Meanings
- InternetuncountableA medium purple color represented by the hexadecimal RGB triplet #663399.
At this point, try previewing the results of our demo, if all is well, we should see the same box as before, but this time with a slightly lighter shade of rebecca purple as its color:
2016, Alex Libby, Mastering PostCSS for Web Design, page 3761 more example
In this example, instead of instantaneously changing a button's color value on hover, with CSS transitions the button can be set to gradually fade from magenta to rebecca purple over 200 milliseconds, even adding a 50-millisecond delay before transitioning.
2017, Eric Meyer, Estelle Weyl, CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web, page 856
Origin
Named in memory of the daughter of Web standards advocate Eric A. Meyer.
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Rebecca purple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rebecca%20purple
“Rebecca purple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rebecca%20purple. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rebecca purple,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rebecca%20purple.
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