title: How can I convert RGB hex string into UIColor in objective-c?
body: <p>I have color values coming from the url data is like this, "#ff33cc". How can I convert this value into UIColor? I am attempting with the following lines of code. I am not getting the value for baseColor1 right. Looks like I should take that pound char off. Is there another way to do it?</p>
  
  <pre><code>NSScanner *scanner2 = [NSScanner scannerWithString:@"#ff33cc"];
  int baseColor1;
  [scanner2 scanHexInt:&amp;baseColor1]; 
  CGFloat red = (baseColor1 &amp; 0xFF0000);
  [UIColor colorWithRed:red ...
  </code></pre>