Enter a binary number (base-2) into the Binary to Hex Converter and get the hexadecimal result, decimal equivalent, and a step-by-step conversion breakdown. Just type any combination of 0s and 1s and see all three outputs at once.
Hexadecimal Result
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Decimal Equivalent
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Binary (Grouped by 4)
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Conversion Steps
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Group the binary number into sets of 4 bits starting from the right (padding with leading zeros if needed). Then convert each 4-bit group to its corresponding hex digit using the nibble table: 0000=0, 0001=1, ... 1010=A, 1011=B, 1100=C, 1101=D, 1110=E, 1111=F.
Because hexadecimal is base-16 and 2⁴ = 16, each hex digit exactly represents 4 binary bits (a nibble). This makes the conversion clean and lossless — one hex digit always maps to exactly 4 binary digits.
Hexadecimal (base-16) uses 16 symbols: 0–9 and A–F. A=10, B=11, C=12, D=13, E=14, F=15. It is widely used in computing and programming because it compactly represents binary data.
Yes. Leading zeros do not change the value of a binary number but are often added when grouping bits into nibbles for hex conversion. For example, binary 101 becomes 0101 (still equal to 5 decimal or 5 hex).
Binary is base-2 (digits 0–1), decimal is base-10 (digits 0–9), octal is base-8 (digits 0–7), and hexadecimal is base-16 (digits 0–F). All represent the same values using different bases and symbol sets.
'0x' is a standard prefix used in programming (C, Python, JavaScript, etc.) to indicate that a number is written in hexadecimal notation. For example, 0xDA means DA in hex, which equals 218 in decimal.
Each nibble 1111 converts to F in hex. So 1111 1111 in binary equals FF in hexadecimal, which is 255 in decimal. This is the maximum value of an 8-bit (1-byte) unsigned integer.
No. The hex output uses uppercase letters (A–F) by convention, which is the most common format in technical documentation and programming. Both uppercase and lowercase hex represent the same values.