0x16EF

0x16EF is a hexadecimal number, which is a base-16 numeral system used in computing and digital electronics. In hexadecimal, the digits range from 0 to 9 and then A to F, where A represents 10, B represents 11, and so on up to F, which represents 15 in decimal. The number 0x16EF can be converted to decimal by evaluating each digit's position and multiplying it by 16 raised to the power of its position index, starting from the right with index 0. For 0x16EF, this would be (1 * 16^3) + (6 * 16^2) + (E * 16^1) + (F * 16^0), where E and F are 14 and 15 in decimal, respectively. This calculation results in the decimal equivalent of 5871. Hexadecimal is commonly used in programming, computer science, and digital electronics due to its compactness and ease of conversion to binary, which is the base-2 numeral system used by computers. It is also used in color codes in web development, where two hexadecimal digits represent the intensity of red, green, and blue components of a color.