String to colour in python

gistfile1.txt

def string_to_colour(s):

    s = s.lower()
    r = ((ord(s[0])-96.0)/26)*255
    g = ((ord(s[int(len(s)/2)])-96.0)/26)*255
    b = ((ord(s[len(s)-1])-96.0)/26)*255

    return '#%02X%02X%02X' % (r,g,b)

Needs tests 😜

Not Python 3 compatible 😄

I managed to golf it down to

import hashlib
import binascii

def string_to_colour(a_string):
    three_bytes = hashlib.sha256(a_string.encode("utf-8")).digest()[:3]
    return b"#" + binascii.hexlify(three_bytes)

:)