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# textColor

The color of the text.

```
var textColor: UIColor! { get set }
```

## Discussion

If you’re using styled text, assigning a new value to this property applies the color to the entirety of the string in the [`attributedText`](/documentation/UIKit/UILabel/attributedText) property. If you want to apply the color to only a portion of the text, create a new attributed string with the desired style information and associate it with the label. If you aren’t using styled text, this property applies to the entire text string in the [`text`](/documentation/UIKit/UILabel/text) property.

The default value for this property is the system’s [`label`](/documentation/UIKit/UIColor/label) color, which adapts dynamically to Dark Mode changes. Setting this property to `nil` causes it to be reset to the default value. For more information, see [UI element colors](/documentation/UIKit/ui-element-colors).

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