May 9
Birthday Color: Parakeet Green
#2CB232 · rgb(44, 178, 50) · hsl(123, 60%, 44%) · CMYK(75,0,72,30)
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Zodiac: Taurus ♉
Color words & personality
Assigned to May 9, Parakeet Green belongs to a family read as with a slow, unhurried gift for growing things. Its color words point to a shade tree: your strength is quiet, and it protects more people than you know. In print, this color shows a well-measured, settled saturation. Talk with someone who shares this color; the common ground tends to appear.
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 9
Birth star
Nekkar
Star words: herd-lead, driving
Boötes · β Boo · mag 3.49 — Culminates around midnight
May 9 is given to cornflower. Its two hanakotoba, elegant and delicate, are both forms of restraint, which makes the flower's color feel deliberate. May and June are its peak months. The birthday color is Parakeet Green (#2CB232), a sharp saturated green whose color word is "a shade tree." Restraint and vividness, side by side.
'Herd-lead' and 'driving' — the star words of Nekkar return on May 9. In myth, Boötes is the herdsman forever pursuing the Great Bear around the pole, and this 3.5-magnitude giant marks his head. It culminates in the south at midnight. The birthday color is Parakeet Green (#2CB232), the shade of trees. Even a driver needs the wisdom to rest in the shade: star and color propose a rhythm, not a race.
The birthday fish for May 9 is the Masu salmon (juvenile), living in mountain streams and carrying the words “stream” and “origin”. Its dusky parr marks echo shade and current, and some are said to slip seaward to become sakura masu. Its peak season is May. The birth color of the day is Parakeet Green #2CB232, the vivid green of a shade tree. Offer the table one cool splash of early summer.
The birth fruit for May 9 is the Pineapple (パイナップル). May and Jun and Jul is when this tropical fruit tastes its best. Fruit words attach "welcome and shine" to the Pineapple. It is in season May and Jun and Jul. The birthday color for this date is Parakeet Green (#2CB232). The color word here is "a shade tree". 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 9?
- The birth flower for May 9 is the Cornflower. Its hanakotoba include elegant, delicate, and its peak season is May, Jun.
- What is the birth fish for May 9?
- The birth fish for May 9 is the Masu salmon (juvenile). Its fish words include stream, origin, and its peak season is May.
- What is the birth fruit for May 9?
- The birth fruit for May 9 is the Pineapple. Its fruit words include welcome, shine, and its peak season is May, Jun, Jul.
- What is the birthday color for May 9?
- The birthday color for May 9 is Parakeet Green (#2CB232). It pairs with the day's flower, Cornflower.
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Color palette for Parakeet Green
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#62D867
oklch(78.9% 0.187 144.3)
#2CB232
oklch(66.9% 0.201 143.4)
base
#1A681D
oklch(45.4% 0.132 143.5)
Analogous (±30°)
#69B22C
oklch(69.0% 0.179 134.3)
#2CB232
oklch(66.9% 0.201 143.4)
base
#2CB275
oklch(67.9% 0.145 158.2)
Complementary (+180°)
#2CB232
oklch(66.9% 0.201 143.4)
#B22CAC
oklch(55.1% 0.217 330.0)
base
#DF7EDB
oklch(73.0% 0.166 328.6)
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