Predefine colors for project identicons

app/assets/stylesheets/generic/avatar.scss

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@
   vertical-align: top;
 
   &.s16 { font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.33; }
-  &.s24 { font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.33; }
+  &.s24 { font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; }
   &.s26 { font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.33; }
   &.s32 { font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.33; }
   &.s60 { font-size: 45px; line-height: 1.33; }
   &.s90 { font-size: 68px; line-height: 1.33; }
   &.s160 { font-size: 120px; line-height: 1.33; }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}

app/assets/stylesheets/sections/dashboard.scss

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 }
 .dash-project-access-icon {
   float: left;
-  margin-right: 3px;
+  margin-right: 5px;
   width: 16px;
 }
 

app/helpers/application_helper.rb

@@ -64,13 +64,22 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   end
 
   def project_identicon(project, options = {})
+    allowed_colors = {
+      red: 'FFEBEE',
+      purple: 'F3E5F5',
+      indigo: 'E8EAF6',
+      blue: 'E3F2FD',
+      teal: 'E0F2F1',
+      orange: 'FBE9E7',
+      gray: 'EEEEEE'
+    }
+
     options[:class] ||= ''
     options[:class] << ' identicon'
-    bg_color = Digest::MD5.hexdigest(project.name)[0, 6]
-    brightness = bg_color[0, 2].hex + bg_color[2, 2].hex + bg_color[4, 2].hex
-    text_color = (brightness > 375) ? '#000' : '#fff'
+    bg_key = project.id % 7
+
     content_tag(:div, class: options[:class],
-      style: "background-color: ##{ bg_color }; color: #{ text_color }") do
+      style: "background-color: ##{ allowed_colors.values[bg_key] }; color: #555") do
         project.name[0, 1].upcase
     end
   end

app/views/dashboard/_project.html.haml

 = link_to project_path(project), class: dom_class(project) do
-  .dash-project-avatar
-    = project_icon(project.to_param, alt: '', class: 'avatar s24')
   .dash-project-access-icon
     = visibility_level_icon(project.visibility_level)
+  .dash-project-avatar
+    = project_icon(project.to_param, alt: '', class: 'avatar s24')
   %span.str-truncated
     %span.namespace-name
       - if project.namespace

app/views/groups/_projects.html.haml

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
     - projects.each do |project|
       %li.project-row
         = link_to project_path(project), class: dom_class(project) do
-          .dash-project-avatar
-            = project_icon(project.to_param, alt: '', class: 'avatar s24')
           .dash-project-access-icon
             = visibility_level_icon(project.visibility_level)
+          .dash-project-avatar
+            = project_icon(project.to_param, alt: '', class: 'avatar s24')
           %span.str-truncated
             %span.project-name
               = project.name