Generating a random hex color code with PHP Generating a random hex color code with PHP php php

Generating a random hex color code with PHP


An RGB hex string is just a number from 0x0 through 0xFFFFFF, so simply generate a number in that range and convert it to hexadecimal:

function rand_color() {    return '#' . str_pad(dechex(mt_rand(0, 0xFFFFFF)), 6, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);}

or:

function rand_color() {    return sprintf('#%06X', mt_rand(0, 0xFFFFFF));}


Get a random number from 0 to 255, then convert it to hex:

function random_color_part() {    return str_pad( dechex( mt_rand( 0, 255 ) ), 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);}function random_color() {    return random_color_part() . random_color_part() . random_color_part();}echo random_color();


you can use md5 for that purpose,very short

$color = substr(md5(rand()), 0, 6);