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the CSS color name rebeccapurple (#663399) is in honor of Rebecca Meyer, the daughter of web standards author and advocate Eric Meyer, who died of childhood cancer in 2014.

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Fun Fact: the CSS color name “rebeccapurple” (#663399) is in honor of Rebecca Meyer, the daughter of web standards author and advocate Eric Meyer, who died of childhood cancer in 2014.

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