What is Hexadecimal?

Hexadecimal (hex) is a base-16 number system. It uses 16 symbols 0-9 and A-F (A=10, B=11, C=12, D=13, E=14, F=15).

What is ASCII?

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a character encoding standard for electronic communication. It represents text in computers and other devices.

How to Convert Hex to ASCII Text

  1. Split the hex string into pairs
  2. Convert each pair to its decimal value
  3. Look up the ASCII character for each decimal value

This Is How To Convert "48 65 6C 6C 6F" to ASCII

Hex Pair Decimal ASCII Character
4872H
65101e
6C108l
6C108l
6F111o

Result: "48 65 6C 6C 6F" in hex = "Hello" in ASCII text

Another Example: "57 6F 72 6C 64" to ASCII

Result: "57 6F 72 6C 64" in hex = "World" in ASCII text

Common ASCII Hex Values

Hex Decimal Character Description
2032(space)Space
2133!Exclamation mark
2E46.Period
30-3948-570-9Numbers
41-5A65-90A-ZUppercase letters
61-7A97-122a-zLowercase letters