const CGFloat *colors = CGColorGetComponents( curView.backgroundColor.CGColor );

These links provide further details:

• UIColor Reference
• CGColorGetComponents reference

You can use CIColor components (swift 5)

let ciColor = CIColor(color: backgroundColor)
let alpha = ciColor.alpha
let red = ciColor.red
let blue = ciColor.blue
let green = ciColor.green

this works for non-RGB color space too

const float* colors = CGColorGetComponents( curView.backgroundColor.CGColor );

Thanks. I had to add the const at the start of the line as it was generating a warning.

The top voted answer is outdated:

error: :3:1: error: 'CGColorGetComponents' has been replaced by property 'CGColor.components'

Instead, use

myUIColor.cgColor.components

Some useful macros I've made for this and other color controls:

In your case you would just use

getRGBA(myColor, red, green, blue, alpha);

NSLog(@"Red Value: %f", red);
NSLog(@"Blue Value: %f", green);
NSLog(@"Green Value: %f", blue);

Macros:

#define rgba(r,g,b,a) [UIColor colorWithRed:((float)(r))/255.0f green:((float)(g))/255.0f blue:((float)(b))/255.0f alpha:a]
#define rgb(r,g,b) rgba(r, g, b, 1.0f)

#define rgbaf(r,g,b,a) [UIColor colorWithRed:(r) green:(g) blue:(b) alpha:a]
#define rgbf(r,g,b) rgbaf(r, g, b, 1.0f)

#define rgba_fromColor(__color, __r, __g, __b, __a) \
CGFloat __r, __g, __b, __a;\
UIColor *__unpackedColor = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData:[NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:__color]];/*Bring system colors into compatible color-space (e.g. DarkGrayColor)*/\
[__unpackedColor getRed:&__r green:&__g blue:&__b alpha:&__a];
#define getRGBA(__color, __r, __g, __b, __a) hsba_fromColor(__color, __r, __g, __b, __a)

#define getRed(__color)  (\
(^float (void){\
rgba_fromColor(__color, r, g, b, a);\
return r;\
})()\
)

#define getGreen(__color)  (\
(^float (void){\
rgba_fromColor(__color, r, g, b, a);\
return g;\
})()\
)

#define getBlue(__color)  (\
(^float (void){\
rgba_fromColor(__color, r, g, b, a);\
return b;\
})()\
)

#define getAlpha(__color)  (\
(^float (void){\
rgba_fromColor(__color, r, g, b, a);\
return a;\
})()\
)










#define hsba(h,s,b,a) [UIColor colorWithHue:((float)(h))/360.0f saturation:((float)(s))/100.0f brightness:((float)(b))/100.0f alpha:a]
#define hsb(h,s,b) hsba(h, s, b, 1.0f)

#define hsbaf(h,s,b,a) [UIColor colorWithHue:(h) saturation:(s) brightness:(b) alpha:a]
#define hsbf(h,s,b) rgbaf(h, s, b, 1.0f)

#define hsba_fromColor(__color, __h, __s, __b, __a) \
CGFloat __h, __s, __b, __a;\
UIColor *__unpackedColor = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData:[NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:__color]];/*Bring system colors into compatible color-space (e.g. DarkGrayColor)*/\
[__unpackedColor getHue:&__h saturation:&__s brightness:&__b alpha:&__a];
#define getHSBA(__color, __h, __s, __b, __a) rgba_fromColor(__color, __h, __s, __b, __a)

#define getHue(__color)  (\
(^float (void){\
hsba_fromColor(__color, h, s, b, a);\
return h;\
})()\
)

#define getSaturation(__color)  (\
(^float (void){\
hsba_fromColor(__color, h, s, b, a);\
return s;\
})()\
)

#define getBrightness(__color)  (\
(^float (void){\
hsba_fromColor(__color, h, s, b, a);\
return b;\
})()\
)

/*
///already defined in RGBA macros
#define getAlpha(__color)  (\
(^float (void){\
hsba_fromColor(__color, h, s, b, a);\
return a;\
})()\
)
*/

CGColor's property components is what you need.

The code below

UIColor.separator.cgColor.components

Prints the following

Optional([0.23529411764705882, 0.23529411764705882, 0.2627450980392157, 0.29])

Where the first element of the array is a red value, the second one is a green value, the third one is a blue value and the last one is an alpha value. Pretty simple!