Text to Binary
Convert text to binary code and binary to text instantly. UTF-8 encoding that respects accents, ñ and emojis.
How does converting text to binary work?
The binary system uses only two digits, 0 and 1, which are the basis on which computers store all information. Converting text to binary means translating each character into the sequence of bits that represents it according to an encoding table.
This tool uses UTF-8 encoding, the web standard. Each byte is shown as 8 bits: basic ASCII letters take one byte, while ñ, accented vowels and emojis take several. That is why the binary translator handles every language without losing a character when converting back to text.
If you work with other formats, try the roman numeral converter or the number-to-words converter.
Example table: text and binary
This is how some common characters are represented in UTF-8 binary.
| Character | Binary |
|---|---|
| A | 01000001 |
| a | 01100001 |
| 0 | 00110000 |
| (space) | 00100000 |
| ! | 00100001 |
| ñ | 11000011 10110001 |
What is the binary translator for?
Learn computing
See how each letter is represented in binary to understand character encoding and number systems.
Puzzles and games
Create or solve secret messages in binary for escape rooms, programming challenges or fun posts.
Testing and debugging
Check the UTF-8 binary representation of a text with special characters when debugging encodings.
Educational material
Generate text-in-binary examples for classes, exercises and presentations on how computers store data.