Text to Hex
Convert any text to hexadecimal — each character as its UTF-8 byte hex values.
About Text to Hex Conversion
Converting text to hexadecimal shows the underlying byte values of each character in your text. This is useful for debugging encoding issues, inspecting string content in network protocols, understanding how characters are stored in memory, working with binary file formats, and learning about character encodings.
Each ASCII character produces a single 2-digit hex pair (e.g., 'A' = 41, 'a' = 61, ' ' = 20). Unicode characters outside the ASCII range produce 2-4 hex pairs depending on their UTF-8 encoding. For example, the euro sign € produces 3 bytes: E2 82 AC.
FAQ
How is this different from the Hex Encode tool?
They are functionally the same — both convert text to hexadecimal. The Hex Encode tool has more options including the 0x prefix option. This Text to Hex tool provides a simpler, more focused interface for the most common use case.