The code example below demonstrate how you can get a lighter and darker shade of a given color, useful in applications having dynamic themes
For Darker Color
+ (UIColor *)darkerColorForColor:(UIColor *)c
{
CGFloat r, g, b, a;
if ([c getRed:&r green:&g blue:&b alpha:&a])
return [UIColor colorWithRed:MAX(r - 0.2, 0.0)
green:MAX(g - 0.2, 0.0)
blue:MAX(b - 0.2, 0.0)
alpha:a];
return nil;
}
For Lighter Color
+ (UIColor *)lighterColorForColor:(UIColor *)c
{
CGFloat r, g, b, a;
if ([c getRed:&r green:&g blue:&b alpha:&a])
return [UIColor colorWithRed:MIN(r + 0.2, 1.0)
green:MIN(g + 0.2, 1.0)
blue:MIN(b + 0.2, 1.0)
alpha:a];
return nil;
}
See Visual differences below, considering given color is [UIColor orangeColor]