I\'m creating a color object using the following code.
curView.backgroundColor = [[UIColor alloc] initWithHue:229 saturation:40 brightness:75 alpha:1];
Swift 3 version of David Rees answer:
extension UIColor { var redValue: CGFloat{ return cgColor.components! [0] } var greenValue: CGFloat{ return cgColor.components! [1] } var blueValue: CGFloat{ return cgColor.components! [2] } var alphaValue: CGFloat{ return cgColor.components! [3] } }