diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1bccc6a..cc1b776 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ set_target_properties(cpputils PROPERTIES
 
 target_sources(cpputils
     PRIVATE
+        src/hex.cpp
         src/uuid.cpp
 )
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ target_compile_features(cpputils PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
 if(BUILD_TESTS)
   add_executable(cpputils_tests
         tests/test_main.cpp
+        tests/test_hex.cpp
         tests/test_uuid.cpp)
 
   target_include_directories(cpputils_tests PRIVATE
diff --git a/include/cpputils/hex.h b/include/cpputils/hex.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf0dc5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/cpputils/hex.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace cpputils {
+
+namespace hex {
+
+std::string toHex(std::string const& input);
+std::string fromHex(std::string const& input);
+
+constexpr int hexVal(char c) {
+  switch (c) {
+    case '0':
+      return 0;
+    case '1':
+      return 1;
+    case '2':
+      return 2;
+    case '3':
+      return 3;
+    case '4':
+      return 4;
+    case '5':
+      return 5;
+    case '6':
+      return 6;
+    case '7':
+      return 7;
+    case '8':
+      return 8;
+    case '9':
+      return 9;
+    case 'a':
+    case 'A':
+      return 10;
+    case 'b':
+    case 'B':
+      return 11;
+    case 'c':
+    case 'C':
+      return 12;
+    case 'd':
+    case 'D':
+      return 13;
+    case 'e':
+    case 'E':
+      return 14;
+    case 'f':
+    case 'F':
+      return 15;
+    default:
+      return -1;
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace hex
+}  // namespace cpputils
diff --git a/src/hex.cpp b/src/hex.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0ec35b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hex.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#include <cpputils/hex.h>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <ios>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace cpputils {
+namespace hex {
+
+std::string toHex(std::string const& input) {
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  for (auto c : input) {
+    ss << std::hex << std::setw(2) << std::setfill('0')
+       << static_cast<unsigned int>(static_cast<unsigned char>(c));
+  }
+  return ss.str();
+}
+
+std::string fromHex(std::string const& input) {
+  if (input.size() % 2 != 0) {
+    return {};
+  }
+  std::string out;
+  out.reserve(input.size() / 2);
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < input.size(); i += 2) {
+    int hi = hexVal(input[i]);
+    int lo = hexVal(input[i + 1]);
+    if (hi < 0 || lo < 0) {
+      return {};
+    }
+
+    out.push_back(static_cast<char>((hi << 4) | lo));
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+}  // namespace hex
+}  // namespace cpputils
diff --git a/tests/test_hex.cpp b/tests/test_hex.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33cd8e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_hex.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#include "catch.hpp"
+
+#include <cpputils/hex.h>
+#include <string>
+
+using namespace cpputils::hex;
+
+TEST_CASE("Hex conversion round-trip works", "[hex]") {
+  std::string original = "Hello, World!";
+  std::string hex = toHex(original);
+  std::string result = fromHex(hex);
+
+  REQUIRE(result == original);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Empty string conversion", "[hex]") {
+  std::string empty = "";
+  std::string hex = toHex(empty);
+  std::string result = fromHex(hex);
+
+  REQUIRE(hex.empty());
+  REQUIRE(result.empty());
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Single character conversion", "[hex]") {
+  std::string single = "A";
+  std::string hex = toHex(single);
+  std::string result = fromHex(hex);
+
+  REQUIRE(result == single);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Non-printable ASCII characters", "[hex]") {
+  std::string nonPrintable;
+  for (char c = 0; c < 32; ++c) {
+    nonPrintable += c;
+  }
+
+  std::string hex = toHex(nonPrintable);
+  std::string result = fromHex(hex);
+
+  REQUIRE(result == nonPrintable);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Extended ASCII characters", "[hex]") {
+  std::string extended;
+  for (unsigned char c = 128; c < 255; ++c) {
+    extended += static_cast<char>(c);
+  }
+
+  std::string hex = toHex(extended);
+  std::string result = fromHex(hex);
+
+  REQUIRE(result == extended);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Hex string with lowercase and uppercase letters", "[hex]") {
+  std::string original = "abcABC123";
+  std::string hex = toHex(original);
+  std::string result = fromHex(hex);
+
+  REQUIRE(result == original);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Odd-length hex string should fail", "[hex]") {
+  std::string invalidHex = "A";
+  REQUIRE(fromHex(invalidHex).empty());
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Hex string with invalid characters should fail", "[hex]") {
+  std::string invalidHex = "ZZ";
+  REQUIRE(fromHex(invalidHex).empty());
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Large string conversion", "[hex]") {
+  std::string large(10000, 'x');
+  std::string hex = toHex(large);
+  std::string result = fromHex(hex);
+
+  REQUIRE(result == large);
+}