- (UIColor *)getColor:(NSString *)hexColor { unsigned int red,green,blue; NSRange range; range.length = 2; range.location = 0; [[NSScanner scannerWithString:[hexColor substringWithRange:range]] scanHexInt:&red]; range.location = 2; [[NSScanner scannerWithString:[hexColor substringWithRange:range]] scanHexInt:&green]; range.location = 4; [[NSScanner scannerWithString:[hexColor substringWithRange:range]] scanHexInt:&blue]; return [UIColor colorWithRed:(float)(red/255.0f) green:(float)(green / 255.0f) blue:(float)(blue / 255.0f) alpha:1.0f]; } [self.view setBackgroundColor:[self getColor:@"FF0000"]];