Quote Originally Posted by msbettybebe
color: ##9da7ad;
Only one '#' in front of the color code.

From the stylesheet_original.css file (Zen Cart v1.3.0.1):
Code:
TD.headerNavigation A, TD.headerNavigation A:visited, td.footertop a  {
  font-weight: bold;
  color: #ffffff;
}

TD.headerNavigation A:hover, td.footertop a:hover  {
  color: #a8cfff;
}

TR.
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