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Use this simple function to compute a HSL color for a given string.
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stringToHslColor.js
function stringToHslColor(str, s, l) {
var hash = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
hash = str.charCodeAt(i) + ((hash << 5) - hash);
}
var h = hash % 360;
return 'hsl('+h+', '+s+'%, '+l+'%)';
}
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