feat: add OKLCH-aware palette generation (#5)

* chore: update deps, fix escape codes, expand tests, add README

- Bump Go 1.18 → 1.26, simplecolorpalettes v0.9.5 → v0.9.7
- Fix swapped fg/bg ANSI escape code values in trueColorString
- Expand test suite from 2 to 13 tests (determinism, positivity, color assignment, background contrast, stringer palette)
- Add README with usage examples

* feat: add OKLCH-aware palette generation

Add GenerateOKLCHPalette() which creates n evenly-spaced colors in the
OKLCH color space at a given lightness and chroma. This produces
perceptually uniform palettes where all colors appear equally bright.

Uses the new OKLCH support from simplecolorpalettes.

Note: go.mod contains a replace directive for local development that
must be removed before merge (after simplecolorpalettes is published).

* build: update simplecolorpalettes to v0.9.8 (charmtone palette)
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# colorhash
Deterministic color assignment from arbitrary input. Feed it a string or byte stream and get back a consistent color every time.
- Take in arbitrary input and return a deterministic color
- Color chosen can be limited in several ways:
- only visually / noticibly distinct colors to choose from
- Color exclusions
- dynamic color exclusions (optional terminal context)
- colors within different terminal support classes (i.e. term-256)
## Features
- Offer to return Hex codes (6 digits or 3)
- Offer to return ascii escape codes
- If the input is text, offer to wrap the input text and return the output as a string
- **Deterministic** — same input always produces the same color
- **Pluggable palettes** — bring your own `ColorSet` or use [simplecolorpalettes](https://github.com/taigrr/simplecolorpalettes)
- **Multiple output formats** — `color.Color`, ANSI escape codes, true-color terminal strings
- **String and byte input** — hash strings directly or stream bytes via `io.Reader`
## Install
1. take input as bytes
1. hash the input
1. use modulo against the sum to choose the color to return from the subset of colors selected.
```bash
go get github.com/taigrr/colorhash
```
## Usage
### Hash a string to a color
```go
import (
"github.com/taigrr/colorhash"
"github.com/taigrr/simplecolorpalettes/palettes/html"
)
palette := html.GetPalette() // or any ColorSet
c := colorhash.StringToColor(palette, "username")
// c is a deterministic color.Color
```
### ANSI terminal colors
```go
fmt.Println(colorhash.Red("error message"))
fmt.Println(colorhash.Green("success"))
fmt.Println(colorhash.BIYellow("bold high-intensity yellow"))
```
### Automatic color from a palette
```go
sp := colorhash.CreateStringerPalette(false, false, palette)
colored := sp.GetString("username") // wraps "username" in its assigned color
```
## License
0BSD

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return palette
}
// TBD not yet complete
func trueColorString(color color.Color, backgroundFillMode, disableSmartMode bool) ColorStringer {
fgEsc, bgEsc := 48, 38
fgEsc, bgEsc := 38, 48
sprint := func(args ...interface{}) string {
r, g, b, _ := color.RGBA()
if !disableSmartMode {

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go.mod
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module github.com/taigrr/colorhash
go 1.18
go 1.26
require github.com/taigrr/simplecolorpalettes v0.9.5
require github.com/taigrr/simplecolorpalettes v0.9.8
replace github.com/taigrr/simplecolorpalettes => ../simplecolorpallette

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go.sum
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github.com/taigrr/simplecolorpalettes v0.9.5 h1:XPyRYwCHh+0ra/7Qw5c9yQf/O4yeLkuqx2X1tVuBE2U=
github.com/taigrr/simplecolorpalettes v0.9.5/go.mod h1:MFLQqI3JOfSc+8GiO3amYfzBiozxITaQi+F1iEV8XpQ=

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package colorhash
import (
"bytes"
"image/color"
"testing"
"github.com/taigrr/simplecolorpalettes/simplecolor"
)
func TestHashBytes(t *testing.T) {
testBytes := []struct{}{}
_ = testBytes
// testPalette wraps a slice of colors to satisfy ColorSet.
type testPalette []color.Color
func (p testPalette) ToPalette() color.Palette { return color.Palette(p) }
func (p testPalette) Get(i int) color.Color { return p[i] }
func (p testPalette) Len() int { return len(p) }
func newTestPalette() testPalette {
return testPalette{
simplecolor.FromRGBA(255, 0, 0, 255),
simplecolor.FromRGBA(0, 255, 0, 255),
simplecolor.FromRGBA(0, 0, 255, 255),
simplecolor.FromRGBA(255, 255, 0, 255),
simplecolor.FromRGBA(255, 0, 255, 255),
simplecolor.FromRGBA(0, 255, 255, 255),
simplecolor.FromRGBA(128, 128, 128, 255),
simplecolor.FromRGBA(255, 128, 0, 255),
}
}
func TestHashString(t *testing.T) {
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})
}
}
func TestHashStringDeterministic(t *testing.T) {
input := "deterministic-test"
h1 := HashString(input)
h2 := HashString(input)
if h1 != h2 {
t.Errorf("HashString is not deterministic: %d != %d", h1, h2)
}
}
func TestHashStringPositive(t *testing.T) {
inputs := []string{"", "a", "test", "negative?", "🎨"}
for _, s := range inputs {
h := HashString(s)
if h < 0 {
t.Errorf("HashString(%q) returned negative value: %d", s, h)
}
}
}
func TestHashBytes(t *testing.T) {
input := []byte("hello colorhash")
h := HashBytes(bytes.NewReader(input))
expected := HashString("hello colorhash")
if h != expected {
t.Errorf("HashBytes and HashString diverged for same input: %d != %d", h, expected)
}
}
func TestHashBytesDeterministic(t *testing.T) {
input := []byte("deterministic")
h1 := HashBytes(bytes.NewReader(input))
h2 := HashBytes(bytes.NewReader(input))
if h1 != h2 {
t.Errorf("HashBytes is not deterministic: %d != %d", h1, h2)
}
}
func TestStringToColor(t *testing.T) {
palette := newTestPalette()
c := StringToColor(palette, "test")
if c == nil {
t.Fatal("StringToColor returned nil")
}
}
func TestBytesToColor(t *testing.T) {
palette := newTestPalette()
c := BytesToColor(palette, bytes.NewReader([]byte("test")))
if c == nil {
t.Fatal("BytesToColor returned nil")
}
}
func TestStringToColorDeterministic(t *testing.T) {
palette := newTestPalette()
c1 := StringToColor(palette, "consistent")
c2 := StringToColor(palette, "consistent")
r1, g1, b1, a1 := c1.RGBA()
r2, g2, b2, a2 := c2.RGBA()
if r1 != r2 || g1 != g2 || b1 != b2 || a1 != a2 {
t.Error("StringToColor is not deterministic")
}
}
func TestColorString(t *testing.T) {
result := Red("error")
if result == "" {
t.Fatal("ColorString returned empty string")
}
if result == "error" {
t.Fatal("ColorString did not wrap with escape codes")
}
}
func TestGetBackgroundColor(t *testing.T) {
// White text should get black background
white := simplecolor.FromRGBA(255, 255, 255, 0)
bg := GetBackgroundColor(white)
r, g, b, _ := bg.RGBA()
if r != 0 || g != 0 || b != 0 {
t.Errorf("expected black background for white, got (%d,%d,%d)", r, g, b)
}
// Black text should get white background
black := simplecolor.FromRGBA(0, 0, 0, 0)
bg2 := GetBackgroundColor(black)
r2, g2, b2, _ := bg2.RGBA()
if r2 == 0 && g2 == 0 && b2 == 0 {
t.Error("expected white background for black, got black")
}
}
func TestStringerPalette(t *testing.T) {
palette := newTestPalette()
sp := createStringerPalette(false, false, palette)
if len(sp) == 0 {
t.Fatal("createStringerPalette returned empty palette")
}
result := sp.GetString("test")
if result == "" {
t.Fatal("GetString returned empty string")
}
}
func TestDifferentInputsDifferentColors(t *testing.T) {
palette := newTestPalette()
type rgba struct{ r, g, b, a uint32 }
colors := make(map[rgba]bool)
inputs := []string{"alice", "bob", "charlie", "dave", "eve", "frank", "grace", "heidi"}
for _, s := range inputs {
c := StringToColor(palette, s)
r, g, b, a := c.RGBA()
colors[rgba{r, g, b, a}] = true
}
if len(colors) < 2 {
t.Errorf("expected multiple distinct colors, got %d", len(colors))
}
}

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package colorhash
import (
"github.com/taigrr/simplecolorpalettes/simplecolor"
)
// GenerateOKLCHPalette generates n evenly-spaced colors in the OKLCH color space
// at the given lightness and chroma. This produces a perceptually uniform palette
// where all colors appear equally bright and saturated.
func GenerateOKLCHPalette(n int, l, c float64) simplecolor.SimplePalette {
if n <= 0 {
return simplecolor.SimplePalette{}
}
palette := make(simplecolor.SimplePalette, n)
step := 360.0 / float64(n)
for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
h := float64(i) * step
palette[i] = simplecolor.FromOKLCH(l, c, h)
}
return palette
}

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package colorhash
import (
"math"
"testing"
)
func TestGenerateOKLCHPalette(t *testing.T) {
palette := GenerateOKLCHPalette(8, 0.7, 0.15)
if len(palette) != 8 {
t.Fatalf("expected 8 colors, got %d", len(palette))
}
// All colors should have approximately the same lightness and chroma
for i, c := range palette {
oklch := c.ToOKLCH()
if math.Abs(oklch.L-0.7) > 0.05 {
t.Errorf("color %d: L = %f, expected ~0.7", i, oklch.L)
}
if math.Abs(oklch.C-0.15) > 0.03 {
t.Errorf("color %d: C = %f, expected ~0.15", i, oklch.C)
}
}
// Hues should be evenly spaced (45° apart for 8 colors)
for i, c := range palette {
oklch := c.ToOKLCH()
expectedH := float64(i) * 45.0
diff := math.Abs(oklch.H - expectedH)
if diff > 180 {
diff = 360 - diff
}
if diff > 10.0 {
t.Errorf("color %d: H = %f, expected ~%f", i, oklch.H, expectedH)
}
}
}
func TestGenerateOKLCHPaletteEmpty(t *testing.T) {
palette := GenerateOKLCHPalette(0, 0.7, 0.15)
if len(palette) != 0 {
t.Errorf("expected empty palette, got %d colors", len(palette))
}
}
func TestGenerateOKLCHPaletteSingle(t *testing.T) {
palette := GenerateOKLCHPalette(1, 0.6, 0.1)
if len(palette) != 1 {
t.Fatalf("expected 1 color, got %d", len(palette))
}
oklch := palette[0].ToOKLCH()
if oklch.H > 5.0 && oklch.H < 355.0 {
t.Errorf("single color H = %f, expected ~0", oklch.H)
}
}
func TestGenerateOKLCHPaletteDistinct(t *testing.T) {
palette := GenerateOKLCHPalette(6, 0.7, 0.15)
// All colors should be distinct
seen := make(map[int]bool)
for _, c := range palette {
if seen[int(c)] {
t.Errorf("duplicate color: %s", c.ToHex())
}
seen[int(c)] = true
}
}