I have a design that implements a dark blue UITextField, as the placeholder text is by default a dark grey colour I can barely make out what the place holder te
UITextField
For Swift 4.0, X-code 9.1 version or iOS 11 you can use following syntax to have different placeholder color
textField.attributedPlaceholder = NSAttributedString(string: "Placeholder Text", attributes: [NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor : UIColor.white])