bottle green whose color word is "the soil's memory." Long affection, dark green, and a date that keeps something alive past its season.
In the forehead of Scorpius, centered in the little row of stars above the claws, shines Dschubba — birth star of May 23. The name derives from the Arabic for 'forehead,' and the star has a wilful streak: around the year 2000 it suddenly flared brighter, surprising astronomers. Its star words are focus and acuity. It culminates near midnight in the south. The birthday color is Bottle Green (#034415), the memory of the soil: a piercing brow-light, over a green that remembers.
The birthday fish for May 23 is the Willowy flounder, tied to the words “pattern” and “early summer”. Even a small body simmered gently turns tender, drawing the broth into skin and flesh. Its peak seasons are May and June. The birth color of the day is Bottle Green #034415, a dark green holding the soil's memory. Keep tonight's cooking easy, and let the day settle.
For May 23, the birth fruit is the Acerola. A tropical fruit of the season, the Acerola arrives from May and Jun. In fruit words, it stands for little light and vigor. Peak season: May and Jun. This day's birthday color: Bottle Green (#034415). Its color word is "the soil's memory". 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 May 23?
- The birth flower for May 23 is the Rose. Its hanakotoba include love, beauty, and its peak season is May, Jun, Oct.
- What is the birth fish for May 23?
- The birth fish for May 23 is the Willowy flounder. Its fish words include pattern, early summer, and its peak season is May, Jun.
- What is the birth fruit for May 23?
- The birth fruit for May 23 is the Acerola. Its fruit words include little light, vigor, and its peak season is May, Jun.
- What is the birthday color for May 23?
- The birthday color for May 23 is Bottle Green (#034415). It pairs with the day's flower, Rose.
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Color palette for Bottle Green
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#079C30
oklch(60.3% 0.184 145.7)
#034415
oklch(33.8% 0.098 147.0)
base
#02270C
oklch(23.9% 0.065 148.7)
Analogous (±30°)
#114403
oklch(34.0% 0.106 140.1)
#034415
oklch(33.8% 0.098 147.0)
base
#034436
oklch(34.5% 0.065 172.9)
Complementary (+180°)
#034415
oklch(33.8% 0.098 147.0)
#440332
oklch(26.2% 0.107 342.8)
base
#BE088C
oklch(53.7% 0.226 344.4)
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