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Created June 25, 2016 12:27
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Determine if a UIColor is light or dark
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TextColor.swift
// Returns black if the given background color is light or white if the given color is dark
func textColor(bgColor: UIColor) -> UIColor {
var r: CGFloat = 0.0
var g: CGFloat = 0.0
var b: CGFloat = 0.0
var a: CGFloat = 0.0
var brightness: CGFloat = 0.0
bgColor.getRed(&r, green: &g, blue: &b, alpha: &a)
// algorithm from: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/WD-AERT/#color-contrast
brightness = ((r * 299) + (g * 587) + (b * 114)) / 1000;
if (brightness < 0.5) {
return UIColor.white()
}
else {
return UIColor.black()
}
}
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UIColorIsLight.swift
// returns true if color is light, false if it is dark
extension UIColor
{
func isLight() -> Bool
{
// algorithm from: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/WD-AERT/#color-contrast
let components = CGColorGetComponents(self.CGColor)
let brightness = ((components[0] * 299) + (components[1] * 587) + (components[2] * 114)) / 1000
if brightness < 0.5
{
return false
}
else
{
return true
}
}
}
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zaidiabbas commented Sep 20, 2021 •
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Swift 5 code

`
extension UIColor{
func isLight() -> Bool{
// algorithm from: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/WD-AERT/#color-contrast
if let components = self.cgColor.components{
let firstComponent = (components[0] * 299)
let secondComponent = (components[1] * 587)
let ThirdComponent = (components[2] * 114)

        let brightness = (firstComponent + secondComponent + ThirdComponent) / 1000
        
        if brightness < 0.5
        {
            return false
        }
        else
        {
            return true
        }
    }
    return false
}

}`

@florentdouine
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florentdouine commented Oct 6, 2021 •
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I need to warn you about this function. For white or black, the color contains only 2 components so the code above would crash...
The textColor implementation seems better :

public extension UIColor {
    func isLight() -> Bool {
        // algorithm from: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/WD-AERT/#color-contrast
        var r: CGFloat = 0.0
        var g: CGFloat = 0.0
        var b: CGFloat = 0.0
        var a: CGFloat = 0.0
        
        getRed(&r, green: &g, blue: &b, alpha: &a)
        
        let brightness = ((r * 299) + (g * 587) + (b * 114)) / 1_000
        return brightness >= 0.5
    }
}

@alexeyhatkevich
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isn't working, alpha was skipped

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