diff --git a/src/webcolors/__init__.py b/src/webcolors/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40a96af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/webcolors/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
diff --git a/src/webcolors/webcolors.py b/src/webcolors/webcolors.py
index 6e0f728..9f42dff 100644
--- a/src/webcolors/webcolors.py
+++ b/src/webcolors/webcolors.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 A simple library for working with the color names and color codes
 defined by the HTML and CSS specifications.
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ values to normalized color names. These eight mappings are as follows:
 
 import math
 import re
+import md5
 
 
 def _reversedict(d):
@@ -823,6 +825,39 @@ def rgb_percent_to_rgb(rgb_percent_triplet):
     return tuple(map(_percent_to_integer, rgb_percent_triplet))
 
 
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+def whatever_to_rgb(string):
+  """
+  Converts CSS3 color or a hex into rgb triplet; hash of string if fails.
+  """
+  try:
+    return name_to_rgb(string)
+  except ValueError:
+    try:
+      return hex_to_rgb(string)
+    except ValueError:
+      a = md5.new(string)
+      return hex_to_rgb("#"+a.hexdigest()[:6])
+    
+    
+  
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 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import doctest
     doctest.testmod()