What does the constant 0.0039215689 represent?

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I keep seeing this constant pop up in various graphics header files

0.0039215689

It seems to have something to do with color maybe?

Here is the first hit on Google:

void RDP_G_SETFOGCOLOR(void)
{
    Gfx.FogColor.R = _SHIFTR(w1, 24, 8) * 0.0039215689f;
    Gfx.FogColor.G = _SHIFTR(w1, 16, 8) * 0.0039215689f;
    Gfx.FogColor.B = _SHIFTR(w1, 8, 8) * 0.0039215689f;
    Gfx.FogColor.A = _SHIFTR(w1, 0, 8) * 0.0039215689f;
}

void RDP_G_SETBLENDCOLOR(void)
{
    Gfx.BlendColor.R = _SHIFTR(w1, 24, 8) * 0.0039215689f;
    Gfx.BlendColor.G = _SHIFTR(w1, 16, 8) * 0.0039215689f;
    Gfx.BlendColor.B = _SHIFTR(w1, 8, 8) * 0.0039215689f;
    Gfx.BlendColor.A = _SHIFTR(w1, 0, 8) * 0.0039215689f;

    if(OpenGL.Ext_FragmentProgram && (System.Options & BRDP_COMBINER)) {
        glProgramEnvParameter4fARB(GL_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM_ARB, 2, Gfx.BlendColor.R, Gfx.BlendColor.G, Gfx.BlendColor.B, Gfx.BlendColor.A);
    }
}

//...more like this

What does this number represent? Why does no one seem to declare it as a const?

I couldn’t find anything on Google that explained it.

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