Text to Hex Converter

Convert text to hexadecimal (UTF-8 bytes) and hex back to text.

What is text-to-hex conversion?

Text-to-hex conversion encodes each character as bytes and writes every byte as two hexadecimal digits, for example "Hello" becomes 48 65 6c 6c 6f.

Uses

Inspecting hidden characters, BOMs and encoding problems in text.
Preparing byte strings for code, protocols and hardware.
Decoding hex dumps back into readable text.

Decoding

Paste hex in any common format — 48656C6C6F, 48 65 6C 6C 6F or with 0x prefixes. Non-hex characters are ignored, and the bytes are decoded as UTF-8.

Need bits instead? Use the Text to Binary Converter. To convert single numbers, use the Number Base Converter.

Frequently asked questions

Which character encoding is used?

UTF-8, the standard encoding of the web.

Why does "é" become two bytes?

In UTF-8, characters beyond basic ASCII need two to four bytes.

Does case matter in hex?

No, 6C and 6c are the same byte.