How do I convert hex to text?

Paste the hex into the input with Hex → ASCII selected. Every two hex digits are one byte, and the bytes are decoded as UTF-8: 48 65 6C 6C 6F gives Hello. Spaces, commas and dashes between bytes are ignored, so 48656C6C6F works too.

Why does it say there is an odd number of hex digits?

A byte needs two hex digits, so a total of 9 cannot be read: 48 65 6C 6C 6 shows “Odd number of hex digits (9)” and no output. Add or remove one digit. The tool does not guess a missing 0.

Does hex to ASCII work for é, € and emoji?

Yes, as UTF-8: C3 A9 is é (2 bytes), E2 82 AC is € (3 bytes) and F0 9F 98 80 is 😀 (4 bytes). Bytes above 7F are not ASCII on their own. A single E9, which is é in Latin-1, is not valid UTF-8, so it shows as the replacement character �.

What happens if the hex contains a character that is not a digit?

The tool lists the character with its position and shows no output. 48 65 6C 6C 6G reports “G” at character 14. Letters after F and punctuation other than a space, comma or dash are all errors.

Can I paste 0x48, \x48 or %48?

Yes. The tool detects 0x prefixes, \x escapes and %XX codes and shows a Detected format label. Use one notation per input: 0x48 0x69, \x48\x69 and %48%69 all decode to Hi.

Is the text sent anywhere?

The conversion runs in your browser and the page does not send the text to a server. The Share URL button copies a link that contains your input, so use it only when you want the text in the link.

Hex to ASCII

Convert hex to ASCII text: 48 65 6C 6C 6F is Hello. Bytes are read as UTF-8, and odd digit counts or bad characters get an error. How it works

Hex Input

Text output

Enter hex to decode

Text Output (UTF-8)

Decoded as UTF-8: bytes 00–7F are one ASCII character each; accented and other non-ASCII characters take two to four bytes.

About the Hex to ASCII

48 65 6C 6C 6F is “Hello” in ASCII: each pair of hex digits is one byte, and bytes 00 to 7F are ASCII characters. This hex to ASCII converter reads the bytes as UTF-8, so accented letters and emoji written as two to four bytes decode too, and it also writes text back as hex.

Common ASCII codes in hex, decimal and binary

Hex	Decimal	Binary	Character
09	9	00001001	TAB (horizontal tab)
0A	10	00001010	LF (line feed)
0D	13	00001101	CR (carriage return)
20	32	00100000	space
30	48	00110000	0
39	57	00111001	9
41	65	01000001	A
5A	90	01011010	Z
61	97	01100001	a
7A	122	01111010	z
7F	127	01111111	DEL (delete)

As the byte inspector lists them. Codes 00 to 1F and 7F are control characters; 20 to 7E are the 95 printable characters.

Bytes per character in UTF-8

Character	Hex bytes	Number of bytes
A	41	1
é	C3 A9	2
€	E2 82 AC	3
😀	F0 9F 98 80	4

Text to hex writes UTF-8, so only characters up to 7F take one byte. The tool reads and writes UTF-8 only.

How to use this tool

Choose Hex → ASCII and paste the hex into Hex Input. Spaces, commas or dashes between bytes are optional.
Read the text in Text Output (UTF-8). Pick URL Encoded, HTML Entities, C Escape or Base64 to see the same bytes in another form.
Open Byte Inspector to see each byte in hex, decimal and binary with its control-character name.
Choose ASCII → Hex to go the other way: Hello World becomes 48 65 6C 6C 6F 20 57 6F 72 6C 64.

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert hex to text?: Paste the hex into the input with Hex → ASCII selected. Every two hex digits are one byte, and the bytes are decoded as UTF-8: 48 65 6C 6C 6F gives Hello. Spaces, commas and dashes between bytes are ignored, so 48656C6C6F works too.
Why does it say there is an odd number of hex digits?: A byte needs two hex digits, so a total of 9 cannot be read: 48 65 6C 6C 6 shows “Odd number of hex digits (9)” and no output. Add or remove one digit. The tool does not guess a missing 0.
Does hex to ASCII work for é, € and emoji?: Yes, as UTF-8: C3 A9 is é (2 bytes), E2 82 AC is € (3 bytes) and F0 9F 98 80 is 😀 (4 bytes). Bytes above 7F are not ASCII on their own. A single E9, which is é in Latin-1, is not valid UTF-8, so it shows as the replacement character �.
What happens if the hex contains a character that is not a digit?: The tool lists the character with its position and shows no output. 48 65 6C 6C 6G reports “G” at character 14. Letters after F and punctuation other than a space, comma or dash are all errors.
Can I paste 0x48, \x48 or %48?: Yes. The tool detects 0x prefixes, \x escapes and %XX codes and shows a Detected format label. Use one notation per input: 0x48 0x69, \x48\x69 and %48%69 all decode to Hi.
Is the text sent anywhere?: The conversion runs in your browser and the page does not send the text to a server. The Share URL button copies a link that contains your input, so use it only when you want the text in the link.

Reading hex from logs and packets

Copy the hex column of a Wireshark packet or an xxd dump line, such as 47 45 54 20 2F, and it reads GET /, the start of an HTTP request. The input can use spaces, commas or dashes between bytes, or no separator at all, and it accepts 0x prefixes, backslash-x escapes and %XX codes (one notation per input).

The output can be shown as plain text, URL encoded, HTML entities, C escapes or Base64, and a byte inspector lists each byte in hex, decimal and binary with its control-character name (first 1,000 bytes). C escapes put a backslash in front of a backslash or a double quote, and escape a hex digit that comes right after a hex escape, so bytes 00 41 never read as one character. HTML entities cannot hold byte 00, so it is written as ␀ (U+2400).

Bytes first, then UTF-8

text = UTF-8 decode of the bytes, where every pair of hex digits is one byte from 00 to FF.

Bytes 00 to 7F are ASCII, one character each: 48 65 6C 6C 6F is 72 101 108 108 111, which spells Hello. Bytes 80 to FF only make sense as part of a UTF-8 sequence of two to four bytes: the three bytes E2 82 AC together are the euro sign €. A byte pattern that is not valid UTF-8, such as a lone E9, shows as the replacement character � and the page says so. This tool decodes UTF-8 only, not Latin-1 or UTF-16.

An odd number of hex digits is an error, because the last digit has no pair, and no output is shown. A character that is not a hex digit is reported with its position, as in "G" at character 14. Input is limited to 100,000 characters.

Fun Fact: ASCII defines 128 code points, 95 printable and 33 control characters. Capital A is 41 in hex and lowercase a is 61, so the two cases differ in a single bit.

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