Text Encoding

Convert text to binary and hexadecimal, or decode binary and hex values back to text. Switch between ASCII, Extended ASCII and Unicode encoding standards.

Bits per character

7 bits per character

Range

0 – 127 (128 characters)

Note

ASCII was designed in the 1960s for English text on early computers.

1Text → Encoding

5 characters

Char	Decimal	Hex	Binary (7-bit)
H	72	48	0100 1000
e	101	65	0110 0101
l	108	6C	0110 1100
l	108	6C	0110 1100
o	111	6F	0110 1111

2Encoding → Text

Separate each character's bits with a space, or enter a continuous stream and the correct chunk size will be used automatically.

3Quick Reference: Printable ASCII (32–126)

Char	Dec	Hex	7-bit Binary	Char	Dec	Hex	7-bit Binary
SP	32	20	0100000	8	56	38	0111000
!	33	21	0100001	9	57	39	0111001
"	34	22	0100010	:	58	3A	0111010
#	35	23	0100011	;	59	3B	0111011
$	36	24	0100100	<	60	3C	0111100
%	37	25	0100101	=	61	3D	0111101
&	38	26	0100110	>	62	3E	0111110
'	39	27	0100111	?	63	3F	0111111
(	40	28	0101000	@	64	40	1000000
)	41	29	0101001	A	65	41	1000001
*	42	2A	0101010	B	66	42	1000010
+	43	2B	0101011	C	67	43	1000011
,	44	2C	0101100	D	68	44	1000100
-	45	2D	0101101	E	69	45	1000101
.	46	2E	0101110	F	70	46	1000110
/	47	2F	0101111	G	71	47	1000111
0	48	30	0110000	H	72	48	1001000
1	49	31	0110001	I	73	49	1001001
2	50	32	0110010	J	74	4A	1001010
3	51	33	0110011	K	75	4B	1001011
4	52	34	0110100	L	76	4C	1001100
5	53	35	0110101	M	77	4D	1001101
6	54	36	0110110	N	78	4E	1001110
7	55	37	0110111	O	79	4F	1001111