HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters, are still needed, when writing HTML. American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII), was developed a long time ago, as a numerical representation of characters. Believe it or not, ASCII is still found at the core of HTML. I have a lot of the HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters memorized, but I’m always looking one or another of them up. So, I’ve created my own “HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters” tables, as a guide.

HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters - 1970s ASCII Chart


HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters (Hex 00-0F)

Dec: 00-15
Hex: 00-0F

ASCII ASCII   HTML HTML  
Dec Hex Symbol Number Name Description
00 00   �   Unused
01 01      Unused
02 02      Unused
03 03      Unused
04 04      Unused
05 05      Unused
06 06      Unused
07 07      Unused
08 08      Unused
09 09 	   Horizontal Tab
10 0A 
   Line Feed
11 0B      Unused
12 0C      Unused
13 0D   
   Carriage Return
14 0E      Unused
15 0F      Unused

* in Description means not defined in HTML 4 standard

Browser support: ?


HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters (Hex 10-1F)

Dec: 16-31
Hex: 10-1F

ASCII ASCII   HTML HTML  
Dec Hex Symbol Number Name Description
16 10      Unused
17 11      Unused
18 12      Unused
19 13      Unused
20 14      Unused
21 15      Unused
22 16      Unused
23 17      Unused
24 18      Unused
25 19      Unused
26 1A      Unused
27 1B      Unused
28 1C      Unused
29 1D      Unused
30 1E      Unused
31 1F      Unused

* in Description means not defined in HTML 4 standard

Browser support: ?


HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters (Hex 20-2F)

Dec: 32-47
Hex: 20-2F

HTML Code for: Space, Exclamation Mark, Quotation Mark, Number Sign, Dollar Sign, Percent Sign, Ampersand, Apostrophe, Left Parenthesis, Right Parenthesis, Asterisk, Plus Sign, Comma, Hyphen, Period (fullstop) & Solidus (slash).

ASCII ASCII   HTML HTML  
Dec Hex Symbol Number Name Description
32 20     Space
33 21 ! !   Exclamation Mark
34 22 " " " Quotation Mark
35 23 # #   Number Sign
36 24 $ $   Dollar Sign
37 25 % %   Percent Sign
38 26 & & & Ampersand
39 27 ' '   Apostrophe
40 28 ( (   Left Parenthesis
41 29 ) )   Right Parenthesis
42 2A * *   Asterisk
43 2B + +   Plus Sign
44 2C , ,   Comma
45 2D - -   Hyphen
46 2E . .   Period (fullstop)
47 2F / /   Solidus (slash)

* in Description means not defined in HTML 4 standard

Browser support: All


HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters (Hex 30-3F)

Dec: 48-63
Hex: 30-3F

HTML Code for: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Colon, Semi-Colon, Less Than, Equal Sign, Greater Than & Question Mark.

ASCII ASCII   HTML HTML  
Dec Hex Symbol Number Name Description
48 30 0 0   0
49 31 1 1   1
50 32 2 2   2
51 33 3 3   3
52 34 4 4   4
53 35 5 5   5
54 36 6 6   6
55 37 7 7   7
56 38 8 8   8
57 39 9 9   9
58 3A : :   Colon
59 3B ; &#59;   Semi-colon
60 3C < &#60; &lt; Less Than
61 3D = &#61;   Equal Sign
62 3E > &#62; &gt; Greater Than
63 3F ? &#63;   Question Mark

* in Description means not defined in HTML 4 standard

Browser support: All


HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters (Hex 40-4F)

Dec: 64-79
Hex: 40-4F

HTML Code for: Commercial At, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N & O.

ASCII ASCII   HTML HTML  
Dec Hex Symbol Number Name Description
64 40 @ &#64;   Commercial At
65 41 A &#65;   A
66 42 B &#66;   B
67 43 C &#67;   C
68 44 D &#68;   D
69 45 E &#69;   E
70 46 F &#70;   F
71 47 G &#71;   G
72 48 H &#72;   H
73 49 I &#73;   I
74 4A J &#74;   J
75 4B K &#75;   K
76 4C L &#76;   L
77 4D M &#77;   M
78 4E N &#78;   N
79 4F O &#79;   O

* in Description means not defined in HTML 4 standard

Browser support: All


HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters (Hex 50-5F)

Dec: 80-95
Hex: 50-5F

HTML Code for: P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Left Square Bracket, Reverse Solidus (backslash), Right Square Bracket, Caret & Horizontal Bar (underscore).

ASCII ASCII   HTML HTML  
Dec Hex Symbol Number Name Description
80 50 P &#80;   P
81 51 Q &#81;   Q
82 52 R &#82;   R
83 53 S &#83;   S
84 54 T &#84;   T
85 55 U &#85;   U
86 56 V &#86;   V
87 57 W &#87;   W
88 58 X &#88;   X
89 59 Y &#89;   Y
90 5A Z &#90;   Z
91 5B [ &#91;   Left Square Bracket
92 5C \ &#92;   Reverse Solidus (backslash)
93 5D ] &#93;   Right Square Bracket
94 5E ^ &#94;   Caret
95 5F _ &#95;   Horizontal Bar (underscore)

* in Description means not defined in HTML 4 standard

Browser support: All


HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters (Hex 60-6F)

Dec: 96-111
Hex: 60-6F

HTML Code for: Acute Accent, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n & o.

ASCII ASCII   HTML HTML  
Dec Hex Symbol Number Name Description
96 60 ` &#96;   Acute Accent
97 61 a &#97;   a
98 62 b &#98;   b
99 63 c &#99;   c
100 64 d &#100;   d
101 65 e &#101;   e
102 66 f &#102;   f
103 67 g &#103;   g
104 68 h &#104;   h
105 69 i &#105;   i
106 6A j &#106;   j
107 6B k &#107;   k
108 6C l &#108;   l
109 6D m &#109;   m
110 6E n &#110;   n
111 6F o &#111;   o

* in Description means not defined in HTML 4 standard

Browser support: All


HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters (Hex 70-7F)

Dec: 112-127
Hex: 70-7F

HTML Code for: p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z, Left Curly Brace, Vertical Bar, Right Curly Brace & Tilde.

ASCII ASCII   HTML HTML  
Dec Hex Symbol Number Name Description
112 70 p &#112;   p
113 71 q &#113;   q
114 72 r &#114;   r
115 73 s &#115;   s
116 74 t &#116;   t
117 75 u &#117;   u
118 76 v &#118;   v
119 77 w &#119;   w
120 78 x &#120;   x
121 79 y &#121;   y
122 7A z &#122;   z
123 7B { &#123;   Left Curly Brace
124 7C | &#124;   Vertical Bar
125 7D } &#125;   Right Curly Brace
126 7E ~ &#126; &tilde; Tilde
127 7F   &#127;   *

* in Description means not defined in HTML 4 standard

Browser support: All


HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters (Hex 80-8F)

Dec: 128-143
Hex: 80-8F

HTML Code for: .

ASCII ASCII   HTML HTML  
Dec Hex Symbol Number Name Description
128 80 &#128; *
129 81 &#129; *
130 82 &#130; *
131 83 ƒ &#131; *
132 84 &#132; *
133 85 &#133; *
134 86 &#134; *
135 87 &#135; *
136 88 ˆ &#136; *
137 89 &#137; *
138 8A Š &#138; *
139 8B &#139; *
140 8C Œ &#140; *
141 8D &#141; *
142 8E Ž &#142; *
143 8F &#143; *

* in Description means not defined in HTML 4 standard

Browser support: Some


HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters (Hex 90-9F)

Dec: 144-159
Hex: 90-9F

HTML Code for: .

ASCII ASCII   HTML HTML  
Dec Hex Symbol Number Name Description
144 90 &#144; *
145 91 &#145; *
146 92 &#146; *
147 93 &#147; *
148 94 &#148; *
149 95 &#149; *
150 96 &#150; *
151 97 &#151; *
152 98 ˜ &#152; *
153 99 &#153; *
154 9A š &#154; *
155 9B &#155; *
156 9C œ &#156; *
157 9D &#157; *
158 9E ž &#158; *
159 9F Ÿ &#159; *

* in Description means not defined in HTML 4 standard

Browser support: Some


HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters (Hex A0-AF)

Dec: 160-175
Hex: A0-AF

HTML Code for: Non-breaking Space, Inverted Exclamation Mark, Cent Sign, Pound Sterling, General Currency Sign, Yen Sign, Broken Vertical Bar, Section Sign, Umlaut (dieresis), Copyright, Feminine Ordinal, Left Angle Quote (guillemotleft), Not Sign, Soft Hyphen, Registered Trademark & Macron Accent.

ASCII ASCII   HTML HTML  
Dec Hex Symbol Number Name Description
160 A0   &#160; &nbsp; Non-breaking Space
161 A1 ¡ &#161; &iexcl; Inverted Exclamation Mark
162 A2 ¢ &#162; &cent; Cent Sign
163 A3 £ &#163; &pound; Pound Sterling
164 A4 ¤ &#164; &curren; General Currency Sign
165 A5 ¥ &#165; &yen; Yen Sign
166 A6 ¦ &#166; &brvbar; Broken Vertical Bar
167 A7 § &#167; &sect; Section Sign
168 A8 ¨ &#168; &uml; Umlaut (dieresis)
169 A9 © &#169; &copy; Copyright
170 AA ª &#170; &ordf; Feminine Ordinal
171 AB « &#171; &laquo; Left Angel Quote, (guillemotleft)
172 AC ¬ &#172; &not; Not Sign
173 AD ­ &#173; &shy; Soft Hyphen
174 AE ® &#174; &reg; Registered Trademark
175 AF ¯ &#175; &macr; Macron Accent

* in Description means not defined in HTML 4 standard

Browser support: All


HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters (Hex B0-BF)

Dec: 176-191
Hex: B0-BF

HTML Code for: Degree Sign, Plus/Minus, Superscript Two, Superscript Three, Acute Accent, Micro Sign, Paragraph Sign, Middle Dot, Cedilla, Superscript One, Masculine Ordinal, Right Angle Quote (guillemotright), Fraction One/Forth, Fraction One/Half, Fraction Three/Fourths & Inverted Question Mark.

ASCII ASCII   HTML HTML  
Dec Hex Symbol Number Name Description
176 B0 ° &#176; &deg; Degree Sign
177 B1 ± &#177; &plusmn; Plus/Minus
178 B2 ² &#178; &sup2; Superscript Two
179 B3 ³ &#179; &sup3; Superscript Three
180 B4 ´ &#180; &acute; Acute Accent
181 B5 µ &#181; &micro; Micro Sign
182 B6 &#182; &para; Paragraph
183 B7 · &#183; &middot; Middle Dot
184 B8 ¸ &#184; &cedil; Cedilla
185 B9 ¹ &#185; &sup1; Superscript One
186 BA º &#186; &ordm; Masculine Ordinal
187 BB » &#187; &raquo; Right Angel Quote, (guillemotright)
188 BC ¼ &#188; &frac14; Fraction One/Forth
189 BD ½ &#189; &frac12; Fraction One/Half
190 BE ¾ &#190; &frac34; Fraction Three/Forths
191 BF ¿ &#191; &iquest; Inverted Question Mark

* in Description means not defined in HTML 4 standard

Browser support: All


HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters (Hex C0-CF)

Dec: 192-207
Hex: C0-CF

HTML Code for: Capital A w/ Grave Accent, Capital A w/ Acute Accent, Capital A w/ Circumflex Accent, Capital A w/ Tilde, Capital A w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark, Capital A w/ Ring, Capital AE Dipthong (ligature), Capital C w/ Cedilla, Capital E w/ Grave Accent, Capital E w/ Acute Accent, Capital E w/ Circumflex Accent, Capital E w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark, Capital I w/ Grave Accent, Capital I w/ Acute Accent, Capital I w/ Circumflex Accent & Capital I w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark.

ASCII ASCII   HTML HTML  
Dec Hex Symbol Number Name Description
192 C0 À &#192; &Agrave; Capital A w/ Grave Accent
193 C1 Á &#193; &Aacute; Capital A w/ Acute Accent
194 C2 Â &#194; &Acirc; Capital A w/ Circumflex Accent
195 C3 Ã &#195; &Atilde; Capital A w/ Tilde
196 C4 Ä &#196; &Auml; Capital A w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark
197 C5 Å &#197; &Aring; Capital A w/ Ring
198 C6 Æ &#198; &AElig; Capital AE Dipthong (ligature)
199 C7 Ç &#199; &Ccedil; Capital C w/ Cedilla
200 C8 È &#200; &Egrave; Capital E w/ Grave Accent
201 C9 É &#201; &Eacute; Capital E w/ Acute Accent
202 CA Ê &#202; &Ecirc; Capital E w/ Circumflex Accent
203 CB Ë &#203; &Euml; Capital E w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark
204 CC Ì &#204; &Igrave; Capital I w/ Grave Accent
205 CD Í &#205; &Iacute; Capital I w/ Acute Accent
206 CE Î &#206; &Icirc; Capital I w/ Circumflex Accent
207 CF Ï &#207; &Iuml; Capital I w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark

* in Description means not defined in HTML 4 standard

Browser support: All


HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters (Hex D0-DF)

Dec: 208-223
Hex: D0-DF

HTML Code for: Capital Eth w/ Icelandic, Capital N w/ Tilde, Capital O w/ Grave Accent, Capital O w/ Acute Accent, Capital O w/ Circumflex Accent, Capital O w/ Tilde, Capital O w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark, Multiply Sign, Capital O w/ Slash, Capital U w/ Grave Accent, Capital U w/ Acute Accent, Capital U w/ Circumflex Accent, Capital U w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark, Capital Y w/ Acute Accent, Capital THORN w/ Icelandic & Small Sharp s w/ German (sz ligature).

ASCII ASCII   HTML HTML  
Dec Hex Symbol Number Name Description
208 D0 Ð &#208; &ETH; Capital Eth w/ Icelandic
209 D1 Ñ &#209; &Ntilde; Capital N w/ Tilde
210 D2 Ò &#210; &Ograve; Capital O w/ Grave Accent
211 D3 Ó &#211; &Oacute; Capital O w/ Acute Accent
212 D4 Ô &#212; &Ocirc; Capital O w/ Circumflex Accent
213 D5 Õ &#213; &Otilde; Capital O w/ Tilde
214 D6 Ö &#214; &Ouml; Capital O w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark
215 D7 × &#215; &times; Multiply Sign
216 D8 Ø &#216; &Oslash; Capital O w/ Slash
217 D9 Ù &#217; &Ugrave; Capital U w/ Grave Accent
218 DA Ú &#218; &Uacute; Capital U w/ Acute Accent
219 DB Û &#219; &Ucirc; Capital U w/ Circumflex Accent
220 DC Ü &#220; &Uuml; Capital U w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark
221 DD Ý &#221; &Yacute; Capital Y w/ Acute Accent
222 DE Þ &#222; &THORN; Capital THORN w/ Icelandic
223 DF ß &#223; &szlig; Small Sharp s w/ German (sz ligature)

* in Description means not defined in HTML 4 standard

Browser support: All


HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters (Hex E0-EF)

Dec: 224-239
Hex: E0-EF

HTML Code for: Small a w/ Grave Accent, Small a w/ Acute Accent, Small a w/ Circumflex Accent, Small a w/ Tilde, Small a w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark, Small a w/ Ring, Small ae Dipthong (ligature), Small c w/ Cedilla, Small e w/ Grave Accent, Small e w/ Acute Accent, Small e w/ Circumflex Accent, Small e w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark, Small i w/ Grave Accent, Small i w/ Acute Accent, Small i w/ Circumflex Accent & Small i w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark.

ASCII ASCII   HTML HTML  
Dec Hex Symbol Number Name Description
224 E0 à &#224; &agrave; Small a w/ Grave Accent
225 E1 á &#225; &aacute; Small a w/ Acute Accent
226 E2 â &#226; &acirc; Small a w/ Circumflex Accent
227 E3 ã &#227; &atilde; Small a w/ Tilde
228 E4 ä &#228; &auml; Small a w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark
229 E5 å &#229; &aring; Small a w/ Ring
230 E6 æ &#230; &aelig; Small ae Dipthong (ligature)
231 E7 ç &#231; &ccedil; Small c w/ Cedilla
232 E8 è &#232; &egrave; Small e w/ Grave Accent
233 E9 é &#233; &eacute; Small e w/ Acute Accent
234 EA ê &#234; &ecirc; Small e w/ Circumflex Accent
235 EB ë &#235; &euml; Small e w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark
236 EC ì &#236; &Igrave; Capital I w/ Grave Accent
237 ED í &#237; &iacute; Small i w/ Acute Accent
238 EE î &#238; &icirc; Small i w/ Circumflex Accent
239 EF ï &#239; &iuml; Small i w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark

* in Description means not defined in HTML 4 standard

Browser support: All


HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters (Hex F0-FF)

Dec: 240-255
Hex: F0-FF

HTML Code for: Small eth w/ Icelandic, Small n w/ Tilde, Small o w/ Grave Accent, Small o w/ Acute Accent, Small o w/ Circumflex Accent, Small o w/ Tilde, Small o w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark, Division Sign, Small o w/ Slash, Small u w/ Grave Accent, Small u w/ Acute Accent, Small u w/ Circumflex Accent, Small u w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark, Small y w/ Acute Accent, Small thorn w/ Icelandic & Small y w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark.

ASCII ASCII   HTML HTML  
Dec Hex Symbol Number Name Description
240 F0 ð &#240; &eth; Small eth w/ Icelandic
241 F1 ñ &#241; &ntilde; Small n w/ Tilde
242 F2 ò &#242; &ograve; Small o w/ Grave Accent
243 F3 ó &#243; &oacute; Small o w/ Acute Accent
244 F4 ô &#244; &ocirc; Small o w/ Circumflex Accent
245 F5 õ &#245; &otilde; Small o w/ Tilde
246 F6 ö &#246; &ouml; Small o w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark
247 F7 ÷ &#247; &divide; Division Sign
248 F8 ø &#248; &oslash; Small o w/ Slash
249 F9 ù &#249; &ugrave; Small u w/ Grave Accent
250 FA ú &#250; &uacute; Small u w/ Acute Accent
251 FB û &#251; &ucirc; Small u w/ Circumflex Accent
252 FC ü &#252; &uuml; Small u w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark
253 FD ý &#253; &yacute; Small y w/ Acute Accent
254 FE þ &#254; &thorn; Small thorn w/ Icelandic
255 FF ÿ &#255; &yuml; Small y w/ Dieresis/Umlaut Mark

* in Description means not defined in HTML 4 standard

Browser support: All


A more complete ASCII Table is available on the http://www.asciitable.com website. While this table isn’t limited to the HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters, I thought it may be a good reference for those looking for information on this topic.

The “HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters” tables I’ve provided above, are limited specifically to the ASCII Special Characters used in HTML Development.