Get lighter and darker color variations for a given UIColor

Question

How to get different lighter and darker variations of a given UIColor in Swift?

Answer 1

SwiftUI: Color - iOS 14 / macOS 10.16

extension Color {
    public func lighter(by amount: CGFloat = 0.2) -> Self { Self(UIColor(self).lighter(by: amount)) }
    public func darker(by amount: CGFloat = 0.2) -> Self { Self(UIColor(self).darker(by: amount)) }
}

_{Reqires one of the followings (or both) for iOS or (and) macOS}

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AppKit: NSColor

extension NSColor {
    func mix(with color: NSColor, amount: CGFloat) -> Self {
        var red1: CGFloat = 0
        var green1: CGFloat = 0
        var blue1: CGFloat = 0
        var alpha1: CGFloat = 0

        var red2: CGFloat = 0
        var green2: CGFloat = 0
        var blue2: CGFloat = 0
        var alpha2: CGFloat = 0

        getRed(&red1, green: &green1, blue: &blue1, alpha: &alpha1)
        color.getRed(&red2, green: &green2, blue: &blue2, alpha: &alpha2)

        return Self(
            red: red1 * CGFloat(1.0 - amount) + red2 * amount,
            green: green1 * CGFloat(1.0 - amount) + green2 * amount,
            blue: blue1 * CGFloat(1.0 - amount) + blue2 * amount,
            alpha: alpha1
        )
    }

    func lighter(by amount: CGFloat = 0.2) -> Self { mix(with: .white, amount: amount) }
    func darker(by amount: CGFloat = 0.2) -> Self { mix(with: .black, amount: amount) }
}

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UIKit: UIColor

extension UIColor {
    func mix(with color: UIColor, amount: CGFloat) -> Self {
        var red1: CGFloat = 0
        var green1: CGFloat = 0
        var blue1: CGFloat = 0
        var alpha1: CGFloat = 0

        var red2: CGFloat = 0
        var green2: CGFloat = 0
        var blue2: CGFloat = 0
        var alpha2: CGFloat = 0

        getRed(&red1, green: &green1, blue: &blue1, alpha: &alpha1)
        color.getRed(&red2, green: &green2, blue: &blue2, alpha: &alpha2)

        return Self(
            red: red1 * CGFloat(1.0 - amount) + red2 * amount,
            green: green1 * CGFloat(1.0 - amount) + green2 * amount,
            blue: blue1 * CGFloat(1.0 - amount) + blue2 * amount,
            alpha: alpha1
        )
    }

    func lighter(by amount: CGFloat = 0.2) -> Self { mix(with: .white, amount: amount) }
    func darker(by amount: CGFloat = 0.2) -> Self { mix(with: .black, amount: amount) }
}