July 17
Birthday Color: Salvia Blue
#6B76AE · rgb(107, 118, 174) · hsl(230, 29%, 55%) · CMYK(39,32,0,32)
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Zodiac: Cancer ♋
Color words & personality
Assigned to July 17, Salvia Blue belongs to a family read as calm and far-seeing. Its color words point to an anchor: on windy days your presence alone steadies the boat. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Blend two birthday colors and you get a memorial color unique to that pair.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of July 17
Birth star
Alshain
Star words: falcon's wing, gale
Aquila · β Aql · mag 3.71 — Culminates around midnight
Campanula is the flower for July 17. Nodding bell-shaped blooms hang from slender stems, and the whole plant leans with the weight of them. Its hanakotoba meanings are gratitude and sincere. Salvia Blue (#6B76AE) is the birthday color, with "an anchor" as its color word. June and July mark its peak. Bells that sway, set against something that does not.
July 17 is marked by Alshain in Aquila (β Aql), magnitude 3.71. Its name comes from the Persian word for falcon, and it is one of the wing stars flanking Altair in a neat straight line with Tarazed. Its star words are falcon's wing and gale. Around midnight it stands at its highest in the south. The day's color is Salvia Blue (#6B76AE), an anchor: a wing that rides the gale and an anchor that holds the boat — motion and stillness sharing one night sky.
July 17 again presents the Japanese sea bass. Moving between river and sea as it grows, its summer fat is said to begin rising in the warm bay, and the fish words are “momentum” and “power”. Its peak season is July. The birthday color is Salvia Blue (#6B76AE) — an anchor before the voyage. May a slice of cool summer sit quietly on today’s table.
The Longan is the birth fruit of Jul 17. Market stalls fill with this tropical fruit around Jul. Its fruit words are "dragon's eye and nostalgia". Look for it in Jul. Its date also carries the birthday color Salvia Blue (#6B76AE). Its color word is "an anchor". Seasonal sweetness and a personal color, on the same 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 July 17?
- The birth flower for July 17 is the Campanula. Its hanakotoba include gratitude, sincere, and its peak season is Jun, Jul.
- What is the birth fish for July 17?
- The birth fish for July 17 is the Japanese sea bass. Its fish words include momentum, power, and its peak season is Jul.
- What is the birth fruit for July 17?
- The birth fruit for July 17 is the Longan. Its fruit words include dragon's eye, nostalgia, and its peak season is Jul.
- What is the birthday color for July 17?
- The birthday color for July 17 is Salvia Blue (#6B76AE). It pairs with the day's flower, Campanula.
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Color palette for Salvia Blue
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#A6ADCE
oklch(75.3% 0.048 275.8)
#6B76AE
oklch(58.0% 0.087 274.9)
base
#434C7A
oklch(43.0% 0.077 274.3)
Analogous (±30°)
#6B98AE
oklch(65.5% 0.059 229.9)
#6B76AE
oklch(58.0% 0.087 274.9)
base
#826BAE
oklch(57.7% 0.103 298.9)
Complementary (+180°)
#6B76AE
oklch(58.0% 0.087 274.9)
#AEA36B
oklch(71.2% 0.076 98.4)
base
#DBD6BD
oklch(87.3% 0.034 97.7)
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