How to change the color of selected text?

Question

Please left-click and drag this text (check it). The color you see is blue, would I like to change this color to dark green using Javascript or HTML / CSS?

Answer 1

Browser support is limited.

::selection {
        background: #ffb7b7; /* Safari */
        }
::-moz-selection {
        background: #ffb7b7; /* Firefox */
}

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Answer 2

http://snipplr.com/view/4285/change-color-of-selected-text/

Its CSS3 and only Safari and Firefox support this, and both in different ways.