You can change the color for text selection via CSS, using the ::selection and ::-moz-selection pseudo-elements.

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Adding this to your Sass will make all text selections use a red background:

::selection
  background-color: #f00

::-moz-selection
  background-color: #f00

Unfortunately, those can't be combined into "::selection, ::-moz-selection". Doing so will have no effect.