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Rebecca purple

Rebecca purple noun: a medium purple color represented by the hexadecimal RGB triplet #663399.

Noun

Rebecca purple (uncountable)

  1. (Internet) A 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 376
    • 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 of Rebecca purple

Named in memory of the daughter of Web standards advocate Eric A. Meyer.

Questions about Rebecca purple

What does Rebecca purple mean?
Rebecca purple means a medium purple color represented by the hexadecimal RGB triplet #663399.
What part of speech is Rebecca purple?
Rebecca purple is a noun.

Words near Rebecca purple in the dictionary

  1. rebeautify
  2. rebeautifying
  3. rebec
  4. rebecame
  5. Rebecca
  6. Rebecca purple
  7. Rebeccah
  8. Rebeccaism
  9. Rebeccaite
  10. Rebeccaites
  11. rebeccamycin

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