August 9
Birthday Color: Navy Blue
#202F55 · rgb(32, 47, 85) · hsl(223, 45%, 23%) · CMYK(62,45,0,67)
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Zodiac: Leo ♌
Color words & personality
Navy Blue, the color given to August 9, is calm and far-seeing. Its color words point to before dawn: the quiet of being already awake in the darkest hour. In print, this color shows a deep tone that absorbs rather than reflects light. It also works as a gift-wrap color or an accent on a message card.
Try it: For a handkerchief or tie — items that stay near you daily.
As a gift: Blue lends calm to a thoughtful gift. → Pick a gift color by birthday color
Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of August 9
Birth star
Sadalsuud
Star words: fortune, serendipity
Aquarius · β Aqr · mag 2.90 — Culminates around midnight
The August 9 flower is surfinia. Long trailing stems carry wide, open petunias that spill from baskets and keep flowering without deadheading. Its hanakotoba meanings are energetic and gorgeous. Navy Blue (#202F55) gives the date its birthday color; the color word is "before dawn." It peaks from June through August. A plant that spills everywhere, held by a very dark blue.
Sadalsuud returns on August 9 — and here is a curiosity: though it wears the beta label, at magnitude 2.9 it matches the constellation's alpha star almost exactly (β Aqr), a star that speaks by its actual brightness rather than its letter. Its star words are fortune and serendipity. Around midnight it gleams at its highest in the south. The day's color is Navy Blue (#202F55), before dawn: a star that outshines its rank, and the navy of the hour before sunrise — a day of quiet pride.
The birthday fish for August 9 is the Pike conger, a summer fish whose many bones are transformed by skilled knife-work and a quick blanch into pale, springy flesh — its fish words are “delicacy” and “spirit”. The season peaks in July and August; blanched and dressed with tart plum paste, it is a beloved late-summer dish. Today's birth color is Navy Blue (#202F55), the deep indigo before dawn. A supple taste of summer for the day's table.
For Aug 9, the birth fruit is the Raspberry. It is a berry at its best around Jul and Aug. Its fruit words are "heartbeat and tender care". Look for it in Jul and Aug. On this date, the birthday color is Navy Blue (#202F55). Its color word is "before dawn". A seasonal fruit and a birthday color, sharing one date.
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 9?
- The birth flower for August 9 is the Surfinia. Its hanakotoba include energetic, gorgeous, and its peak season is Jun, Jul, Aug.
- What is the birth fish for August 9?
- The birth fish for August 9 is the Pike conger. Its fish words include delicacy, spirit, and its peak season is Jul, Aug.
- What is the birth fruit for August 9?
- The birth fruit for August 9 is the Raspberry. Its fruit words include heartbeat, tender care, and its peak season is Jul, Aug.
- What is the birthday color for August 9?
- The birthday color for August 9 is Navy Blue (#202F55). It pairs with the day's flower, Surfinia.
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Color palette for Navy Blue
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#395498
oklch(46.0% 0.115 265.8)
#202F55
oklch(31.3% 0.071 266.2)
base
#0B101E
oklch(17.6% 0.030 268.3)
Analogous (±30°)
#204955
oklch(38.1% 0.050 219.6)
#202F55
oklch(31.3% 0.071 266.2)
base
#2C2055
oklch(29.0% 0.092 289.8)
Complementary (+180°)
#202F55
oklch(31.3% 0.071 266.2)
#554620
oklch(40.1% 0.058 88.1)
base
#B29243
oklch(67.4% 0.105 87.2)
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