EBCDIC Character Table

Complete reference of all 256 EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code) positions. EBCDIC is an 8-bit encoding developed by IBM in 1963 for mainframe systems. Unlike ASCII, letters are arranged in non-contiguous groups and digits occupy positions 240-249.

This table shows 178 assigned code points and 78 unassigned positions in the base EBCDIC encoding. Each entry includes decimal, hexadecimal, octal, and binary representations.

256 total

Control Characters

Dec	Hex	Oct	Binary	Char	Description
0	0x00	000	00000000	NUL	Null
1	0x01	001	00000001	SOH	Start of Heading
2	0x02	002	00000010	STX	Start of Text
3	0x03	003	00000011	ETX	End of Text
4	0x04	004	00000100	SEL	Select
5	0x05	005	00000101	HT	Horizontal Tab
6	0x06	006	00000110	RNL	Required New Line
7	0x07	007	00000111	DEL	Delete
8	0x08	010	00001000	GE	Graphic Escape
9	0x09	011	00001001	SPS	Superscript
10	0x0A	012	00001010	RPT	Repeat
11	0x0B	013	00001011	VT	Vertical Tab
12	0x0C	014	00001100	FF	Form Feed
13	0x0D	015	00001101	CR	Carriage Return
14	0x0E	016	00001110	SO	Shift Out
15	0x0F	017	00001111	SI	Shift In
16	0x10	020	00010000	DLE	Data Link Escape
17	0x11	021	00010001	DC1	Device Control 1
18	0x12	022	00010010	DC2	Device Control 2
19	0x13	023	00010011	DC3	Device Control 3
20	0x14	024	00010100	RES	Restore
21	0x15	025	00010101	NL	New Line
22	0x16	026	00010110	BS	Backspace
23	0x17	027	00010111	POC	Program-Operator Communication
24	0x18	030	00011000	CAN	Cancel
25	0x19	031	00011001	EM	End of Medium
26	0x1A	032	00011010	UBS	Unit Backspace
27	0x1B	033	00011011	CU1	Customer Use 1
28	0x1C	034	00011100	IFS	Interchange File Separator
29	0x1D	035	00011101	IGS	Interchange Group Separator
30	0x1E	036	00011110	IRS	Interchange Record Separator
31	0x1F	037	00011111	IUS	Interchange Unit Separator
32	0x20	040	00100000	DS	Digit Select
33	0x21	041	00100001	SOS	Start of Significance
34	0x22	042	00100010	FS	Field Separator
35	0x23	043	00100011	WUS	Word Underscore
36	0x24	044	00100100	BYP	Bypass
37	0x25	045	00100101	LF	Line Feed
38	0x26	046	00100110	ETB	End of Transmission Block
39	0x27	047	00100111	ESC	Escape
40	0x28	050	00101000	SA	Set Attribute
41	0x29	051	00101001	SFE	Start Field Extended
42	0x2A	052	00101010	SM	Set Mode
43	0x2B	053	00101011	CSP	Control Sequence Prefix
44	0x2C	054	00101100	MFA	Modify Field Attribute
45	0x2D	055	00101101	ENQ	Enquiry
46	0x2E	056	00101110	ACK	Acknowledge
47	0x2F	057	00101111	BEL	Bell
50	0x32	062	00110010	SYN	Synchronous Idle
51	0x33	063	00110011	IR	Index Return
52	0x34	064	00110100	PP	Presentation Position
53	0x35	065	00110101	TRN	Transparent
54	0x36	066	00110110	NBS	Numeric Backspace
55	0x37	067	00110111	EOT	End of Transmission
56	0x38	070	00111000	SBS	Subscript
57	0x39	071	00111001	IT	Indent Tab
58	0x3A	072	00111010	RFF	Required Form Feed
59	0x3B	073	00111011	CU3	Customer Use 3
60	0x3C	074	00111100	DC4	Device Control 4
61	0x3D	075	00111101	NAK	Negative Acknowledge
63	0x3F	077	00111111	SUB	Substitute

Printable Characters

Dec	Hex	Oct	Binary	Char	Description
64	0x40	100	01000000	SP	Space
65	0x41	101	01000001	Â	Latin capital letter A with circumflex
66	0x42	102	01000010	Ä	Latin capital letter A with diaeresis
67	0x43	103	01000011	À	Latin capital letter A with grave
68	0x44	104	01000100	Á	Latin capital letter A with acute
69	0x45	105	01000101	Ã	Latin capital letter A with tilde
70	0x46	106	01000110	Å	Latin capital letter A with ring above
71	0x47	107	01000111	Ç	Latin capital letter C with cedilla
72	0x48	110	01001000	Ñ	Latin capital letter N with tilde
73	0x49	111	01001001	¢	Cent sign
74	0x4A	112	01001010	.	Full stop / Period
75	0x4B	113	01001011	<	Less-than sign
76	0x4C	114	01001100	(	Left parenthesis
77	0x4D	115	01001101	+	Plus sign
78	0x4E	116	01001110	!	Exclamation mark
79	0x4F	117	01001111	&	Ampersand
80	0x50	120	01010000	é	Latin small letter e with acute
81	0x51	121	01010001	ê	Latin small letter e with circumflex
82	0x52	122	01010010	ë	Latin small letter e with diaeresis
83	0x53	123	01010011	è	Latin small letter e with grave
84	0x54	124	01010100	í	Latin small letter i with acute
85	0x55	125	01010101	î	Latin small letter i with circumflex
86	0x56	126	01010110	ï	Latin small letter i with diaeresis
87	0x57	127	01010111	ì	Latin small letter i with grave
88	0x58	130	01011000	ß	Latin small letter sharp s
89	0x59	131	01011001	!	Exclamation mark
90	0x5A	132	01011010	$	Dollar sign
91	0x5B	133	01011011	*	Asterisk
92	0x5C	134	01011100	)	Right parenthesis
93	0x5D	135	01011101	;	Semicolon
94	0x5E	136	01011110	~	Tilde
95	0x5F	137	01011111	-	Hyphen-minus
96	0x60	140	01100000	/	Slash
97	0x61	141	01100001	Â	Latin capital letter A with circumflex
98	0x62	142	01100010	Ä	Latin capital letter A with diaeresis
99	0x63	143	01100011	À	Latin capital letter A with grave
100	0x64	144	01100100	Á	Latin capital letter A with acute
101	0x65	145	01100101	Ã	Latin capital letter A with tilde
106	0x6A	152	01101010	\|	Vertical bar
107	0x6B	153	01101011	,	Comma
108	0x6C	154	01101100	%	Percent sign
109	0x6D	155	01101101	_	Low line
110	0x6E	156	01101110	>	Greater-than sign
111	0x6F	157	01101111	?	Question mark
121	0x79	171	01111001	`	Grave accent
122	0x7A	172	01111010	:	Colon
123	0x7B	173	01111011	#	Number sign
124	0x7C	174	01111100	@	At sign
125	0x7D	175	01111101	'	Apostrophe
126	0x7E	176	01111110	=	Equals sign
127	0x7F	177	01111111	"	Quotation mark
129	0x81	201	10000001	a	Latin small letter a
130	0x82	202	10000010	b	Latin small letter b
131	0x83	203	10000011	c	Latin small letter c
132	0x84	204	10000100	d	Latin small letter d
133	0x85	205	10000101	e	Latin small letter e
134	0x86	206	10000110	f	Latin small letter f
135	0x87	207	10000111	g	Latin small letter g
136	0x88	210	10001000	h	Latin small letter h
137	0x89	211	10001001	i	Latin small letter i
145	0x91	221	10010001	j	Latin small letter j
146	0x92	222	10010010	k	Latin small letter k
147	0x93	223	10010011	l	Latin small letter l
148	0x94	224	10010100	m	Latin small letter m
149	0x95	225	10010101	n	Latin small letter n
150	0x96	226	10010110	o	Latin small letter o
151	0x97	227	10010111	p	Latin small letter p
152	0x98	230	10011000	q	Latin small letter q
153	0x99	231	10011001	r	Latin small letter r
161	0xA1	241	10100001	~	Tilde
162	0xA2	242	10100010	s	Latin small letter s
163	0xA3	243	10100011	t	Latin small letter t
164	0xA4	244	10100100	u	Latin small letter u
165	0xA5	245	10100101	v	Latin small letter v
166	0xA6	246	10100110	w	Latin small letter w
167	0xA7	247	10100111	x	Latin small letter x
168	0xA8	250	10101000	y	Latin small letter y
169	0xA9	251	10101001	z	Latin small letter z
192	0xC0	300	11000000	{	Left curly bracket
193	0xC1	301	11000001	A	Latin capital letter A
194	0xC2	302	11000010	B	Latin capital letter B
195	0xC3	303	11000011	C	Latin capital letter C
196	0xC4	304	11000100	D	Latin capital letter D
197	0xC5	305	11000101	E	Latin capital letter E
198	0xC6	306	11000110	F	Latin capital letter F
199	0xC7	307	11000111	G	Latin capital letter G
200	0xC8	310	11001000	H	Latin capital letter H
201	0xC9	311	11001001	I	Latin capital letter I
208	0xD0	320	11010000	}	Right curly bracket
209	0xD1	321	11010001	J	Latin capital letter J
210	0xD2	322	11010010	K	Latin capital letter K
211	0xD3	323	11010011	L	Latin capital letter L
212	0xD4	324	11010100	M	Latin capital letter M
213	0xD5	325	11010101	N	Latin capital letter N
214	0xD6	326	11010110	O	Latin capital letter O
215	0xD7	327	11010111	P	Latin capital letter P
216	0xD8	330	11011000	Q	Latin capital letter Q
217	0xD9	331	11011001	R	Latin capital letter R
224	0xE0	340	11100000	\	Backslash
226	0xE2	342	11100010	S	Latin capital letter S
227	0xE3	343	11100011	T	Latin capital letter T
228	0xE4	344	11100100	U	Latin capital letter U
229	0xE5	345	11100101	V	Latin capital letter V
230	0xE6	346	11100110	W	Latin capital letter W
231	0xE7	347	11100111	X	Latin capital letter X
232	0xE8	350	11101000	Y	Latin capital letter Y
233	0xE9	351	11101001	Z	Latin capital letter Z
240	0xF0	360	11110000	0	Digit 0
241	0xF1	361	11110001	1	Digit 1
242	0xF2	362	11110010	2	Digit 2
243	0xF3	363	11110011	3	Digit 3
244	0xF4	364	11110100	4	Digit 4
245	0xF5	365	11110101	5	Digit 5
246	0xF6	366	11110110	6	Digit 6
247	0xF7	367	11110111	7	Digit 7
248	0xF8	370	11111000	8	Digit 8
249	0xF9	371	11111001	9	Digit 9

Unassigned Positions

Dec	Hex	Oct	Binary	Char	Description
48	0x30	060	00110000	-	Unassigned
49	0x31	061	00110001	-	Unassigned
62	0x3E	076	00111110	-	Unassigned
102	0x66	146	01100110	-	Unassigned
103	0x67	147	01100111	-	Unassigned
104	0x68	150	01101000	-	Unassigned
105	0x69	151	01101001	-	Unassigned
112	0x70	160	01110000	-	Unassigned
113	0x71	161	01110001	-	Unassigned
114	0x72	162	01110010	-	Unassigned
115	0x73	163	01110011	-	Unassigned
116	0x74	164	01110100	-	Unassigned
117	0x75	165	01110101	-	Unassigned
118	0x76	166	01110110	-	Unassigned
119	0x77	167	01110111	-	Unassigned
120	0x78	170	01111000	-	Unassigned
128	0x80	200	10000000	-	Unassigned
138	0x8A	212	10001010	-	Unassigned
139	0x8B	213	10001011	-	Unassigned
140	0x8C	214	10001100	-	Unassigned
141	0x8D	215	10001101	-	Unassigned
142	0x8E	216	10001110	-	Unassigned
143	0x8F	217	10001111	-	Unassigned
144	0x90	220	10010000	-	Unassigned
154	0x9A	232	10011010	-	Unassigned
155	0x9B	233	10011011	-	Unassigned
156	0x9C	234	10011100	-	Unassigned
157	0x9D	235	10011101	-	Unassigned
158	0x9E	236	10011110	-	Unassigned
159	0x9F	237	10011111	-	Unassigned
160	0xA0	240	10100000	-	Unassigned
170	0xAA	252	10101010	-	Unassigned
171	0xAB	253	10101011	-	Unassigned
172	0xAC	254	10101100	-	Unassigned
173	0xAD	255	10101101	-	Unassigned
174	0xAE	256	10101110	-	Unassigned
175	0xAF	257	10101111	-	Unassigned
176	0xB0	260	10110000	-	Unassigned
177	0xB1	261	10110001	-	Unassigned
178	0xB2	262	10110010	-	Unassigned
179	0xB3	263	10110011	-	Unassigned
180	0xB4	264	10110100	-	Unassigned
181	0xB5	265	10110101	-	Unassigned
182	0xB6	266	10110110	-	Unassigned
183	0xB7	267	10110111	-	Unassigned
184	0xB8	270	10111000	-	Unassigned
185	0xB9	271	10111001	-	Unassigned
186	0xBA	272	10111010	-	Unassigned
187	0xBB	273	10111011	-	Unassigned
188	0xBC	274	10111100	-	Unassigned
189	0xBD	275	10111101	-	Unassigned
190	0xBE	276	10111110	-	Unassigned
191	0xBF	277	10111111	-	Unassigned
202	0xCA	312	11001010	-	Unassigned
203	0xCB	313	11001011	-	Unassigned
204	0xCC	314	11001100	-	Unassigned
205	0xCD	315	11001101	-	Unassigned
206	0xCE	316	11001110	-	Unassigned
207	0xCF	317	11001111	-	Unassigned
218	0xDA	332	11011010	-	Unassigned
219	0xDB	333	11011011	-	Unassigned
220	0xDC	334	11011100	-	Unassigned
221	0xDD	335	11011101	-	Unassigned
222	0xDE	336	11011110	-	Unassigned
223	0xDF	337	11011111	-	Unassigned
225	0xE1	341	11100001	-	Unassigned
234	0xEA	352	11101010	-	Unassigned
235	0xEB	353	11101011	-	Unassigned
236	0xEC	354	11101100	-	Unassigned
237	0xED	355	11101101	-	Unassigned
238	0xEE	356	11101110	-	Unassigned
239	0xEF	357	11101111	-	Unassigned
250	0xFA	372	11111010	-	Unassigned
251	0xFB	373	11111011	-	Unassigned
252	0xFC	374	11111100	-	Unassigned
253	0xFD	375	11111101	-	Unassigned
254	0xFE	376	11111110	-	Unassigned
255	0xFF	377	11111111	-	Unassigned

EBCDIC vs ASCII Comparison

Key differences between EBCDIC and ASCII character positions. The same character maps to completely different numeric values in each encoding.

Character	ASCII Dec	ASCII Hex	EBCDIC Dec	EBCDIC Hex
Space	32	0x20	64	0x40
A	65	0x41	193	0xC1
Z	90	0x5A	233	0xE9
a	97	0x61	129	0x81
z	122	0x7A	169	0xA9
0	48	0x30	240	0xF0
9	57	0x39	249	0xF9

Frequently Asked Questions

What is EBCDIC?

EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code) is an 8-bit character encoding developed by IBM in 1963 for use on IBM mainframes and midrange systems. Unlike ASCII, EBCDIC arranges letters in non-contiguous groups and places digits at code points 240-249 rather than 48-57.

How does EBCDIC differ from ASCII?

EBCDIC and ASCII assign different numeric values to the same characters. In ASCII, the letter A is 65; in EBCDIC, A is 193. EBCDIC also splits the alphabet into non-contiguous ranges (A-I at 193-201, J-R at 209-217, S-Z at 226-233), while ASCII places A-Z in a single contiguous block at 65-90.

Is EBCDIC still used today?

Yes. EBCDIC remains in active use on IBM mainframe systems (z/OS, z/VM) and IBM midrange platforms (IBM i). Many financial institutions, government agencies, and large enterprises still run EBCDIC-based applications. Data exchange between mainframes and modern systems often requires EBCDIC-to-ASCII conversion.

Why are there gaps in the EBCDIC table?

The base EBCDIC table (Code Page 037/500) leaves many code points unassigned. IBM designed the encoding with room for national variants - different EBCDIC code pages fill these gaps with locale-specific characters. For example, Code Page 273 adds German characters, while Code Page 297 adds French characters.