ibrennan

func hexStringToUIColor (hex:String) -> UIColor {
        var cString:String = hex.stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet(NSCharacterSet.whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet() as NSCharacterSet).uppercaseString
        
        if (cString.hasPrefix("#")) {
            cString = cString.substringFromIndex(advance(cString.startIndex, 1))
        }
        
        if (countElements(cString) != 6) {
            return UIColor.grayColor()
        }