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HTML

<input type="text" placeholder="search" />

CSS

::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color:    #D6D6D0;
}
:-moz-placeholder {
    color:    #D6D6D0;
}
::-moz-placeholder {
    color:    #D6D6D0;
}
:-ms-input-placeholder {
    color:    #D6D6D0;
}

input[type="text"] {
    color:#fff;
    background:#aaa;
    padding:3px;
    margin:5px;
    font-family:Arial;
    border:1px solid #666;
}