How do I create a UIColor from RGBA?

Question

I want to use NSAttributedString in my project, but when I'm trying to set color, which isn't from the standard set (redColor, blackColor, greenColor etc.) UILabel displays these letters in white color. Here is my line of this code.

[attributedString addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName
                         value:[UIColor colorWithRed:66
                                               green:79
                                                blue:91
                                               alpha:1]
                         range:NSMakeRange(0, attributedString.length)];

I tried to make color with CIColor from Core Image framework, but it showed the same results. What should I change in my code to perform it in right way?

Thx for answers, guys!

score 121 · Accepted Answer · edited May 25 '14 at 08:41

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Your values are incorrect, you need to divide each color value by 255.0.

[UIColor colorWithRed:66.0f/255.0f
                green:79.0f/255.0f
                 blue:91.0f/255.0f
                alpha:1.0f];

The docs state:

+ (UIColor *)colorWithRed:(CGFloat)red
                    green:(CGFloat)green
                     blue:(CGFloat)blue
                    alpha:(CGFloat)alpha

Parameters

red The red component of the color object, specified as a value from 0.0 to 1.0.

green The green component of the color object, specified as a value from 0.0 to 1.0.

blue The blue component of the color object, specified as a value from 0.0 to 1.0.

alpha The opacity value of the color object, specified as a value from 0.0 to 1.0.

Reference here.

edited May 25 '14 at 08:41

Alex Cio

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answered Nov 04 '12 at 23:50

yfrancis

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It works fine, now I feel like idiot after such mistake! Thank you! – agoncharov Nov 05 '12 at 09:05
There are two new methods in UIColor that accept integer values from 0 to 255. See my answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/58124535/2631081 – Blip Sep 26 '19 at 20:50

score 29 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 23 '14 at 00:52

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One of my favourite macros, no project without:

#define RGB(r, g, b) [UIColor colorWithRed:(float)r / 255.0 green:(float)g / 255.0 blue:(float)b / 255.0 alpha:1.0]
#define RGBA(r, g, b, a) [UIColor colorWithRed:(float)r / 255.0 green:(float)g / 255.0 blue:(float)b / 255.0 alpha:a]

Using like:

[attributedString addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName
                         value:RGB(66, 79, 91)
                         range:NSMakeRange(0, attributedString.length)];

answered Jan 23 '14 at 00:52

Geri Borbás

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for swift please ? – Jaswanth Kumar Mar 16 '16 at 16:07
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Hi @JaswanthKumar check my answer for `Swift` version. – superarts.org Jul 06 '16 at 06:20

calimarkus · Answer 3 · 2014-05-25T13:51:33.447

UIColor uses a range from 0 to 1.0, not integers to 255.. Try this:

// create color
UIColor *color = [UIColor colorWithRed:66/255.0
                                 green:79/255.0
                                  blue:91/255.0
                                 alpha:1];

// use in attributed string
[attributedString addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName
                         value:color
                         range:NSMakeRange(0, attributedString.length)];

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 07 '12 at 16:01

Please try the code

[attributedString addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor colorWithRed:77.0/255.0f green:104.0/255.0f blue:159.0/255.0f alpha:1.0] range:NSMakeRange(0, attributedString.length)];

like

Label.textColor=[UIColor colorWithRed:77.0/255.0f green:104.0/255.0f blue:159.0/255.0f alpha:1.0];

UIColor's RGB components are scaled between 0 and 1, not up to 255.

score 4 · Answer 5 · edited Sep 09 '18 at 13:54

Since @Jaswanth Kumar asked, here's the Swift version from LSwift:

extension UIColor {
    convenience init(rgb:UInt, alpha:CGFloat = 1.0) {
        self.init(
            red: CGFloat((rgb & 0xFF0000) >> 16) / 255.0,
            green: CGFloat((rgb & 0x00FF00) >> 8) / 255.0,
            blue: CGFloat(rgb & 0x0000FF) / 255.0,
            alpha: CGFloat(alpha)
        )
    }
}

Usage: let color = UIColor(rgb: 0x112233)

How do I create a UIColor from RGBA?

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