Colour problems after exporting for web

Hiya
I'm struggling with a colour issue on a website I've recently designed.
The original design was done in Photoshop CS3 and includes a think purple band at the top of the page (http://www.deliciouscafe.co.uk/index.html). After slicing up the design and then 'saving for web and devices', the purple changes - it appears less dense and should really be a much deeper shade.
Not sure if i'm using the wrong export method. I've tried jpeg, png and gif format but nothing seems to make a difference, however I've not tried changing any of the other settings in the save for web and devices dialog box so was wondering if something there would help?
Any assistance would be much appreciated!

Convert (don't assign) the color profile of your images to be sRGB.
When saving for web, be sure to include the ICC color profile for sRGB.
Don't mix GIF andd JPG when you are trying to maintain consisten color. Use the same format. (background.gif has a purple that may not match quote.jpg)
Web color is a mess, especially on Mac. The steps above are the best you can do.

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The web ReadMe.html example shows the jpg poster, but clicking on "Click to Play", after a while, Firefox shows the QuickTime logo with an interrogation mark (IE simply shows a black rectangle).
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Since I am still, I'll greatly appreciate any help.
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Giovanni
Message was edited by: Giovanni Benintende

Your link is no longer working
I have had similar problems embedding QuickTime and am currently looking for the solution. In the meantime, one fix that I have found is to amend the included script files in the header of your html:
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http://www.apple.com/library/quicktime/scripts/ac_quicktime.js
http://www.apple.com/library/quicktime/scripts/qtp_library.js
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