Are there any good reasons for using hex over decimal for RGB colour values in CSS?

Question

rgb(255,255,255) notation has been available since CSS1. But #ffffff seems to be vastly more popular.

Obviously it\'s slightly more compact

Answer 1

CSS was invented by software developers, not designers. Software developers live and breathe hex. From my old C64 days, I can still read most hex numbers without thinking. A9, anyone?