Golang StringToColor

string_to_color.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strconv"
)
//	port of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3426404/create-a-hexadecimal-colour-based-on-a-string-with-javascript
func StringToColor(str string) string {
	var hash uint
	for i := range []rune(str) {
		hash = uint(str[i]) + ((hash << 5) - hash)
	}
	var color string
	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
		value := (hash >> (uint(i) * 8)) & 0xFF
		val := "00" + strconv.FormatUint(uint64(value), 16)
		color += val[len(val)-2:]
	}
	return "#" + color
}

func main() {
	fmt.Println(stringToColor("admin_countries_3-7"))
}