August 3
Birthday Color: Yacht Blue
#409ECC · rgb(64, 158, 204) · hsl(200, 58%, 53%) · CMYK(69,23,0,20)
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Zodiac: Leo ♌
Color words & personality
Read through the color words of August 3, Yacht Blue behaves like 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 well-measured, settled saturation. Birthday colors are not science — enjoy them as part of your birth-date identity.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of August 3
Birth star
Alderamin
Star words: future pole, succession
Cepheus · α Cep · mag 2.45 — Circumpolar — up all night in the northern sky, highest around midnight
August 3 belongs to ageratum. Dense, fuzzy-looking clusters of tiny blue florets top a compact plant and hold their color into autumn. Hanakotoba gives it trust and ease. Yacht Blue (#409ECC) supplies the birthday color and the color word "an eye below the surface." Its peak comes in August and September. Soft clusters over a color with something watching in it.
Alderamin, α Cephei, magnitude 2.45, is the star of August 3. Because Earth's axis slowly wobbles through precession, this star is forecast to take the pole star's seat some thousands of years from now. Its star words are future pole and succession. Around midnight it crosses the southern meridian. The day's color is Yacht Blue (#409ECC), an eye below the surface: a landmark of the far future and an eye that sees beneath — a day where trust in long time quietly dwells.
The birthday fish for August 3 is the Abalone, sometimes called a gem of the sea — its fish words are “longevity” and “gem”. Landings rise through July and August, and the snappy, springy flesh is enjoyed as sashimi, steamed with sake, or lightly sautéed in butter. Today's birth color is Yacht Blue (#409ECC), the blue of a glance beneath the surface. A cool, springy note for the day's table.
For Aug 3, the birth fruit is the Peach. The Peach is a stone fruit whose peak runs Jul and Aug. Its fruit words are "longevity and tenderness". Look for it in Jul and Aug. The color side of the day is Yacht Blue (#409ECC). Its color word is "an eye below the surface". A quiet, seasonal note for a birthday table.
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 August 3?
- The birth flower for August 3 is the Ageratum. Its hanakotoba include trust, ease, and its peak season is Aug, Sep.
- What is the birth fish for August 3?
- The birth fish for August 3 is the Abalone. Its fish words include longevity, gem, and its peak season is Jul, Aug.
- What is the birth fruit for August 3?
- The birth fruit for August 3 is the Peach. Its fruit words include longevity, tenderness, and its peak season is Jul, Aug.
- What is the birthday color for August 3?
- The birthday color for August 3 is Yacht Blue (#409ECC). It pairs with the day's flower, Ageratum.
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Color palette for Yacht Blue
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#88C3DF
oklch(78.7% 0.073 229.2)
#409ECC
oklch(66.3% 0.111 233.3)
base
#256A8B
oklch(49.6% 0.086 233.2)
Analogous (±30°)
#40CCB4
oklch(76.5% 0.123 178.9)
#409ECC
oklch(66.3% 0.111 233.3)
base
#4058CC
oklch(51.0% 0.181 269.9)
Complementary (+180°)
#409ECC
oklch(66.3% 0.111 233.3)
#CC6E40
oklch(63.7% 0.133 45.4)
base
#E7BAA5
oklch(82.3% 0.060 46.3)
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