September 18
Birthday Color: Powder Blue
#BCCDDB · rgb(188, 205, 219) · hsl(207, 30%, 80%) · CMYK(14,6,0,14)
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Zodiac: Virgo ♍
Color words & personality
Read through the color words of September 18, Powder Blue behaves like honest and dependable. Its color words point to still water: clear because it isn't stirred by every wind. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Telling someone "the color of my birthday" alone moves the conversation one step forward.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of September 18
Birth star
Ankaa
Star words: rebirth, immortality
Phoenix · α Phe · mag 2.40 — Culminates around midnight, low in the southern sky
Birth flower
Thoroughwort
Meaning: hesitation, memories of that day
Peak: Sep, Oct
Birth fruit
Chestnut
Fruit words: mountain harvest, sturdiness
Peak: Sep
Thoroughwort gives September 18 its flower. Soft pink flower heads sit in loose clusters, and the plant is one of the seven autumn herbs. Its hanakotoba meanings are hesitation and memories of that day. The birthday color falls to Powder Blue (#BCCDDB), read as "still water." It peaks in September and October. A faint flower over a faint color, both holding back.
At the southern sky's far edge, a firebird rises. September 18's star is Ankaa, Alpha Phoenicis, named for the anqa, a legendary Arabian bird, and Phoenix's brightest light — a constellation charted by navigators c. 1600. An orange second-magnitude giant, its star words are the phoenix and rebirth. At midnight it burns at the top of the south. The day's color is Powder Blue (#BCCDDB), its color words quiet water — flame above, stillness below, and everything beginning again.
September 18's birth fish is the Ocean sunfish, its great round body like a small island afloat. Fish words: “relaxation” and “ease”. In some regions its flesh is cooked in hot pots or fried. Peak season: September. The birth color of the day is Powder Blue (#BCCDDB), still as quiet water. Leave a little blank space at the day's table.
Sep 18 belongs to the Chestnut (クリ). A nut of the season, the Chestnut arrives from Sep. The fruit words for this date read "mountain harvest and sturdiness". Sep is its season. This day's birthday color: Powder Blue (#BCCDDB). The color word here is "still water". 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 September 18?
- The birth flower for September 18 is the Thoroughwort. Its hanakotoba include hesitation, memories of that day, and its peak season is Sep, Oct.
- What is the birth fish for September 18?
- The birth fish for September 18 is the Ocean sunfish. Its fish words include relaxation, ease, and its peak season is Sep.
- What is the birth fruit for September 18?
- The birth fruit for September 18 is the Chestnut. Its fruit words include mountain harvest, sturdiness, and its peak season is Sep.
- What is the birthday color for September 18?
- The birthday color for September 18 is Powder Blue (#BCCDDB). It pairs with the day's flower, Thoroughwort.
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Color palette for Powder Blue
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#E4EBF1
oklch(93.6% 0.011 243.7)
#BCCDDB
oklch(84.0% 0.027 242.8)
base
#80A0BB
oklch(69.1% 0.053 244.1)
Analogous (±30°)
#BCDBD9
oklch(86.8% 0.033 191.8)
#BCCDDB
oklch(84.0% 0.027 242.8)
base
#BCBEDB
oklch(80.9% 0.041 282.3)
Complementary (+180°)
#BCCDDB
oklch(84.0% 0.027 242.8)
#DBCABC
oklch(84.9% 0.027 61.9)
base
#EDE5DE
oklch(92.6% 0.013 63.9)
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