diff --git a/src/zenlib/util/__init__.py b/src/zenlib/util/__init__.py
index e76c185..fbe80c4 100644
--- a/src/zenlib/util/__init__.py
+++ b/src/zenlib/util/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from .colorize import colorize
 from .dict_check import contains, unset
 from .handle_plural import handle_plural
+from .hexdump import hexdump
 from .main_funcs import get_args_n_logger, get_kwargs, get_kwargs_from_args, process_args
 from .merge_class import merge_class
 from .pretty_print import pretty_print
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 __all__ = [
     "handle_plural",
     "colorize",
+    "hexdump",
     "NoDupFlatList",
     "pretty_print",
     "replace_file_line",
diff --git a/src/zenlib/util/hexdump.py b/src/zenlib/util/hexdump.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f92d22b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/zenlib/util/hexdump.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+from .colorize import colorize as c_
+
+HEX_COLORS = {
+    0: {"dim": True},  # Make null bytes dim
+    32: {"dim": True},  # Make space dim
+}
+
+# Make punctuation and special characters red
+for i in range(33, 48):  # Special characters
+    HEX_COLORS[i] = {"color": "red", "bold": True}
+for i in range(58, 65):  # Special characters
+    HEX_COLORS[i] = {"color": "red", "bold": True}
+for i in range(91, 97):  # Special characters
+    HEX_COLORS[i] = {"color": "red", "bold": True}
+for i in range(123, 127):  # Special characters
+    HEX_COLORS[i] = {"color": "red", "bold": True}
+
+# Make ASCII numbers green and bold
+for i in range(48, 57):  # decimal numbers
+    HEX_COLORS[i] = {"color": "green", "bold": True}
+
+# Make ASCII letters blue and bold
+for i in range(65, 91):  # Uppercase A-Z
+    HEX_COLORS[i] = {"color": "blue", "bold": True}
+for i in range(97, 123):  # Lowercase a-z
+    HEX_COLORS[i] = {"color": "blue", "bold": True}
+
+# Make extended ASCII characters yellow and bold
+for i in range(128, 256):  # Extended ASCII
+    HEX_COLORS[i] = {"color": "yellow", "bold": True}
+
+# Make control characters magenta
+for i in range(1, 32):  # Control characters
+    HEX_COLORS[i] = {"color": "magenta"}
+
+
+def get_hex_color(byte: int) -> str:
+    """Returns the colorized representation of a byte."""
+    if byte in HEX_COLORS:
+        color_data = HEX_COLORS[byte]
+        return c_(f"{byte:02x}", **color_data)
+    return c_(f"{byte:02x}", bold=True)
+
+
+def hexdump(data: bytes, length: int = 16) -> str:
+    """
+    Returns a formatted hex dump of the given binary data.
+
+    Args:
+        data (bytes): The binary data to be dumped.
+        length (int): The number of bytes per line in the dump.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: A formatted hex dump of the binary data.
+    """
+    result = []
+    for i in range(0, len(data), length):
+        chunk = data[i : i + length]
+        hex_part = " ".join(f"{get_hex_color(byte)}" for byte in chunk)
+        ascii_part = "".join((c_(chr(byte), "green") if 32 <= byte < 127 else ".") for byte in chunk)
+        result.append(f"{i:08x}:  {hex_part:<{length * 3}} {ascii_part}")
+    return "\n".join(result)