SU(3) highest-weight coordinates ($(p,q)=(a/2,(a+2b)/(2\sqrt{3}))$)

With $H_1=\mathrm{diag}(1,-1,0)/2$ and $H_2=\mathrm{diag}(1,1,-2)/(2\sqrt{3})$, the simple roots are $(1,0)$ and $(-1/2,\sqrt{3}/2)$. Their coroots give Dynkin labels $a=2p$ and $b=\sqrt{3}q-p$ for Cartesian highest-weight coordinates $(p,q)$. Finite-dimensional irreducible representations require $a,b\in {\mathbb{Z}}_{\ge 0}$. The vertical coordinate is $\sqrt{3}/2$ times flavor hypercharge.