hexpattern #

A reference implementation of Nostr pubkey to colors.

Live demo

Why? #

• npub is nonsense to display.
  • too long.
• npub1bla...bla is nonsense to display.
  • npub1 takes too much space.
  • ... means nothing.

Specs #

• Uses hex pubkey.
• Converts 64 characters into 8 colors.
  • Splits 64 with 8 length chunks.
  • Converts each 2 in 8 into AHSL.
    • Alpha (0-255 -> 0.0-1.0)
    • Hue (0-255 -> 0.0-360.0)
    • Saturation (0-255 -> 0.0-1.0)
    • Light (0-255 -> 0.0-1.0)
• Supports dark and light theme.
  • When Light is 1.0, flip the Light for light theme (0.0).