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<?php 
function genColorCodeFromText($text,$min_brightness=120,$spec=10)
    {
        $hash = md5($text);  //Gen hash of text
        $colors = array();
        for($i=0;$i<3;$i++)
            $colors[$i] = max(array(round(((hexdec(substr($hash,$spec*$i,$spec)))/hexdec(str_pad('',$spec,'F')))*255),$min_brightness)); //convert hash into 3 decimal values between 0 and 255

        if($min_brightness > 0)  //only check brightness requirements if min_brightness is about 100
            while( array_sum($colors)/3 < $min_brightness )  //loop until brightness is above or equal to min_brightness
                for($i=0;$i<3;$i++)
                    $colors[$i] += 10;	//increase each color by 10

        $output = '';

        for($i=0;$i<3;$i++)
            $output .= str_pad(dechex($colors[$i]),2,0,STR_PAD_LEFT);  //convert each color to hex and append to output

        return '#'.$output;
    }