May 3
Birthday Color: Teal Green
#01686D · rgb(1, 104, 109) · hsl(183, 98%, 22%) · CMYK(99,5,0,57)
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Zodiac: Taurus ♉
Color words & personality
Assigned to May 3, Teal Green belongs to a family read as clear-eyed and level in judgment. Its color words point to an eye below the surface: your gaze reaches under the waves and finds what stirs them. In print, this color shows a deep tone that absorbs rather than reflects light. Write it down; years later it becomes a way to reread yourself.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of May 3
Birth star
Rigil Kentaurus
Star words: foundation, kinship
Centaurus · α Cen · mag -0.01 — A far-southern star — culminates around midnight, but does not rise over Japan
Lupine arrives on May 3, and the calendar brings it back on the 18th. Its hanakotoba are motherly love and always happy, a pairing that sounds less like a mood than a promise. The flower peaks in May and June. The birthday color is Teal Green (#01686D), deep and slightly green, with the color word "an eye below the surface." Steady, watchful, and quietly warm.
Watch the low southern sky just past midnight on May 3, and Rigil Kentaurus will be burning at its highest. The name comes from the Arabic for 'foot of the centaur,' and the star ranks among the most brilliant in all the heavens. Its star words are foundation and kinship. The birthday color is Teal Green (#01686D), eyes beneath the surface. A star with sure footing, a color that sees into still depths — a pairing with unusual gravity.
The birthday fish for May 3 is the Common carp, bearing the words “success” and “dragon”. Careful preparation is said to open its flavor: lightly blanched and chilled, or simmered with the bones for a clear, milky soup. Its peak season is May. The birth color of the day is Teal Green #01686D, a quiet green like an eye just below the surface. Give the pot its time, and let the flavor settle onto the table.
For May 3, the birth fruit is the Loquat. Market stalls fill with this stone fruit around May and Jun. In fruit words, it stands for protection and tranquility. Peak season: May and Jun. Its date also carries the birthday color Teal Green (#01686D). Its color word is "an eye below the surface". Pair the season's fruit with the day's color for a small celebration.
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).
Anniversaries of this date
- Constitution Memorial DaySource
See each source for the origin and details of these anniversaries.
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for May 3?
- The birth flower for May 3 is the Lupine. Its hanakotoba include motherly love, always happy, and its peak season is May, Jun.
- What is the birth fish for May 3?
- The birth fish for May 3 is the Common carp. Its fish words include success, dragon, and its peak season is May.
- What is the birth fruit for May 3?
- The birth fruit for May 3 is the Loquat. Its fruit words include protection, tranquility, and its peak season is May, Jun.
- What is the birthday color for May 3?
- The birthday color for May 3 is Teal Green (#01686D). It pairs with the day's flower, Lupine.
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Color palette for Teal Green
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#02BFC8
oklch(73.2% 0.124 200.8)
#01686D
oklch(47.1% 0.080 200.6)
base
#002728
oklch(24.7% 0.042 197.4)
Analogous (±30°)
#016D3C
oklch(47.0% 0.116 154.8)
#01686D
oklch(47.1% 0.080 200.6)
base
#01326D
oklch(32.7% 0.114 256.8)
Complementary (+180°)
#01686D
oklch(47.1% 0.080 200.6)
#6D0601
oklch(33.9% 0.134 30.1)
base
#EB0D02
oklch(59.3% 0.240 29.6)
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