color-from-string.js

function colorFromString(str, length) {
	if (!str){
		str = 'null';
	}
	if (length){
		jobColorSource = hex_md5(str.substring(0,length));
	}else{
		jobColorSource = hex_md5(str.substring(0,4));
	}
	jobColor = new Array(jobColorSource.substr(0,2), jobColorSource.substr(2,2), jobColorSource.substr(4,2));
	for(i=0;i<jobColor.length;i++){
		jobColor[i] = Number(Math.min(Math.floor(parseInt(jobColor[i],16)/2)+128),220).toString(16);
	}
	return jobColor.join('');
}