@e-group/utils/esm/stringToColor/stringToColor.js

eGroup team utils that share across projects.

export default function stringToColor(string) {
  if (!string || !string.length) return;
  let hash = 0;
  let i;
  /* eslint-disable no-bitwise */

  for (i = 0; i < string.length; i += 1) {
    hash = string.charCodeAt(i) + ((hash << 5) - hash);
  }

  let colour = '#';

  for (i = 0; i < 3; i += 1) {
    const value = hash >> i * 8 & 0xff;
    colour += "00".concat(value.toString(16)).substr(-2);
  }
  /* eslint-enable no-bitwise */


  return colour;
}