diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/call/components/ParticipantTile.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/call/components/ParticipantTile.kt
index 385927f7e..74f32af3f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/call/components/ParticipantTile.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/call/components/ParticipantTile.kt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.tooling.preview.Preview
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import com.nextcloud.talk.R
 import com.nextcloud.talk.call.ParticipantUiState
+import com.nextcloud.talk.utils.ColorGenerator
 import org.webrtc.EglBase
 
 @Composable
@@ -39,10 +40,12 @@ fun ParticipantTile(
     modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
     isVoiceOnlyCall: Boolean,
 ) {
+    val colorInt = ColorGenerator.shared.usernameToColor(participant.nick)
+
     Box(
         modifier = modifier
             .clip(RoundedCornerShape(12.dp))
-            .background(Color.DarkGray)
+            .background(Color(colorInt))
     ) {
         if (!isVoiceOnlyCall && participant.isStreamEnabled && participant.mediaStream != null) {
             WebRTCVideoView(participant, eglBase)
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ fun ParticipantTile(
             style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodyMedium.copy(
                 shadow = Shadow(
                     color = Color.Black,
-                    offset = Offset(6f, 6f),
+                    offset = Offset(4f, 4f),
                     blurRadius = 4f
                 )
             )
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/ColorGenerator.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/ColorGenerator.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8fa1e58e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/ColorGenerator.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/*
+ * Nextcloud Talk - Android Client
+ *
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Marcel Hibbe <dev@mhibbe.de>
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+package com.nextcloud.talk.utils
+
+import android.graphics.Color
+import java.security.MessageDigest
+import kotlin.math.abs
+
+// See https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloud-vue/blob/56b79afae93f4701a0cb933bfeb7b4a2fbd590fb/src/functions/usernameToColor/usernameToColor.js
+// and https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloud-vue/blob/56b79afae93f4701a0cb933bfeb7b4a2fbd590fb/src/utils/GenColors.js
+
+class ColorGenerator private constructor() {
+
+    private val steps = 6
+    private val finalPalette: List<Int> = genColors(steps)
+
+    companion object {
+        val shared = ColorGenerator()
+        private const val MULTIPLIER = 256.0f
+
+        private fun stepCalc(steps: Int, colorStart: Int, colorEnd: Int): List<Float> {
+            val r0 = Color.red(colorStart) / MULTIPLIER
+            val g0 = Color.green(colorStart) / MULTIPLIER
+            val b0 = Color.blue(colorStart) / MULTIPLIER
+
+            val r1 = Color.red(colorEnd) / MULTIPLIER
+            val g1 = Color.green(colorEnd) / MULTIPLIER
+            val b1 = Color.blue(colorEnd) / MULTIPLIER
+
+            return listOf(
+                (r1 - r0) / steps,
+                (g1 - g0) / steps,
+                (b1 - b0) / steps
+            )
+        }
+
+        private fun mixPalette(steps: Int, color1: Int, color2: Int): List<Int> {
+            val palette = mutableListOf(color1)
+            val step = stepCalc(steps, color1, color2)
+
+            val rStart = Color.red(color1) / MULTIPLIER
+            val gStart = Color.green(color1) / MULTIPLIER
+            val bStart = Color.blue(color1) / MULTIPLIER
+
+            for (i in 1 until steps) {
+                val r = (abs(rStart + step[0] * i) * MULTIPLIER).toInt().coerceIn(0, 255)
+                val g = (abs(gStart + step[1] * i) * MULTIPLIER).toInt().coerceIn(0, 255)
+                val b = (abs(bStart + step[2] * i) * MULTIPLIER).toInt().coerceIn(0, 255)
+
+                palette.add(Color.rgb(r, g, b))
+            }
+
+            return palette
+        }
+
+        fun genColors(steps: Int): List<Int> {
+            val red = Color.rgb(
+                (182 / MULTIPLIER * 255).toInt(),
+                (70 / MULTIPLIER * 255).toInt(),
+                (157 / MULTIPLIER * 255).toInt()
+            )
+            val yellow = Color.rgb(
+                (221 / MULTIPLIER * 255).toInt(),
+                (203 / MULTIPLIER * 255).toInt(),
+                (85 / MULTIPLIER * 255).toInt()
+            )
+            val blue = Color.rgb(
+                0,
+                (130 / MULTIPLIER * 255).toInt(),
+                (201 / MULTIPLIER * 255).toInt()
+            )
+
+            val palette1 = mixPalette(steps, red, yellow).toMutableList()
+            val palette2 = mixPalette(steps, yellow, blue)
+            val palette3 = mixPalette(steps, blue, red)
+
+            palette1.addAll(palette2)
+            palette1.addAll(palette3)
+
+            return palette1
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun usernameToColor(username: String): Int {
+        val hash = username.lowercase()
+        var hashInt: Int
+
+        val bytes = hash.toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8)
+        val md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5")
+        val digest = md.digest(bytes)
+        val hex = digest.joinToString("") { "%02x".format(it) }
+
+        hashInt = hex.map { it.digitToInt(16) % 16 }.sum()
+
+        val maximum = steps * 3
+        hashInt %= maximum
+
+        return finalPalette[hashInt]
+    }
+}