UINavigationBar background color not the exact UIColor I set it to

Question

Please look at the screenshot below.

I set all the tint colors from the same UIColor object for the UINavigationBar, search bar and toolbar at the bottom. But for so

Answer 1

I had the same problem as the op. After number of hours of failed attempts I decided to change the logic in my code:

First, set the backround color of the navigation bar:

navigationBar.barTintColor = UIColor.red

iOS will make the red a bit darker/lighter as described by others in this thread.

Second, take the color of the navigation bar and set it to what you need, in my case the background of the cell:

cell.backgroundColor = navigationBar.barTintColor

Now the colors will be the same.