I've actually brought it back on my downloaded copy; it's a color that never clashes with text colors I assign, and stands out pretty well.

Yeah, the new default selection color makes text completely unreadable for me...

I beg your pardon?

One interesting feature of html boilerplate was that, in its CSS, it set the background color of selected text to #fe57a1 (hot pink). For the longest time, it was a pretty easy way to identify an HB-based site as many developers didn't customize text selection. It also looked rather neat.

For some reason, they've removed it in v4.

What a strangely fascinating now-arcane bit of internet lore.

Thank you for the explanation.

It's the pink color that used to be used for selection.

I'm sad to see it go.

First thing I noticed. Very sad.

Festal? ;)

Can we officially make that a color name please? / CC: UN Committee on Color Names

I agree -- BTW I'm still waiting to hear back about my new color name: "Unforeseeable Fuchsia".

Ouch

I forgot to mention "Statutory Grape," the color of a dress worn by a 13-year-old girl. :)