Homonym: 255 (Color)
The number "255" is an integer that comes after 254 and before 256. It is often recognized in computing as the highest value that can be represented with an 8-bit binary number, which is 11111111 in binary form. This makes it significant in various digital applications, such as color representation in RGB systems, where each color channel can have values ranging from 0 to 255.
In mathematics, 255 is an odd number and can be factored into prime numbers as 3 × 5 × 17. It is also notable for being a part of the Fibonacci sequence, where it appears as the sum of two previous Fibonacci numbers, specifically 233 and 21.