What is the UITextField default borderColor in iOS8?

Question

I have a button with a border that I want to style as a UITextField.

So I tried:

self.dateButton.layer.borderColor = self.assesseeName.layer.borderColor

But that gives me a black border: enter image description here

How do I get the same color as the UITextField (top of screenshot)?

Usually I take a punt and use `[[UIColor lightGrayColor] colorWithAlphaComponent:0.08]` and then adjust as necessary. — Rob Sanders, Nov 28 '14 at 17:56
It's answered already here: [https://stackoverflow.com/a/25966955/5546312](https://stackoverflow.com/a/25966955/5546312) — D4ttatraya, May 23 '17 at 15:32

score 30 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 16 '17 at 16:32

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I set the border color for the button to be the standard light gray and the border width to be 0.25 and that matched

Swift 3:

myButton.layer.borderWidth = 0.25
myButton.layer.borderColor = UIColor.lightGray.cgColor

edited Apr 16 '17 at 16:32

slfan

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answered Apr 16 '17 at 16:04

user7875087

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on iOS 11 borderWidth is 0.5 (not 0.25) I believe. – HixField Aug 11 '18 at 07:53

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 05 '15 at 11:54

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You can use the following code to apply same effect of textfield to buttton (borderwidth, bordercolor, & corner radius)

UIColor *borderColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:204.0/255.0 green:204.0/255.0 blue:204.0/255.0 alpha:1.0];

dateButton.layer.borderColor = borderColor.CGColor;   
dateButton.layer.borderWidth = 1.0;
dateButton.layer.cornerRadius = 5.0;

answered Oct 05 '15 at 11:54

Pavan Gandhi

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The color you have given does not match the default uitextfield border color – oyalhi May 01 '16 at 05:52
@oyahi : i just given color for demo purpose u can take anything that u want. by default is gray color for textfield border. – Pavan Gandhi May 02 '16 at 03:54
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The question specifically asks for "How do I get the same color as the UITextField (top of screenshot)?" So I was expecting your answer to have the same color. – oyalhi May 02 '16 at 09:28
U can use replaced first line for color : UIColor *bordercolor = [UIColor cyanColor]; and remaining code as it its. – Pavan Gandhi May 02 '16 at 10:06
You can changes the color as u want or u can use haxstring also – Pavan Gandhi Oct 11 '16 at 03:55

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 23 '17 at 15:24

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According to the Mac's Digital Color Meter the RGB of the borders is 230, 230, 230.

answered May 23 '17 at 15:24

AdvApp

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 13 '20 at 12:50

In iOS 13 the color changes between light and dark mode

if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
    view.layer.borderColor = UIColor(dynamicProvider: { trait in
        if trait.userInterfaceStyle == .light {
            return UIColor(white: 0, alpha: 0.2)
        } else {
            return UIColor(white: 1, alpha: 0.2)
        }
    }).cgColor
} else {

    view.layer.borderColor = UIColor(white: 0, alpha: 0.2).cgColor
}

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 18 '19 at 20:10

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Swift 4 Answer

Textfield default border color is gray.

button.layer.borderColor = UIColor.gray.cgColor
button.layer.borderWidth = 0.15

answered Oct 18 '19 at 20:10

iosdeveloper

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 19 '20 at 14:05

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This worked for me

let borderColor = UIColor(displayP3Red: 204.0/255.0, green: 204.0/255.0, blue: 204.0/255.0, alpha: 1.0)
uitextfield.borderColor = borderColor
uitextfield.borderWidth = 0.5
uitextfield.cornerRadius = 5

answered Oct 19 '20 at 14:05

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score -1 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 11 '23 at 17:24

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This worked for me in Swift 5.

let borderColour = UIColor(red:204.0/255.0, green:204.0/255.0, blue:204.0/255.0, alpha:0.4)
dateButton.layer.borderColor = borderColour.cgColor
dateButton.layer.borderWidth = 1.0
dateButton.layer.cornerRadius = 5

answered Apr 11 '23 at 17:24

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What is the UITextField default borderColor in iOS8?

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