Something

body {
  background-color: #777777;
  margin: 0;
  font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size:80%;
}

#menu {

  left: 0;
  width:12%;
  position:absolute;
  top:0;

  padding-left:1%;
  padding-right:1%;

  margin-left:0;
  margin-right:0;
  border-right: 1px solid #53229c;
  border-bottom: 1px dotted #53229c;
  height: 95%;
}

#content {
  top: 0;
  margin-left:15%;
  margin-right:10.2em;
  margin-top: 0;
  padding-left:0%;
  padding-right:1%;
}

input, select {
  border: 1px solid #53229c;
/*  background-color: #FFFFFF; */
  color: #53229c;
}

fieldset {
  border: 1px solid #53229c;
}

legend {
  border: 1px solid #53229c;
  color: #53229c;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-variant: small-caps;
}