What Colour number is 777?

The colour number of 777 refers to the hexadecimal colour code #777, which represents a shade of gray. Hexadecimal colour codes are 6 digit codes preceded by a pound (#) sign that are used to represent colours on digital displays. The first 2 digits represent the amount of red, the middle 2 digits represent the amount of green, and the last 2 digits represent the amount of blue in the colour.

Understanding Hexadecimal Colour Codes

Hexadecimal, or hex for short, is a numbering system that uses 16 distinct symbols (0-9 and A-F) to represent numbers. It is commonly used in computing and coding since it provides a more compact way to represent binary numbers. While we are used to using a decimal system with 10 digits (0-9), hexadecimal has 16, allowing each digit to represent a value from 0 to 15.

Hexadecimal colour codes work by specifying the levels of red, green and blue in a colour with hexadecimal digits. Each pair of digits represents a value between 00 and FF (256 decimal values). So for example, #000000 represents black (no colour), #FF0000 represents red, #00FF00 represents green, and #0000FF represents blue. Mixing different levels of red, green and blue allows over 16 million colour combinations.

The colour #777 specifically represents a shade of gray, since the red, green and blue components are equal. The value 77 in hexadecimal corresponds to 119 in decimal values. So #777 contains R:119, G:119, B:119, creating an even and medium gray colour.

Decimal to Hexadecimal Conversion

To understand hexadecimal colour values, it can help to understand decimal to hexadecimal conversions:

Decimal	Hexadecimal
0	00
1	01
2	02
3	03
4	04
5	05
6	06
7	07
8	08
9	09
10	0A
11	0B
12	0C
13	0D
14	0E
15	0F
16	10
17	11
18	12
19	13
20	14
21	15
22	16
23	17
24	18
25	19
26	1A
27	1B
28	1C
29	1D
30	1E
31	1F
32	20
33	21
34	22
35	23
36	24
37	25
38	26
39	27
40	28
41	29
42	2A
43	2B
44	2C
45	2D
46	2E
47	2F
48	30
49	31
50	32
51	33
52	34
53	35
54	36
55	37
56	38
57	39
58	3A
59	3B
60	3C
61	3D
62	3E
63	3F
64	40
65	41
66	42
67	43
68	44
69	45
70	46
71	47
72	48
73	49
74	4A
75	4B
76	4C
77	4D
78	4E
79	4F
80	50
81	51
82	52
83	53
84	54
85	55
86	56
87	57
88	58
89	59
90	5A
91	5B
92	5C
93	5D
94	5E
95	5F
96	60
97	61
98	62
99	63
100	64
101	65
102	66
103	67
104	68
105	69
106	6A
107	6B
108	6C
109	6D
110	6E
111	6F
112	70
113	71
114	72
115	73
116	74
117	75
118	76
119	77
120	78
121	79
122	7A
123	7B
124	7C
125	7D
126	7E
127	7F
128	80
129	81
130	82
131	83
132	84
133	85
134	86
135	87
136	88
137	89
138	8A
139	8B
140	8C
141	8D
142	8E
143	8F
144	90
145	91
146	92
147	93
148	94
149	95
150	96
151	97
152	98
153	99
154	9A
155	9B
156	9C
157	9D
158	9E
159	9F
160	A0
161	A1
162	A2
163	A3
164	A4
165	A5
166	A6
167	A7
168	A8
169	A9
170	AA
171	AB
172	AC
173	AD
174	AE
175	AF
176	B0
177	B1
178	B2
179	B3
180	B4
181	B5
182	B6
183	B7
184	B8
185	B9
186	BA
187	BB
188	BC
189	BD
190	BE
191	BF
192	C0
193	C1
194	C2
195	C3
196	C4

Decimal	Hexadecimal
0	00
1	01
2	02
3	03
4	04
5	05
6	06
7	07
8	08
9	09
10	0A
11	0B
12	0C
13	0D
14	0E
15	0F
16	10
17	11
18	12
19	13
20	14
21	15
22	16
23	17
24	18
25	19
26	1A
27	1B
28	1C
29	1D
30	1E
31	1F
32	20
33	21
34	22
35	23
36	24
37	25
38	26
39	27
40	28
41	29
42	2A
43	2B
44	2C
45	2D
46	2E
47	2F
48	30
49	31
50	32
51	33
52	34
53	35
54	36
55	37
56	38
57	39
58	3A
59	3B
60	3C
61	3D
62	3E
63	3F
64	40
65	41
66	42
67	43
68	44
69	45
70	46
71	47
72	48
73	49
74	4A
75	4B
76	4C
77	4D
78	4E
79	4F
80	50
81	51
82	52
83	53
84	54
85	55
86	56
87	57
88	58
89	59
90	5A
91	5B
92	5C
93	5D
94	5E
95	5F
96	60
97	61
98	62
99	63
100	64
101	65
102	66
103	67
104	68
105	69
106	6A
107	6B
108	6C
109	6D
110	6E
111	6F
112	70
113	71
114	72
115	73
116	74
117	75
118	76
119	77
120	78
121	79
122	7A
123	7B
124	7C
125	7D
126	7E
127	7F
128	80
129	81
130	82
131	83
132	84
133	85
134	86
135	87
136	88
137	89
138	8A
139	8B
140	8C
141	8D
142	8E
143	8F
144	90
145	91
146	92
147	93
148	94
149	95
150	96
151	97
152	98
153	99
154	9A
155	9B
156	9C
157	9D
158	9E
159	9F
160	A0
161	A1
162	A2
163	A3
164	A4
165	A5
166	A6
167	A7
168	A8
169	A9
170	AA
171	AB
172	AC
173	AD
174	AE
175	AF
176	B0
177	B1
178	B2
179	B3
180	B4
181	B5
182	B6
183	B7
184	B8
185	B9
186	BA
187	BB
188	BC
189	BD
190	BE
191	BF
192	C0
193	C1
194	C2
195	C3
196	C4

Decimal	Hexadecimal
0	00
1	01
2	02
3	03
4	04
5	05
6	06
7	07
8	08
9	09
10	0A
11	0B
12	0C
13	0D
14	0E
15	0F
16	10
17	11
18	12
19	13
20	14
21	15
22	16
23	17
24	18
25	19
26	1A
27	1B
28	1C
29	1D
30	1E
31	1F
32	20
33	21
34	22
35	23
36	24
37	25
38	26
39	27
40	28
41	29
42	2A
43	2B
44	2C
45	2D
46	2E
47	2F
48	30
49	31
50	32
51	33
52	34
53	35
54	36
55	37
56	38
57	39
58	3A
59	3B
60	3C
61	3D
62	3E
63	3F
64	40
65	41
66	42
67	43
68	44
69	45
70	46
71	47
72	48
73	49
74	4A
75	4B
76	4C
77	4D
78	4E
79	4F
80	50
81	51
82	52
83	53
84	54
85	55
86	56
87	57
88	58
89	59
90	5A
91	5B
92	5C
93	5D
94	5E
95	5F
96	60
97	61
98	62
99	63
100	64
101	65
102	66
103	67
104	68
105	69
106	6A
107	6B
108	6C
109	6D
110	6E
111	6F
112	70
113	71
114	72
115	73
116	74
117	75
118	76
119	77
120	78
121	79
122	7A
123	7B
124	7C
125	7D
126	7E
127	7F
128	80
129	81
130	82
131	83
132	84
133	85
134	86
135	87
136	88
137	89
138	8A
139	8B
140	8C
141	8D
142	8E
143	8F
144	90
145	91
146	92
147	93
148	94
149	95
150	96
151	97
152	98
153	99
154	9A
155	9B
156	9C
157	9D
158	9E
159	9F
160	A0
161	A1
162	A2
163	A3
164	A4
165	A5
166	A6
167	A7
168	A8
169	A9
170	AA
171	AB
172	AC
173	AD
174	AE
175	AF
176	B0
177	B1
178	B2
179	B3
180	B4
181	B5
182	B6
183	B7
184	B8
185	B9
186	BA
187	BB
188	BC
189	BD
190	BE
191	BF
192	C0
193	C1
194	C2
195	C3
196	C4

Decimal	Hexadecimal
0	00
1	01
2	02
3	03
4	04
5	05
6	06
7	07
8	08
9	09
10	0A
11	0B
12	0C
13	0D
14	0E
15	0F
16	10
17	11
18	12
19	13
20	14
21	15
22	16
23	17
24	18
25	19
26	1A
27	1B
28	1C
29	1D
30	1E
31	1F
32	20
33	21
34	22
35	23
36	24
37	25
38	26
39	27
40	28
41	29
42	2A
43	2B
44	2C
45	2D
46	2E
47	2F
48	30
49	31
50	32
51	33
52	34
53	35
54	36
55	37
56	38
57	39
58	3A
59	3B
60	3C
61	3D
62	3E
63	3F
64	40
65	41
66	42
67	43
68	44
69	45
70	46
71	47
72	48
73	49
74	4A
75	4B
76	4C
77	4D
78	4E
79	4F
80	50
81	51
82	52
83	53
84	54
85	55
86	56
87	57
88	58
89	59
90	5A
91	5B
92	5C
93	5D
94	5E
95	5F
96	60
97	61
98	62
99	63
100	64
101	65
102	66
103	67
104	68
105	69
106	6A
107	6B
108	6C
109	6D
110	6E
111	6F
112	70
113	71
114	72
115	73
116	74
117	75
118	76
119	77
120	78
121	79
122	7A
123	7B
124	7C
125	7D
126	7E
127	7F
128	80
129	81
130	82
131	83
132	84
133	85
134	86
135	87
136	88
137	89
138	8A
139	8B
140	8C
141	8D
142	8E
143	8F
144	90
145	91
146	92
147	93
148	94
149	95
150	96
151	97
152	98
153	99
154	9A
155	9B
156	9C
157	9D
158	9E
159	9F
160	A0
161	A1
162	A2
163	A3
164	A4
165	A5
166	A6
167	A7
168	A8
169	A9
170	AA
171	AB
172	AC
173	AD
174	AE
175	AF
176	B0
177	B1
178	B2
179	B3
180	B4
181	B5
182	B6
183	B7
184	B8
185	B9
186	BA
187	BB
188	BC
189	BD
190	BE
191	BF
192	C0
193	C1
194	C2
195	C3
196	C4