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CSS gets a new logo and it uses the color `rebeccapurple`

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908 points thunderbong | 2 comments | 17 Nov 24 04:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.404s | source
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npteljes ◴[17 Nov 24 09:35 UTC] No.42163073[source]▶
I used rebeccapurple a lot as well, unknowing of the touching story behind it. I coded CSS by hand (back in like 2010), and for placeholders, I used the simple colors I knew, like "green" or "blue". And "red", of course, too. But when typing "re" for "red", I noticed that it autocompletes to "rebeccapurple", which amused me, since I thought it's kind of a nonsense to have a color named like that. Over time, I used it a lot, and it became a kind of a favorite of mine.
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1. watusername ◴[17 Nov 24 16:02 UTC] No.42164859[source]▶
For the record, rebeccapurple was ratified in June 2014 [0] and was added to mainstream browsers late that year [1]. I imagine it wouldn't be "web-safe" until 2015/2016 at the earliest.

(Not doubting your anecdote - Just felt like doing some sleuthing on the timeline)

[0] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0312.... [1] https://caniuse.com/css-rebeccapurple (use "Date Relative")

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2. npteljes ◴[17 Nov 24 20:12 UTC] No.42166777[source]▶
That's actually later than I remember doing all that frontend work. It wasn't for production though, that's for sure, so I used it as soon as it appeared instead of my usual "red". Thanks for the clarifications.