What is hex encoding?

Hexadecimal encoding represents each byte of data as two hex digits (0-9, A-F). Each character becomes its UTF-8 byte value in hex.

What is hex used for?

Color codes (#RRGGBB), binary data representation, cryptographic hashes, memory addresses, and low-level protocol debugging.

How is hex different from Base64?

Hex is less compact (2 chars per byte vs ~1.33 for Base64) but easier to read and debug at the byte level.

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Text to HEX Converter encodes each character as its UTF-8 hexadecimal byte value (space-separated). HEX to Text decodes space- or no-space-separated hex pairs back to readable text.

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: Hexadecimal encoding represents each byte of data as two hex digits (0-9, A-F). For text, each character is first converted to its UTF-8 byte value, then represented in hex.

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