UPD: added more fun to the root view.

base/views.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import re
 import socket
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.views import generic
@@ -11,6 +12,12 @@ class RootView(generic.TemplateView):
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         if 'hostname' not in kwargs:
             kwargs['hostname'] = socket.gethostname()
+        if 'color_hex' not in kwargs:
+            buf = kwargs['hostname']
+            buf = re.sub('[-.]', '', buf)
+            buf = buf[:6].lower()
+            if re.match('[0-9a-f]{6}', buf):
+                kwargs['color_hex'] = buf
         if 'time' not in kwargs:
             kwargs['time'] = timezone.now()
         return super(RootView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)