Get lighter and darker color variations for a given UIColor

SwiftUI: Color - iOS 14 / macOS 10.16

extension Color {
    public func lighter(by amount: CGFloat = 0.2) -> Self { Self(UIColor(self).lighter(by: amount)) }
    public func darker(by amount: CGFloat = 0.2) -> Self { Self(UIColor(self).darker(by: amount)) }
}

_{Reqires one of the followings (or both) for iOS or (and) macOS}

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AppKit: NSColor

extension NSColor {
    func mix(with color: NSColor, amount: CGFloat) -> Self {
        var red1: CGFloat = 0
        var green1: CGFloat = 0
        var blue1: CGFloat = 0
        var alpha1: CGFloat = 0

        var red2: CGFloat = 0
        var green2: CGFloat = 0
        var blue2: CGFloat = 0
        var alpha2: CGFloat = 0

        getRed(&red1, green: &green1, blue: &blue1, alpha: &alpha1)
        color.getRed(&red2, green: &green2, blue: &blue2, alpha: &alpha2)

        return Self(
            red: red1 * CGFloat(1.0 - amount) + red2 * amount,
            green: green1 * CGFloat(1.0 - amount) + green2 * amount,
            blue: blue1 * CGFloat(1.0 - amount) + blue2 * amount,
            alpha: alpha1
        )
    }

    func lighter(by amount: CGFloat = 0.2) -> Self { mix(with: .white, amount: amount) }
    func darker(by amount: CGFloat = 0.2) -> Self { mix(with: .black, amount: amount) }
}

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UIKit: UIColor

extension UIColor {
    func mix(with color: UIColor, amount: CGFloat) -> Self {
        var red1: CGFloat = 0
        var green1: CGFloat = 0
        var blue1: CGFloat = 0
        var alpha1: CGFloat = 0

        var red2: CGFloat = 0
        var green2: CGFloat = 0
        var blue2: CGFloat = 0
        var alpha2: CGFloat = 0

        getRed(&red1, green: &green1, blue: &blue1, alpha: &alpha1)
        color.getRed(&red2, green: &green2, blue: &blue2, alpha: &alpha2)

        return Self(
            red: red1 * CGFloat(1.0 - amount) + red2 * amount,
            green: green1 * CGFloat(1.0 - amount) + green2 * amount,
            blue: blue1 * CGFloat(1.0 - amount) + blue2 * amount,
            alpha: alpha1
        )
    }

    func lighter(by amount: CGFloat = 0.2) -> Self { mix(with: .white, amount: amount) }
    func darker(by amount: CGFloat = 0.2) -> Self { mix(with: .black, amount: amount) }
}

Updated

Use below UIColor Extension:

extension UIColor {

    func lighter(by percentage: CGFloat = 30.0) -> UIColor? {
        return self.adjust(by: abs(percentage) )
    }

    func darker(by percentage: CGFloat = 30.0) -> UIColor? {
        return self.adjust(by: -1 * abs(percentage) )
    }

    func adjust(by percentage: CGFloat = 30.0) -> UIColor? {
        var red: CGFloat = 0, green: CGFloat = 0, blue: CGFloat = 0, alpha: CGFloat = 0
        if self.getRed(&red, green: &green, blue: &blue, alpha: &alpha) {
            return UIColor(red: min(red + percentage/100, 1.0),
                           green: min(green + percentage/100, 1.0),
                           blue: min(blue + percentage/100, 1.0),
                           alpha: alpha)
        } else {
            return nil
        }
    }
}

Usage:

let color = UIColor(red:0.96, green:0.54, blue:0.10, alpha:1.0)
color.lighter(30) // returns lighter color by 30%
color.darker(30) // returns darker color by 30%

instead of .lighter() and .darker(), you can use .adjust() with positive values for lightening and negative values for darkening

color.adjust(-30) // 30% darker color
color.adjust(30) // 30% lighter color

Output:

I want to provide another version using brightness & saturation instead of RGB

extension UIColor {
  /**
   Create a lighter color
   */
  func lighter(by percentage: CGFloat = 30.0) -> UIColor {
    return self.adjustBrightness(by: abs(percentage))
  }
  
  /**
   Create a darker color
   */
  func darker(by percentage: CGFloat = 30.0) -> UIColor {
    return self.adjustBrightness(by: -abs(percentage))
  }
  
  /**
   Try to increase brightness or decrease saturation
   */
  func adjustBrightness(by percentage: CGFloat = 30.0) -> UIColor {
    var h: CGFloat = 0, s: CGFloat = 0, b: CGFloat = 0, a: CGFloat = 0
    if self.getHue(&h, saturation: &s, brightness: &b, alpha: &a) {
      if b < 1.0 {
        let newB: CGFloat = max(min(b + (percentage/100.0)*b, 1.0), 0.0)
        return UIColor(hue: h, saturation: s, brightness: newB, alpha: a)
      } else {
        let newS: CGFloat = min(max(s - (percentage/100.0)*s, 0.0), 1.0)
        return UIColor(hue: h, saturation: newS, brightness: b, alpha: a)
      }
    }
    return self
  }
}