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Winter Solstice · Turning colour#BB7A8C紫梅(Zǐ Méi)
Purple Plum
Colour Values色值
HEX
#BB7A8C
RGB
rgb(187, 122, 140)
HSL
hsl(343, 32%, 61%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.652 0.084 1.7)
CMYK
0, 35, 25, 27
approx
Global Colour Equivalents国际色卡对照
CSS nearest ≈
palevioletred
#DB7093
Pantone FHI/TCX ≈
foxglove
#b98391
Nearest perceptual match (OKLab). Pantone value is from an unofficial dataset — approximate; verify against official swatches before production.
Imagery & Provenance意象与出处
Solar term
冬至 · Winter Solstice — "蚯蚓结,麋角解,水泉动。"
Imagery
The purple of plum blossom — a pink that has met violet. Plum is the flower of the coldest weeks.
Origin
Plum blossom opens in deep winter, before the leaves, and its colour has always been shorthand for endurance. As the turning colour it is the term’s pink beginning to go plum — and the season beginning to go with it.
System
B Solar-term sets
Source
Book of Rites, Monthly Ordinances: “On the day of the Winter Solstice, earthworms knot themselves.” (turning colour of 冬至.)
Citation
《礼记·月令》:冬至之日,蚯蚓结。
Evidence
Ancient-text attestation (attestation > artifact > compilation > approximation)
Imagery意象图

Brand & Product References国际色号案例

Instagram Pink
#E1306C · ≈ ΔE 15.2 (CIEDE2000)
Global brand reference
photo: Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial reference only — same/near shade used by these brands. Names and colours are trademarks of their respective owners; photos are CC-licensed from Wikimedia Commons (see credit on each card); no affiliation or endorsement implied.
Cultural Note for non-Chinese Designers文化提示
CautionRed = luck, celebration, weddings, New Year. West reads danger/passion — align intent explicitly.
Same Family同色系
Pantone/CSS values are nearest perceptual matches (OKLab distance), not official colour codes.
