diff --git a/src/Cask/CrossCompanyCorrelatingId.cs b/src/Cask/CrossCompanyCorrelatingId.cs
index 5001cf9..919135d 100644
--- a/src/Cask/CrossCompanyCorrelatingId.cs
+++ b/src/Cask/CrossCompanyCorrelatingId.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
 
-using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
 
@@ -9,88 +8,75 @@
 
 namespace CommonAnnotatedSecurityKeys;
 
-internal static class CrossCompanyCorrelatingId
+/// <summary>
+/// Cross-Company Correlating Id (C3ID) a 12-byte value used to correlate a
+/// high-entropy keys with other data. The canonical textual representation is
+/// base64 encoded and prefixed with "C3ID".
+/// </summary>
+public static class CrossCompanyCorrelatingId
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// The size of a Cross-Company Correlating ID (aka C3ID) in bytes.
+    /// The size of a Cross-Company Correlating ID (aka C3ID) in raw bytes.
     /// </summary>
-    public const int SizeInBytes = 15;
+    public const int RawSizeInBytes = 12;
 
-    private static ReadOnlySpan<byte> CompanyPrefix => "Cross"u8;
-    private static ReadOnlySpan<byte> CompanySuffix => "CorrelatingId:"u8;
-    private static ReadOnlySpan<byte> Hex => "0123456789ABCDEF"u8;
-    private const int HexCharsPerByte = 2;
+    private static ReadOnlySpan<byte> Prefix => "C3ID"u8;
+    private static ReadOnlySpan<byte> PrefixBase64Decoded => [0x0B, 0x72, 0x03];
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Computes the Cross-Company Correlating Id (aka C3ID) bytes for the given
-    /// company and text and writes them to the destination span.
+    /// Computes the C3ID for the given text in canonical textual form.
     /// </summary>
-    public static void Compute(string company, string text, Span<byte> destination)
+    public static string Compute(string text)
     {
-        Debug.Assert(destination.Length >= SizeInBytes);
+        ThrowIfNull(text);
 
-        // Input: $"Cross{company}CorrelatingId:{SHA256Hex(text))}" encoded in UTF-8 
-        int companyByteCount = Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(company);
-        int inputByteCount =
-            CompanyPrefix.Length +
-            companyByteCount +
-            CompanySuffix.Length +
-            (SHA256.HashSizeInBytes * HexCharsPerByte);
-
-        Span<byte> input = inputByteCount <= MaxStackAlloc ? stackalloc byte[inputByteCount] : new byte[inputByteCount];
-        Span<byte> inputDestination = input;
-
-        // 'Cross'
-        CompanyPrefix.CopyTo(inputDestination);
-        inputDestination = inputDestination[CompanyPrefix.Length..];
-
-        // {company}
-        Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(company.AsSpan(), inputDestination);
-        inputDestination = inputDestination[companyByteCount..];
-
-        // 'CorrelatingId:'
-        CompanySuffix.CopyTo(inputDestination);
-        inputDestination = inputDestination[CompanySuffix.Length..];
-
-        // SHA256 hash of UTF-8 encoded text, converted to uppercase UTF-8 encoded hex
-        Sha256Hex(text, inputDestination);
+        Span<byte> bytes = stackalloc byte[PrefixBase64Decoded.Length + RawSizeInBytes];
+        PrefixBase64Decoded.CopyTo(bytes);
+        Compute(text, bytes[PrefixBase64Decoded.Length..]);
+        return Convert.ToBase64String(bytes);
+    }
 
-        // Compute second SHA256 of above input, truncate, and copy to destination
-        Span<byte> sha = stackalloc byte[SHA256.HashSizeInBytes];
-        SHA256.HashData(input, sha);
-        sha[..SizeInBytes].CopyTo(destination);
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Computes the raw C3ID bytes for the given text and writes them to the
+    /// destination span.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static void Compute(string text, Span<byte> destination)
+    {
+        ThrowIfNull(text);
+        Compute(text.AsSpan(), destination);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Computes the SHA256 of the text encoded as UTF-8 and writes the result
-    /// to the destination as UTF-8 encoded uppercase hex.
+    /// Computes the raw C3ID bytes for the given UTF-16 encoded text sequence
+    /// and writes them to the destination span.
     /// </summary>
-    private static void Sha256Hex(string text, Span<byte> destination)
+    public static void Compute(ReadOnlySpan<char> text, Span<byte> destination)
     {
-        Debug.Assert(destination.Length >= SHA256.HashSizeInBytes * HexCharsPerByte);
+        ThrowIfDestinationTooSmall(destination, RawSizeInBytes);
 
         int byteCount = Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(text);
-        Span<byte> bytes = byteCount <= MaxStackAlloc ? stackalloc byte[byteCount] : new byte[byteCount];
-        Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text.AsSpan(), bytes);
-
-        Span<byte> sha = stackalloc byte[SHA256.HashSizeInBytes];
-        SHA256.HashData(bytes, sha);
-        ConvertToHex(sha, destination);
+        Span<byte> textUtf8 = byteCount <= MaxStackAlloc ? stackalloc byte[byteCount] : new byte[byteCount];
+        Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text, textUtf8);
+        ComputeUtf8(textUtf8, destination);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Converts bytes to UTF-8 encoded uppercase hex. Directly, without
-    /// allocation or UTF-16 to UTF-8 conversion.
-    /// </summary>
-    private static void ConvertToHex(ReadOnlySpan<byte> bytes, Span<byte> destination)
+    /// Computes the raw C3ID bytes for the given UTF-8 encoded text sequence
+    /// and writes them to the destination span.
+    /// </summary>>
+    public static void ComputeUtf8(ReadOnlySpan<byte> textUtf8, Span<byte> destination)
     {
-        Debug.Assert(destination.Length >= bytes.Length * HexCharsPerByte);
+        ThrowIfDestinationTooSmall(destination, RawSizeInBytes);
 
-        for (int src = 0, dst = 0; src < bytes.Length; src++, dst += HexCharsPerByte)
-        {
-            byte b = bytes[src];
-            destination[dst] = Hex[b >> 4];
-            destination[dst + 1] = Hex[b & 0xF];
-        }
+        // Produce input for second hash: "C3ID"u8 + SHA256(text)
+        Span<byte> input = stackalloc byte[Prefix.Length + SHA256.HashSizeInBytes];
+        Prefix.CopyTo(input);
+        SHA256.HashData(textUtf8, input[Prefix.Length..]);
+
+        // Perform second hash, truncate, and copy to destination.
+        Span<byte> sha = stackalloc byte[SHA256.HashSizeInBytes];
+        SHA256.HashData(input, sha);
+        sha[..RawSizeInBytes].CopyTo(destination);
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/src/Cask/Polyfill.GlobalUsings.cs b/src/Cask/Polyfill.GlobalUsings.cs
index e224ab0..072e89b 100644
--- a/src/Cask/Polyfill.GlobalUsings.cs
+++ b/src/Cask/Polyfill.GlobalUsings.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 global using static Polyfill.ArgumentValidation;
 
+global using Convert = Polyfill.Convert;
 global using HMACSHA256 = Polyfill.HMACSHA256;
 global using RandomNumberGenerator = Polyfill.RandomNumberGenerator;
 global using SHA256 = Polyfill.SHA256;
diff --git a/src/Cask/Polyfill.cs b/src/Cask/Polyfill.cs
index cda6aea..4b17098 100644
--- a/src/Cask/Polyfill.cs
+++ b/src/Cask/Polyfill.cs
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
+using Bcl_Convert = System.Convert;
 using Bcl_HMACSHA256 = System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA256;
 using Bcl_SHA256 = System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256;
 
@@ -153,6 +154,14 @@ private static void ThrowLessThan(int value, int min, string? paramName)
         }
     }
 
+    internal static class Convert
+    {
+        public static string ToBase64String(ReadOnlySpan<byte> bytes)
+        {
+            return Bcl_Convert.ToBase64String(bytes.ToArray());
+        }
+    }
+
     internal static class RandomNumberGenerator
     {
         // RNGCryptoServiceProvider is documented to be thread-safe so we can
@@ -228,6 +237,13 @@ public static int HashData(ReadOnlySpan<byte> source, Span<byte> destination)
             Hash.Compute(sha, source, destination);
             return HashSizeInBytes;
         }
+
+        public static byte[] HashData(ReadOnlySpan<byte> source)
+        {
+            Span<byte> hash = stackalloc byte[HashSizeInBytes];
+            HashData(source, hash);
+            return hash.ToArray();
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Tests/Cask.Tests/CrossCompanyCorrelatingIdTests.cs b/src/Tests/Cask.Tests/CrossCompanyCorrelatingIdTests.cs
index 981c102..3aa78ba 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Cask.Tests/CrossCompanyCorrelatingIdTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Cask.Tests/CrossCompanyCorrelatingIdTests.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
 
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text;
+
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace CommonAnnotatedSecurityKeys.Tests;
@@ -8,33 +11,86 @@ namespace CommonAnnotatedSecurityKeys.Tests;
 public class CrossCompanyCorrelatingIdTests
 {
     [Theory]
-    [InlineData("", "EZ3GxRsKq+Dp21GvyCpQ")]
-    [InlineData("Hello world", "R8ogeP7QfTFvL5qAATry")]
-    [InlineData("😁", "f/BTV0j6A8km4KDw7aJz")]
-    public void Test_Basic(string text, string expected)
+    [InlineData("", "C3IDKZnmJO6my5hknQ5W")]
+    [InlineData("Hello world", "C3IDnw4dY6uIibYownZw")]
+    [InlineData("😁", "C3IDF8FaWr4yMPcwOOxM")]
+    [InlineData("y_-KPF3BQb2-VHZeqrp28c6dgiL9y7H9TRJmQ5jJe9OvJQQJTESTBAU4AAB5mIhC", "C3IDKx9aukbRgOnPEyeu")]
+    [InlineData("Kq03wDtdCGWvs3sPgbH84H5MDADIJMZEERRhUN73CaGBJQQJTESTBAU4AADqe9ge", "C3IDO93RBPyuaA6ZRK8+")]
+    public void C3ID_Basic(string text, string expected)
     {
-        string actual = ComputeC3IDBase64(company: "Microsoft", text);
+        string actual = ComputeC3ID(text);
         Assert.Equal(expected, actual);
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    public void Test_LargeText()
+    public void C3ID_LargeText()
+    {
+        string actual = ComputeC3ID(text: new string('x', 300));
+        Assert.Equal("C3IDs+pSKJ1FmRW+7EZk", actual);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void C3ID_NullInput_Throws()
     {
-        string actual = ComputeC3IDBase64(company: "Microsoft", text: new string('x', 300));
-        Assert.Equal("QjHXB4Bu8voB3eJcJagI", actual);
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>("text", () => CrossCompanyCorrelatingId.Compute(null!));
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    public void Test_LargeCompany()
+    public void C3ID_DestinationTooSmall_Throws()
+    {
+        byte[] destination = new byte[CrossCompanyCorrelatingId.RawSizeInBytes - 1];
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(
+            "destination",
+            () => CrossCompanyCorrelatingId.Compute("", destination));
+    }
+
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void C3ID_DestinationTooSmallUtf8_Throws()
     {
-        string actual = ComputeC3IDBase64(company: new string('x', 300), text: "test");
-        Assert.Equal("rG1CONo8M3lcBqzxyIpf", actual);
+        byte[] destination = new byte[CrossCompanyCorrelatingId.RawSizeInBytes - 1];
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(
+            "destination",
+            () => CrossCompanyCorrelatingId.ComputeUtf8(""u8, destination));
     }
 
-    private static string ComputeC3IDBase64(string company, string text)
+    private static string ComputeC3ID(string text)
     {
-        byte[] bytes = new byte[CrossCompanyCorrelatingId.SizeInBytes];
-        CrossCompanyCorrelatingId.Compute(company, text, bytes);
-        return Convert.ToBase64String(bytes);
+        string reference = ReferenceCrossCompanyCorrelatingId.Compute(text);
+        string actual = CrossCompanyCorrelatingId.Compute(text);
+
+        Assert.True(
+            actual == reference,
+            $"""
+            Actual implementation did not match reference implementation for '{text}'.
+
+              reference: {reference}
+                 actual: {actual}
+            """);
+
+        return actual;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A trival reference implementation of C3ID that is easy to understand,
+    /// but not optimized for performance. We compare this to the production
+    /// implementation to ensure that it remains equivalent to this.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static class ReferenceCrossCompanyCorrelatingId
+    {
+        public static string Compute(string text)
+        {
+            // Compute the SHA-256 hash of the UTF8-encoded text
+            byte[] hash = SHA256.HashData(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text));
+
+            // Prefix the result with "C3ID" UTF-8 bytes and hash again
+            hash = SHA256.HashData([.. "C3ID"u8, .. hash]);
+
+            // Truncate to 12 bytes
+            ReadOnlySpan<byte> truncated = hash.AsSpan()[..12];
+
+            // Convert to base64 and prepend "C3ID"
+            return "C3ID" + Convert.ToBase64String(truncated);
+        }
     }
 }