Hex string to NSColor

gistfile1.m

@interface NSString(ColorAdditions)
-(NSColor*)hexStringToNSColor;
@end


@implementation NSString(ColorAdditions)

-(NSColor *) hexStringToNSColor {
    unsigned int c;
    if ([self characterAtIndex:0] == '#') {
        if([self length] != 7) { 
            return nil; 
        }
        [[NSScanner scannerWithString:[self substringFromIndex:1]] scanHexInt:&c];
    } 
    else {
        if([self length] != 6) { 
            return nil; 
        }
        [[NSScanner scannerWithString:self] scanHexInt:&c];
    }
    return [NSColor colorWithDeviceRed:((c & 0xff0000) >> 16)/255.0 
                                 green:((c & 0xff00) >> 8)/255.0 
                                  blue:(c & 0xff)/255.0 alpha:1.0];
}

@end