gistfile1.swift

import UIKit

extension UIColor {

    /// Creates a UIColor from an 'rrggbb' hex string.
    class func fromHex(hexColour: String) -> UIColor {
        let str = hexColour.cStringUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)
        let x = strtol(str!, nil, 16)
        let r = x >> 16
        let g = (x >> 8) & 0xff
        let b = x & 0xff
        let red = CGFloat(r) / 255.0
        let green = CGFloat(g) / 255.0
        let blue = CGFloat(b) / 255.0
        return UIColor(red: red, green: green, blue: blue, alpha: 1)
    }
    
}