September 21
Birthday Color: Tea Green
#E3EDC8 · rgb(227, 237, 200) · hsl(76, 51%, 86%) · CMYK(4,0,16,7)
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Zodiac: Virgo ♍
Color words & personality
Tea Green is the birthday color for September 21. In this system it belongs to a family read as kind and observant. Its color words point to tree rings: unhurried years stack into a core that does not sway. In print, this color shows a pale tone holding plenty of light. Used on a note or planner, it becomes a signature in place of your name.
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 September 21
Birth star
Fulu
Star words: side road, accompanying path
Cassiopeia · ζ Cas · mag 3.69 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Lily
Meaning: purity, love for a hundred years
Peak: Jul, Aug, Sep
Birth fish
Blackthroat seaperch
Fish words: luxury, quietude
Peak: Nov, Dec
September 21 belongs to lily, paired this time with Tea Green (#E3EDC8) as the birthday color, with "tree rings" as its color word. Purity and love for a hundred years are still its themes, and July through September is still its season. The green-cream is a soft, aged note — a flower held against a record of slow years.
A side road runs through the queen's W: Fulu, Zeta Cassiopeiae, a third-magnitude light, is September 21's star. Its name comes from a Chinese asterism meaning 'side road' beside the imperial way, and it is a gently variable star, brightening by a whisper. Its star words are the side road and the accompanying path. As the date turns, it tops the southern sky. Your birth color is Tea Green (#E3EDC8), pale as steeped leaves, its color word tree rings: quiet years beside the main road.
September 21's birth fish is the Blackthroat seaperch, named for the dark of its throat and known for refined white flesh. Fish words: “luxury” and “quietude”. Its peak months are November and December; September only opens the curtain. The birth color of the day is Tea Green (#E3EDC8), a pale, calm green. Hold a little anticipation for the seasons ahead.
The birth fruit for Sep 21 is the Hosui pear (豊水). A pome fruit of the season, the Hosui pear arrives from Sep. The fruit words for this date read "richness and savoring". Sep is its season. This day's birthday color: Tea Green (#E3EDC8). The color word here is "tree rings". The day pairs the season's fruit with its own color.
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 21?
- The birth flower for September 21 is the Lily. Its hanakotoba include purity, love for a hundred years, and its peak season is Jul, Aug, Sep.
- What is the birth fish for September 21?
- The birth fish for September 21 is the Blackthroat seaperch. Its fish words include luxury, quietude, and its peak season is Nov, Dec.
- What is the birth fruit for September 21?
- The birth fruit for September 21 is the Hosui pear. Its fruit words include richness, savoring, and its peak season is Sep.
- What is the birthday color for September 21?
- The birthday color for September 21 is Tea Green (#E3EDC8). It pairs with the day's flower, Lily.
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Color palette for Tea Green
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#EFF5E0
oklch(96.0% 0.028 119.9)
#E3EDC8
oklch(92.9% 0.050 119.7)
base
#C0D683
oklch(84.1% 0.110 120.9)
Analogous (±30°)
#EDE5C8
oklch(92.1% 0.039 94.3)
#E3EDC8
oklch(92.9% 0.050 119.7)
base
#D1EDC8
oklch(91.6% 0.058 138.1)
Complementary (+180°)
#E3EDC8
oklch(92.9% 0.050 119.7)
#D2C8ED
oklch(85.3% 0.052 297.7)
base
#E0D9F2
oklch(89.8% 0.035 298.5)
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