How can I create a UIColor from a hex string

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How can I create a UIColor from a hexadecimal string format  such as  00FF00

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Several above solutions involve somewhat unnecessary use of NSStrings. This UIColor class extension is bit simpler & faster:

+ colorWithHex:(UInt32)hex alpha:(CGFloat)alpha
{
    return [UIColor colorWithRed:((hex & 0xFF0000) >> 16)/255.0
                           green:((hex & 0x00FF00) >> 8)/255.0
                            blue:( hex & 0x0000FF)/255.0
                           alpha:alpha];
}

and to use it simply:

return [UIColor colorWithHex:0x006400 alpha:1.0]; // HTML darkgreen

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In Xamarin iOS you can use the following instead of the macro   public UIColor UIColorFromHexValue int value  float alpha   1f    gt      UIColor FromRGBA            value  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0f            value  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt  16    255 0f            value  amp  0x0000FF   gt  gt  16    255 0f          alpha     The usage is analogous   label TextColor   UIColorFromHexValue 0xBC1128

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There s a nice post on how to tackle the OP s question of extracting a UIColor from a hex string  The solution presented below is different from others because it supports string values that may include  0x  or     prefixed to the hex string representation     see usage   Here s the main bit     -  UIColor   getUIColorObjectFromHexString  NSString   hexStr alpha  CGFloat alpha        Convert hex string to an integer   unsigned int hexint    self intFromHexString hexStr         Create a color object  specifying alpha as well   UIColor  color        UIColor colorWithRed   CGFloat    hexint  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16   255     green   CGFloat    hexint  amp  0xFF00   gt  gt  8   255     blue   CGFloat   hexint  amp  0xFF   255     alpha alpha      return color      Helper method     -  unsigned int intFromHexString  NSString   hexStr     unsigned int hexInt   0        Create scanner   NSScanner  scanner    NSScanner scannerWithString hexStr         Tell scanner to skip the   character    scanner setCharactersToBeSkipped  NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString               Scan hex value    scanner scanHexInt  amp hexInt      return hexInt      Usage   NSString  hexStr1     123ABC   NSString  hexStr2      123ABC   NSString  hexStr3     0x123ABC    UIColor  color1    self getUIColorObjectFromHexString hexStr1 alpha  9   NSLog   UIColor       color1    UIColor  color2    self getUIColorObjectFromHexString hexStr2 alpha  9   NSLog   UIColor       color2    UIColor  color3    self getUIColorObjectFromHexString hexStr3 alpha  9   NSLog   UIColor       color3     Complete Reference Article  Swift 2   I ve ported this solution to Swift 2 2  Note that I ve changed the alpha parameter to use a default set to 1 0  I ve also updated the int type to UInt32 as required by the NSScanner class in Swift 2 2   func colorWithHexString hexString  String  alpha CGFloat   1 0  - gt  UIColor           Convert hex string to an integer     let hexint   Int self intFromHexString hexString       let red   CGFloat  hexint  amp  0xff0000   gt  gt  16    255 0     let green   CGFloat  hexint  amp  0xff00   gt  gt  8    255 0     let blue   CGFloat  hexint  amp  0xff   gt  gt  0    255 0          Create color object  specifying alpha as well     let color   UIColor red  red  green  green  blue  blue  alpha  alpha      return color    func intFromHexString hexStr  String  - gt  UInt32       var hexInt  UInt32   0        Create scanner     let scanner  NSScanner   NSScanner string  hexStr         Tell scanner to skip the   character     scanner charactersToBeSkipped   NSCharacterSet charactersInString              Scan hex value     scanner scanHexInt  amp hexInt      return hexInt     Swift 4   Using the same logic with changes applied for swift 4   func colorWithHexString hexString  String  alpha CGFloat   1 0  - gt  UIColor           Convert hex string to an integer     let hexint   Int self intFromHexString hexStr  hexString       let red   CGFloat  hexint  amp  0xff0000   gt  gt  16    255 0     let green   CGFloat  hexint  amp  0xff00   gt  gt  8    255 0     let blue   CGFloat  hexint  amp  0xff   gt  gt  0    255 0         Create color object  specifying alpha as well     let color   UIColor red  red  green  green  blue  blue  alpha  alpha      return color    func intFromHexString hexStr  String  - gt  UInt32       var hexInt  UInt32   0        Create scanner     let scanner  Scanner   Scanner string  hexStr         Tell scanner to skip the   character     scanner charactersToBeSkipped   CharacterSet charactersIn              Scan hex value     scanner scanHexInt32  amp hexInt      return hexInt        Color Hex References      HTML Color Names and Codes      Color Hex Color Codes

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SWIFT 4   You can create a nice convenience constructor in the extension like this   extension UIColor       convenience init hexString  String  alpha  CGFloat   1 0            var hexInt  UInt32   0         let scanner   Scanner string  hexString          scanner charactersToBeSkipped   CharacterSet charactersIn               scanner scanHexInt32  amp hexInt           let red   CGFloat  hexInt  amp  0xff0000   gt  gt  16    255 0         let green   CGFloat  hexInt  amp  0xff00   gt  gt  8    255 0         let blue   CGFloat  hexInt  amp  0xff   gt  gt  0    255 0         let alpha   alpha          self init red  red  green  green  blue  blue  alpha  alpha            And use it later like  let color   UIColor hexString    AABBCCDD

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swift version  Use as a Function or an Extension  Function   func UIColorFromRGB colorCode  String  alpha  Float   1 0  - gt  UIColor      var scanner   NSScanner string colorCode      var color UInt32   0      scanner scanHexInt  amp color           let mask   0x000000FF     let r   CGFloat Float Int color  gt  gt  16   amp  mask  255 0      let g   CGFloat Float Int color  gt  gt  8   amp  mask  255 0      let b   CGFloat Float Int color   amp  mask  255 0           return UIColor red  r  green  g  blue  b  alpha  CGFloat alpha      Extension extension UIColor       convenience init colorCode  String  alpha  Float   1 0           var scanner   NSScanner string colorCode          var color UInt32   0          scanner scanHexInt  amp color                   let mask   0x000000FF         let r   CGFloat Float Int color  gt  gt  16   amp  mask  255 0          let g   CGFloat Float Int color  gt  gt  8   amp  mask  255 0          let b   CGFloat Float Int color   amp  mask  255 0                   self init red  r  green  g  blue  b  alpha  CGFloat alpha            How to call let hexColorFromFunction   UIColorFromRGB  quot F4C124 quot   alpha  1 0  let hexColorFromExtension   UIColor colorCode   quot F4C124 quot   alpha  1 0   You can also define your Hex Color from interface builder

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self view backgroundColor   colorWithHex hex  yourColorCode     Code for creating Color from hexaDecimalCode   func colorWithHex  hex String  - gt  UIColor       var cString String   hex trimmingCharacters in   whitespacesAndNewlines  uppercased        if  cString hasPrefix                 cString remove at  cString startIndex             if   cString count     6            return UIColor gray            var rgbValue UInt32   0     Scanner string  cString  scanHexInt32  amp rgbValue       return UIColor          red  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0          green  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt  8    255 0          blue  CGFloat rgbValue  amp  0x0000FF    255 0          alpha  CGFloat 1 0

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A concise solution      Assumes input like   00FF00    RRGGBB      UIColor   colorFromHexString  NSString   hexString       unsigned rgbValue   0      NSScanner  scanner    NSScanner scannerWithString hexString        scanner setScanLocation 1      bypass     character      scanner scanHexInt  amp rgbValue       return  UIColor colorWithRed   rgbValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16  255 0 green   rgbValue  amp  0xFF00   gt  gt  8  255 0 blue  rgbValue  amp  0xFF  255 0 alpha 1 0

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There is a nice UIColor category with many features in it   Usage    textView textColor    UIColor colorWithHexString textColorHex   NSLog   Text Color Hex       textColorHex     Where textColorHex has a form of   FFFFFF  without   symbol

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There is no builtin conversion from a hexadecimal string to a UIColor  or CGColor  that I m aware of  However  you can easily write a couple of functions for this purpose - for example  see iphone development accessing uicolor components

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Another implementation allowing strings like  FFF  or  FFFFFF  and using alpha      UIColor    colorFromHexString  NSString   hexString alpha   CGFloat alpha      NSString  cleanString    hexString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString      withString           if  cleanString length     3            cleanString    NSString stringWithFormat                                          cleanString substringWithRange NSMakeRange 0  1    cleanString substringWithRange NSMakeRange 0  1                            cleanString substringWithRange NSMakeRange 1  1    cleanString substringWithRange NSMakeRange 1  1                            cleanString substringWithRange NSMakeRange 2  1    cleanString substringWithRange NSMakeRange 2  1               if  cleanString length     6            cleanString    cleanString stringByAppendingString   ff               unsigned int baseValue        NSScanner scannerWithString cleanString  scanHexInt  amp baseValue        float red     baseValue  gt  gt  24   amp  0xFF  255 0f      float green     baseValue  gt  gt  16   amp  0xFF  255 0f      float blue     baseValue  gt  gt  8   amp  0xFF  255 0f       return  UIColor colorWithRed red green green blue blue alpha alpha

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For swift 2 0    This code works fine to me   extension UIColor           UIColor hexString    cc0000       internal convenience init  hexString String            guard hexString characters hexString startIndex     Character      else               return nil                   guard hexString characters count      000000  characters count else               return nil                   let digits   hexString substringFromIndex hexString startIndex advancedBy 1           guard Int digits radix 16     nil else              return nil                   let red   digits substringToIndex digits startIndex advancedBy 2           let green   digits substringWithRange Range lt String Index gt  start  digits startIndex advancedBy 2               end  digits startIndex advancedBy 4            let blue   digits substringWithRange Range lt String Index gt  start digits startIndex advancedBy 4               end digits startIndex advancedBy 6            let redf   CGFloat Double Int red  radix 16      255 0          let greenf   CGFloat Double Int green  radix 16      255 0          let bluef   CGFloat Double Int blue  radix 16      255 0          self init red  redf  green  greenf  blue  bluef  alpha  CGFloat 1 0             This code includes string format checking  e g   let aColor   UIColor hexString    dadada    let failed   UIColor hexString   123zzzz     And as far as I know  my code is of no disadvantage for its maintaining the semantic of failible condition and returning an optional value  And this should be the best answer

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You can use this library  https   github com burhanuddin353 TFTColor  Swift  UIColor colorWithRGB hexString   FF34AE  alpha  1 0    Objective-C   UIColor colorWithRGBHexString   FF34AE  alpha 1 0f

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Posting for reference a site I just found  It does all the dirty job and  starting from HEX or RGB  prints out the code in ObjC  Swift and Xamarin  https   www uicolor xyz   hex-to-ui

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A great Swift implementation  updated for Xcode 7  using extensions  pulled together from a variety of different answers and places  You will also need the string extensions at the end   Use   let hexColor   UIColor hex    00FF00     NOTE  I added an option for 2 additional digits to the end of the standard 6 digit hex value for an alpha channel  pass in value of 00-99   If this offends you  just remove it  You could implement it to pass in an optional alpha parameter   Extension   extension UIColor        convenience init var hex  String            var alpha  Float   100         let hexLength   hex characters count         if   hexLength    7    hexLength    9                   A hex must be either 7 or 9 characters   RRGGBBAA              print  improper call to  colorFromHex   hex length must be 7 or 9 chars   GGRRBBAA                self init white  0  alpha  1              return                    if hexLength    9                  Note  this uses String subscripts as given below             alpha   hex 7   8  floatValue             hex   hex 0   6                        Establishing the rgb color         var rgb  UInt32   0         let s  NSScanner   NSScanner string  hex             Setting the scan location to ignore the leading             s scanLocation   1            Scanning the int into the rgb colors         s scanHexInt  amp rgb              Creating the UIColor from hex int         self init              red  CGFloat  rgb  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0              green  CGFloat  rgb  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt  8    255 0              blue  CGFloat rgb  amp  0x0000FF    255 0              alpha  CGFloat alpha   100                      String extensions  Float source Subscript source  extension String                Returns the float value of a string            var floatValue  Float           return  self as NSString  floatValue                    Subscript to allow for quick String substrings   Hello   0   1     He             subscript  r  Range lt Int gt   - gt  String           get               let start   self startIndex advancedBy r startIndex              let end   self startIndex advancedBy r endIndex - 1              return self substringWithRange start   lt end

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This is nice with cocoapod support  https   github com mRs- HexColors     with hash NSColor  colorWithHex    NSColor colorWithHexString    ff8942  alpha 1       wihtout hash NSColor  secondColorWithHex    NSColor colorWithHexString   ff8942  alpha 1       short handling NSColor  shortColorWithHex    NSColor colorWithHexString   fff  alpha 1

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Swift equivalent of  Tom s answer  although receiving RGBA Int value to support transparency   func colorWithHex aHex  UInt  - gt  UIColor       return UIColor red  CGFloat  aHex  amp  0xFF000000   gt  gt  24    255          green  CGFloat  aHex  amp  0x00FF0000   gt  gt  16    255          blue  CGFloat  aHex  amp  0x0000FF00   gt  gt  8    255          alpha  CGFloat  aHex  amp  0x000000FF   gt  gt  0    255       usage var color   colorWithHex 0x7F00FFFF    And if you want to be able to use it from string you could use strtoul   var hexString    0x7F00FFFF   let num   strtoul hexString  nil  16   var colorFromString   colorWithHex num

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Swift version   extension UIColor       convenience init  var hex  String            hex   hex stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet    uppercaseString         hex    hex hasPrefix         hex substringFromIndex advance hex startIndex  1     hex          var value  UInt32   0         if NSScanner string  hex  scanHexInt  amp value                if count hex     8                   self init red  CGFloat  value  amp  0xFF000000   gt  gt  24    255 0                      green  CGFloat  value  amp  0x00FF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0                      blue  CGFloat  value  amp  0x0000FF00   gt  gt  8    255 0                      alpha  CGFloat  value  amp  0x000000FF     255 0                  return               else if count hex     6                   self init red  CGFloat  value  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0                      green  CGFloat  value  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt  8    255 0                      blue  CGFloat value  amp  0x0000FF    255 0                      alpha  1 0                  return                                 self init           return nil

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Create elegant extension for UIColor   extension UIColor    convenience init string  String             var uppercasedString   string uppercased           uppercasedString remove at  string startIndex           var rgbValue  UInt32   0         Scanner string  uppercasedString  scanHexInt32  amp rgbValue           let red   CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0         let green   CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt  8    255 0         let blue   CGFloat rgbValue  amp  0x0000FF    255 0          self init red  red  green  green  blue  blue  alpha  1            Create red color   let red   UIColor string    ff0000

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I created a convenience init for that   extension UIColor   convenience init hex  String  alpha  CGFloat        let redH   CGFloat strtoul hex substringToIndex advance hex startIndex 2    nil  16       let greenH   CGFloat strtoul hex substringWithRange Range lt String Index gt  start  advance hex startIndex  2   end  advance hex startIndex  4     nil  16       let blueH   CGFloat strtoul hex substringFromIndex advance hex startIndex 4    nil  16        self init red  redH 255  green  greenH 255  blue  blueH 255  alpha  alpha        then you can create an UIColor anywhere in your project just like this   UIColor hex   ffe3c8   alpha  1    hope this helps

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I ve found the simplest way to do this is with a macro   Just include it in your header and it s available throughout your project    define UIColorFromRGB rgbValue   UIColor colorWithRed   float   rgbValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16   255 0 green   float   rgbValue  amp  0xFF00   gt  gt  8   255 0 blue   float  rgbValue  amp  0xFF   255 0 alpha 1 0    uicolor macro with hex values  Also formatted version of this code    define UIColorFromRGB rgbValue     UIColor colorWithRed   float   rgbValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16   255 0                   green   float   rgbValue  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt   8   255 0                    blue   float   rgbValue  amp  0x0000FF   gt  gt   0   255 0                   alpha 1 0    Usage   label textColor   UIColorFromRGB 0xBC1128

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You can make a extension like this  extension UIColor      convenience init rgb  UInt  alphaVal  CGFloat            self init              red  CGFloat  rgb  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0              green  CGFloat  rgb  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt  8    255 0              blue  CGFloat rgb  amp  0x0000FF    255 0              alpha  alphaVal                     And use it anywhere like this   UIColor rgb  0xffffff  alphaVal  0 2

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I found a good UIColor category for this  UIColor PXExtensions   Usage  UIColor  mycolor    UIColor pxColorWithHexValue    BADA55     And  just in case the link to my gist fails  here is the actual implementation code          UIColor PXExtensions m      import  UIColor UIColor PXExtensions h    implementation UIColor  UIColor PXExtensions      UIColor  pxColorWithHexValue  NSString  hexValue         Default     UIColor  defaultResult    UIColor blackColor          Strip prefixed   hash     if   hexValue hasPrefix        amp  amp   hexValue length   gt  1            hexValue    hexValue substringFromIndex 1                Determine if 3 or 6 digits     NSUInteger componentLength   0      if   hexValue length     3                componentLength   1            else if   hexValue length     6                componentLength   2            else               return defaultResult             BOOL isValid   YES      CGFloat components 3          Seperate the R G B values     for  NSUInteger i   0  i  lt  3  i              NSString  component    hexValue substringWithRange NSMakeRange componentLength   i  componentLength            if  componentLength    1                component    component stringByAppendingString component                     NSScanner  scanner    NSScanner scannerWithString component           unsigned int value          isValid  amp    scanner scanHexInt  amp value           components i     CGFloat value   256 0f             if   isValid            return defaultResult             return  UIColor colorWithRed components 0                             green components 1                              blue components 2                             alpha 1 0       end

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Swift 2 0 -  Xcode 7 2  Adding an extension to UIColor   File -New - Swift File - Name it   Add the following   extension UIColor       convenience init hexString String            let hexString NSString   hexString stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet            let scanner              NSScanner string  hexString as String          if  hexString hasPrefix                     scanner scanLocation   1                    var color UInt32   0         scanner scanHexInt  amp color           let mask   0x000000FF         let r   Int color  gt  gt  16   amp  mask         let g   Int color  gt  gt  8   amp  mask         let b   Int color   amp  mask          let red     CGFloat r    255 0         let green   CGFloat g    255 0         let blue    CGFloat b    255 0         self init red red  green green  blue blue  alpha 1             func toHexString   - gt  String           var r CGFloat   0         var g CGFloat   0         var b CGFloat   0         var a CGFloat   0         getRed  amp r  green   amp g  blue   amp b  alpha   amp a          let rgb Int    Int  r 255  lt  lt 16    Int  g 255  lt  lt 8    Int  b 255  lt  lt 0         return NSString format    06x   rgb  as String                   Usage   Ex  Setting Button s color from hexCode      override func viewWillAppear animated  Bool            loginButton tintColor   UIColor hexString    hex code here       Ex  Converting Button s current color to hex Code       override func viewWillAppear animated  Bool            let hexString   loginButton tintColor toHexString           print  HEX STRING    hexString

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UIColor Hex initialization  extension UIColor  public  convenience init hex   String        var cString String   hex trimmingCharacters in   whitespacesAndNewlines  uppercased        if  cString hasPrefix                 cString remove at  cString startIndex             if   cString count     6            self init red  1  green  1  blue  1  alpha  1          return            var rgbValue UInt32   0     Scanner string  cString  scanHexInt32  amp rgbValue       self init      red  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0      green  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt  8    255 0      blue  CGFloat rgbValue  amp  0x0000FF    255 0      alpha  CGFloat 1 0              Iniitailization let myColor   UIColor hex    452b4e     Happy coding   Enjoy

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You can create extension class of UIColor as -  extension UIColor       MARK  -  getColorFromHex             This function will convert the color Hex code to RGB   - parameter color  hex string   - returns  RGB color code     class func getColorFromHex hexString String - gt UIColor       var rgbValue   UInt32   0     let scanner NSScanner    NSScanner string  hexString       scanner scanLocation   1     scanner scanHexInt  amp rgbValue       return UIColor red  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0  green  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt  8    255 0  blue  CGFloat rgbValue  amp  0x0000FF    255 0  alpha  CGFloat 1 0

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In swift I created a class extension with the following methods to convert a hex code to a UIColor   extension UIColor       convenience init R  CGFloat  G  CGFloat  B  CGFloat  alpha  CGFloat        self init red  R 255 0  green  G 255 0  blue  B 255 0  alpha  alpha         class func colorWithHex hex  UInt  alpha  CGFloat  - gt  UIColor       return UIColor R  CGFloat  hex  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16   G  CGFloat  hex  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt  8   B  CGFloat hex  amp  0x0000FF   alpha  alpha

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I ended up creating a category for UIColor that I can just reuse in my other projects  and added this function      UIColor   colorFromHex  unsigned long hex       return  UIColor colorWithRed   float   hex  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16   255 0                            green   float   hex  amp  0xFF00   gt  gt  8   255 0                             blue   float  hex  amp  0xFF   255 0                            alpha 1 0       The usage goes like   UIColor  customRedColor    UIColor colorFromHex 0x990000     This is far faster than passing on a string and converting it to a number then shifting the bits   You can also import the category from inside your  pch file so you can easily use colorFromHex everywhere in your app like it s built-in to UIColor    ifdef   OBJC        import  lt UIKit UIKit h gt       import  lt Foundation Foundation h gt         Your other stuff here         import  UIColor HexColor h   endif

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UIColorWithHexString      static UIColor   UIColorWithHexString NSString  hex            unsigned int rgb   0            NSScanner scannerWithString              hex uppercaseString  stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet               NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString   0123456789ABCDEF   invertedSet             scanHexInt  amp rgb           return  UIColor colorWithRed   CGFloat   rgb  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16     255 0                                green   CGFloat   rgb  amp  0xFF00   gt  gt  8     255 0                                 blue   CGFloat  rgb  amp  0xFF     255 0                                alpha 1 0           Usage  self view backgroundColor   UIColorWithHexString    0F35C0

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Another version with alpha    define UIColorFromRGBA rgbValue   UIColor colorWithRed   float   rgbValue  amp  0xFF000000   gt  gt  24   255 0 green   float   rgbValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16   255 0 blue   float   rgbValue  amp  0xFF00   gt  gt  8    255 0 alpha   float   rgbValue  amp  0xFF   255 0

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Swift 5  iOS 14 convenience init hex  String  alpha  CGFloat   1 0        var hexFormatted  String   hex trimmingCharacters in  CharacterSet whitespacesAndNewlines  uppercased            if hexFormatted hasPrefix  quot   quot             hexFormatted   String hexFormatted dropFirst                   assert hexFormatted count    6   quot Invalid hex code used  quot            var rgbValue  UInt64   0     Scanner string  hexFormatted  scanHexInt64  amp rgbValue           self init red  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0                green  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt  8    255 0                blue  CGFloat rgbValue  amp  0x0000FF    255 0                alpha  alpha

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I ve got a solution that is 100  compatible with the hex format strings used by Android  which I found very helpful when doing cross-platform mobile development   It lets me use one color palate for both platforms   Feel free to reuse without attribution  or under the Apache license if you prefer     import  UIColor HexString h    interface UIColor HexString      UIColor    colorWithHexString   NSString    hexString     CGFloat  colorComponentFrom   NSString    string start   NSUInteger  start length   NSUInteger  length    end    implementation UIColor HexString      UIColor    colorWithHexString   NSString    hexString       NSString  colorString     hexString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString       withString       uppercaseString       CGFloat alpha  red  blue  green      switch   colorString length             case 3      RGB             alpha   1 0f              red      self colorComponentFrom  colorString start  0 length  1               green    self colorComponentFrom  colorString start  1 length  1               blue     self colorComponentFrom  colorString start  2 length  1               break          case 4      ARGB             alpha    self colorComponentFrom  colorString start  0 length  1               red      self colorComponentFrom  colorString start  1 length  1               green    self colorComponentFrom  colorString start  2 length  1               blue     self colorComponentFrom  colorString start  3 length  1                         break          case 6      RRGGBB             alpha   1 0f              red      self colorComponentFrom  colorString start  0 length  2               green    self colorComponentFrom  colorString start  2 length  2               blue     self colorComponentFrom  colorString start  4 length  2                                     break          case 8      AARRGGBB             alpha    self colorComponentFrom  colorString start  0 length  2               red      self colorComponentFrom  colorString start  2 length  2               green    self colorComponentFrom  colorString start  4 length  2               blue     self colorComponentFrom  colorString start  6 length  2                                     break          default               NSException raise   Invalid color value  format    Color value    is invalid   It should be a hex value of the form  RBG   ARGB   RRGGBB  or  AARRGGBB   hexString               break            return  UIColor colorWithRed  red green  green blue  blue alpha  alpha         CGFloat  colorComponentFrom   NSString    string start   NSUInteger  start length   NSUInteger  length       NSString  substring    string substringWithRange  NSMakeRange start  length        NSString  fullHex   length    2   substring    NSString stringWithFormat           substring  substring       unsigned hexComponent        NSScanner scannerWithString  fullHex  scanHexInt   amp hexComponent       return hexComponent   255 0      end

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extension UIColor       convenience init hexaString  String  alpha  CGFloat   1            let chars   Array hexaString dropFirst            self init red     init strtoul String chars 0   1   nil 16   255                    green   init strtoul String chars 2   3   nil 16   255                    blue    init strtoul String chars 4   5   nil 16   255                    alpha  alpha         Usage   let redColor         UIColor hexaString    FF0000                   r 1 0 g 0 0 b 0 0 a 1 0 let transparentRed   UIColor hexaString    FF0000   alpha  0 5      r 1 0 g 0 0 b 0 0 a 0 5

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Polished Extension from the original answer by  Tom feel free to update the code here  extension UIColor      convenience init  hexString String            var cleanString String   hexString stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet    uppercaseString          if  cleanString hasPrefix                     cleanString   cleanString substringFromIndex cleanString startIndex advancedBy 1                      if  cleanString characters count    6                self init                     else              var rgbValue   UInt32               let scanner   NSScanner string  cleanString              scanner scanHexInt  amp rgbValue               self init                  red  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16  255 0                  green  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0xFF00   gt  gt  8  255 0                  blue  CGFloat rgbValue  amp  0xFF  255 0                  alpha  1 0

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This is another alternative   -  UIColor   colorWithRGBHex  UInt32 hex       int r    hex  gt  gt  16   amp  0xFF      int g    hex  gt  gt  8   amp  0xFF      int b    hex   amp  0xFF       return  UIColor colorWithRed r   255 0f                            green g   255 0f                             blue b   255 0f                            alpha 1 0f

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You could use various online tools to convert a HEX string to an actual UIColor  Check out uicolor org or UI Color Picker  The output would be converted into Objective-C code  like    UIColor colorWithRed 0 93 green 0 80 blue 0 80 alpha 1 0     Which you could embed in your application  Hope this helps

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updated for swift 1 2  class func colorWithHexString  hex String  - gt  UIColor       var cString  NSString   hex stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet    uppercaseString      if  cString hasPrefix                 cString   cString substringFromIndex 1             if  count cString as String     6            return UIColor grayColor              var rString  String   cString substringToIndex 2      var gString  String    cString substringFromIndex 2  as NSString  substringToIndex 2      var bString  String    cString substringFromIndex 4  as NSString  substringToIndex 2       var r CUnsignedInt   0  g CUnsignedInt   0  b CUnsignedInt   0      NSScanner string  rString  scanHexInt  amp r      NSScanner string  gString  scanHexInt  amp g      NSScanner string  bString  scanHexInt  amp b      return UIColor red  CGFloat Float r    255 0   green  CGFloat Float g    255 0   blue  CGFloat Float b    255 0   alpha  CGFloat 1

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extension UIColor        class func fromHexaString hex String  - gt  UIColor               let scanner             Scanner string  hex          scanner scanLocation    0         var rgbValue  UInt64    0         scanner scanHexInt64  amp rgbValue           return UIColor              red  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0              green  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt  8    255 0              blue  CGFloat rgbValue  amp  0x0000FF    255 0              alpha  CGFloat 1 0                       you can call like this   UIColor fromHexaString hex 3276b1

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Convert hex color to RGB value using any converter website  if you google  hex to rgb   you ll see a ton   For example  this one  http   www rgbtohex net hextorgb   Then change the color property to UIColor  Example   self profilePicture layer borderColor    UIColor colorWithRed 0 green 167 blue 142 alpha 1 0  CGColor    Hex color value was  00a78e converted to RGB  R  0 G  167 B  142  If the RGB values you are giving are not between 0 and 1 0  you ll have to divide them by 255  Example    self profilePicture layer borderColor    UIColor colorWithRed 83 00 255 0 green 123 00 255 0 blue 53 00 255 0 alpha 1 0  CGColor

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Swift 2 0   Add this method to VC or to Extension of UIColor   func colorWithHexString  hex String  - gt  UIColor           var cString String   hex stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet    uppercaseString          if  cString hasPrefix                     cString    cString as NSString  substringFromIndex 1                     if  cString characters count    6                return UIColor grayColor                      let rString    cString as NSString  substringToIndex 2          let gString     cString as NSString  substringFromIndex 2  as NSString  substringToIndex 2          let bString     cString as NSString  substringFromIndex 4  as NSString  substringToIndex 2           var r CUnsignedInt   0  g CUnsignedInt   0  b CUnsignedInt   0          NSScanner string  rString  scanHexInt  amp r          NSScanner string  gString  scanHexInt  amp g          NSScanner string  bString  scanHexInt  amp b            return UIColor red  CGFloat r    255 0  green  CGFloat g    255 0  blue  CGFloat b    255 0  alpha  CGFloat 1           Usage        loginButton tintColor   self colorWithHexString   be1337         OR      let hexColor   self colorWithHexString   be1337

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Try this  This code will return UIColor from your hex color string  -  UIColor  colorWithHexString  NSString  hex           NSString  cString     hex stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet  NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet   uppercaseString             String should be 6 or 8 characters       if   cString length   lt  6  return  UIColor grayColor             strip 0X if it appears       if   cString hasPrefix   0X    cString    cString substringFromIndex 2          if   cString length     6  return   UIColor grayColor             Separate into r  g  b substrings       NSRange range        range location   0        range length   2        NSString  rString    cString substringWithRange range          range location   2        NSString  gString    cString substringWithRange range          range location   4        NSString  bString    cString substringWithRange range             Scan values       unsigned int r  g  b          NSScanner scannerWithString rString  scanHexInt  amp r           NSScanner scannerWithString gString  scanHexInt  amp g           NSScanner scannerWithString bString  scanHexInt  amp b          return  UIColor colorWithRed   float  r   255 0f                               green   float  g   255 0f                                blue   float  b   255 0f                               alpha 1 0f

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Swift 3 example of Ethan Strider s answer  A function that takes a hex string and returns a UIColor   You can enter hex strings with either format   ffffff or ffffff   Example   func hexStringToUIColor  hex String  - gt  UIColor       var cString  String   hex trimmingCharacters in  CharacterSet whitespacesAndNewlines  uppercased        if  cString hasPrefix                 if let range   cString range of  cString                cString   cString substring from  cString index range lowerBound  offsetBy  1                        if   cString characters count     6            return UIColor gray            var rgbValue  UInt32   0     Scanner string  cString  scanHexInt32  amp rgbValue       return UIColor          red  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0          green  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt  8    255 0          blue  CGFloat rgbValue  amp  0x0000FF    255 0          alpha  CGFloat 1 0            Usage   var color1   hexStringToUIColor   d3d3d3

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Swift 2 0 version of solution which will handle alpha value of color and with perfect error handling is here   func RGBColor hexColorStr   String  - gt  UIColor        var red CGFloat   0 0     var green CGFloat   0 0     var blue CGFloat   0 0     var alpha CGFloat   1 0      if hexColorStr hasPrefix                let index     hexColorStr startIndex advancedBy 1          let hex       hexColorStr substringFromIndex index          let scanner   NSScanner string  hex          var hexValue  CUnsignedLongLong   0          if scanner scanHexLongLong  amp hexValue                        if hex characters count    6                               red     CGFloat  hexValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0                 green   CGFloat  hexValue  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt  8     255 0                 blue    CGFloat hexValue  amp  0x0000FF    255 0                           else if hex characters count    8                               red     CGFloat  hexValue  amp  0xFF000000   gt  gt  24    255 0                 green   CGFloat  hexValue  amp  0x00FF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0                 blue    CGFloat  hexValue  amp  0x0000FF00   gt  gt  8     255 0                 alpha   CGFloat hexValue  amp  0x000000FF            255 0                           else                               print  invalid hex code string  length should be 7 or 9   terminator                      return nil                                 else                       print  scan hex error          return nil                      let color  UIColor    UIColor red CGFloat red   green  CGFloat green   blue CGFloat blue   alpha  alpha      return color

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Here s a Swift 1 2 version written as an extension to UIColor  This allows you to do  let redColor   UIColor hex    FF0000     Which I feel is the most natural way of doing it   extension UIColor        Initialiser for strings of format    RED GREEN BLUE     convenience init hex  String        let redRange      Range lt String Index gt  start  hex startIndex advancedBy 1   end  hex startIndex advancedBy 3       let greenRange    Range lt String Index gt  start  hex startIndex advancedBy 3   end  hex startIndex advancedBy 5       let blueRange     Range lt String Index gt  start  hex startIndex advancedBy 5   end  hex startIndex advancedBy 7        var red       UInt32   0     var green     UInt32   0     var blue      UInt32   0      NSScanner string  hex substringWithRange redRange   scanHexInt  amp red      NSScanner string  hex substringWithRange greenRange   scanHexInt  amp green      NSScanner string  hex substringWithRange blueRange   scanHexInt  amp blue       self init        red  CGFloat red    255        green  CGFloat green    255        blue  CGFloat blue    255        alpha  1

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You Can Get UIColor From String Code Like    circularSpinner fillColor    self getUIColorObjectFromHexString   27b8c8  alpha 9       Function For Hex Color Use     -  unsigned int intFromHexString  NSString   hexStr               unsigned int hexInt   0              Create scanner         NSScanner  scanner    NSScanner scannerWithString hexStr               Tell scanner to skip the   character          scanner setCharactersToBeSkipped  NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString                     Scan hex value          scanner scanHexInt  amp hexInt            return hexInt                -  UIColor   getUIColorObjectFromHexString  NSString   hexStr alpha  CGFloat alpha                  Convert hex string to an integer         unsigned int hexint    self intFromHexString hexStr               Create color object  specifying alpha as well         UIColor  color            UIColor colorWithRed   CGFloat    hexint  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16   255                         green   CGFloat    hexint  amp  0xFF00   gt  gt  8   255                          blue   CGFloat   hexint  amp  0xFF   255                         alpha alpha            return color              Function For Hex Color Use     -  unsigned int intFromHexString  NSString   hexStr               unsigned int hexInt   0              Create scanner         NSScanner  scanner    NSScanner scannerWithString hexStr               Tell scanner to skip the   character          scanner setCharactersToBeSkipped  NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString                     Scan hex value          scanner scanHexInt  amp hexInt            return hexInt                -  UIColor   getUIColorObjectFromHexString  NSString   hexStr alpha  CGFloat alpha                  Convert hex string to an integer         unsigned int hexint    self intFromHexString hexStr               Create color object  specifying alpha as well         UIColor  color            UIColor colorWithRed   CGFloat    hexint  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16   255                         green   CGFloat    hexint  amp  0xFF00   gt  gt  8   255                          blue   CGFloat   hexint  amp  0xFF   255                         alpha alpha            return color

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Use Xcode s native Color Literals feature to add hex colors easily and natively  Type Color Literal into your code and let Xcode autocomplete do the rest  The color picker UI will allow you to paste in a Hex Color   FF9300  The git diff of the macro will show RGB values rather than hex  let orange    colorLiteral red  1  green  0 5763723254  blue  0  alpha  1   But it s still an easy way to paste in hex without any 3rd party tools or extensions

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I like to ensure the alpha besides the color  so i write my own category     UIColor    colorWithHex  int color        float red    color  amp  0xff000000   gt  gt  24      float green    color  amp  0x00ff0000   gt  gt  16      float blue    color  amp  0x0000ff00   gt  gt  8      float alpha    color  amp  0x000000ff        return  UIColor colorWithRed red 255 0 green green 255 0 blue blue 255 0 alpha alpha 255 0       easy to use like this   UIColor colorWithHex 0xFF0000FF     Red  UIColor colorWithHex 0x00FF00FF     Green  UIColor colorWithHex 0x00FF00FF     Blue  UIColor colorWithHex 0x0000007F     transparent black

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This is a function that takes a hex string and returns a UIColor   You can enter hex strings with either format   ffffff or ffffff   Usage   var color1   hexStringToUIColor   d3d3d3     Swift 4   func hexStringToUIColor  hex String  - gt  UIColor       var cString String   hex trimmingCharacters in   whitespacesAndNewlines  uppercased        if  cString hasPrefix                 cString remove at  cString startIndex             if   cString count     6            return UIColor gray            var rgbValue UInt32   0     Scanner string  cString  scanHexInt32  amp rgbValue       return UIColor          red  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0          green  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt  8    255 0          blue  CGFloat rgbValue  amp  0x0000FF    255 0          alpha  CGFloat 1 0            Swift 3   func hexStringToUIColor  hex String  - gt  UIColor       var cString String   hex trimmingCharacters in   whitespacesAndNewlines  uppercased        if  cString hasPrefix                 cString remove at  cString startIndex             if   cString characters count     6            return UIColor gray            var rgbValue UInt32   0     Scanner string  cString  scanHexInt32  amp rgbValue       return UIColor          red  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0          green  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt  8    255 0          blue  CGFloat rgbValue  amp  0x0000FF    255 0          alpha  CGFloat 1 0            Swift 2   func hexStringToUIColor  hex String  - gt  UIColor       var cString String   hex stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet   as NSCharacterSet  uppercaseString      if  cString hasPrefix               cString   cString substringFromIndex cString startIndex advancedBy 1              if   cString characters count     6          return UIColor grayColor              var rgbValue UInt32   0     NSScanner string  cString  scanHexInt  amp rgbValue       return UIColor          red  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16    255 0          green  CGFloat  rgbValue  amp  0x00FF00   gt  gt  8    255 0          blue  CGFloat rgbValue  amp  0x0000FF    255 0          alpha  CGFloat 1 0                Source  arshad gist de147c42d7b3063ef7bc

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Use this Category    in the file UIColor Hexadecimal h   import  lt UIKit UIKit h gt    interface UIColor Hexadecimal      UIColor   colorWithHexString  NSString   hexString    end   in the file UIColor Hexadecimal m   import  UIColor Hexadecimal h    implementation UIColor Hexadecimal      UIColor   colorWithHexString  NSString   hexString       unsigned rgbValue   0      NSScanner  scanner    NSScanner scannerWithString hexString        scanner setScanLocation 1      bypass     character      scanner scanHexInt  amp rgbValue        return  UIColor colorWithRed   rgbValue  amp  0xFF0000   gt  gt  16  255 0 green   rgbValue  amp  0xFF00   gt  gt  8  255 0 blue  rgbValue  amp  0xFF  255 0 alpha 1 0       end     In Class you want use it     import  UIColor Hexadecimal h    and    UIColor colorWithHexString    6e4b4b

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