How this conversion works
Eight ones in binary sum to 128 + 64 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 255. It is the "all bits on" byte, the binary twin of hex FF.
Each base just uses a different set of digits for the same quantity. Reading
11111111 as a binary number gives the decimal value
255; expressing that same value in base two, eight or sixteen
produces the rows above. To convert any number between bases — including custom bases from 2
to 36 — use the number base converter.