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Here’s a quick follow up to Barry’s post on Color Palettes for all of the web designers out there. When it comes to translating design to the web, one of the most annoying speed bumps I run into is converting RGB color values to hex. It’s too much of a pain in the ass to load up Photoshop every time you need to find the appropriate translation, especially when it comes to minor fixes done directly in style sheets.

Much of the software I write is for performance systems for artists, a situation where UI really matters. Small things like the coherence of the UI color space can really help a user feel more at ease with the interface, and thus create their best work. It also helps if your software doesn’t look like [...]