diff --git a/Sources/ChangeMenuBarColor/Extensions/NSColor+HEX.swift b/Sources/ChangeMenuBarColor/Extensions/NSColor+HEX.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d18d949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/ChangeMenuBarColor/Extensions/NSColor+HEX.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+//
+//  File.swift
+//  
+//
+//  Created by Igor Kulman on 07.02.2021.
+//
+// adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/33397427
+
+import Foundation
+import Cocoa
+
+extension NSColor {
+    convenience init?(hexString: String) {
+        let hex = hexString.trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet.alphanumerics.inverted)
+        var int = UInt64()
+        Scanner(string: hex).scanHexInt64(&int)
+        let a, r, g, b: UInt64
+        switch hex.count {
+        case 3: // RGB (12-bit)
+            (a, r, g, b) = (255, (int >> 8) * 17, (int >> 4 & 0xF) * 17, (int & 0xF) * 17)
+        case 6: // RGB (24-bit)
+            (a, r, g, b) = (255, int >> 16, int >> 8 & 0xFF, int & 0xFF)
+        case 8: // ARGB (32-bit)
+            (a, r, g, b) = (int >> 24, int >> 16 & 0xFF, int >> 8 & 0xFF, int & 0xFF)
+        default:
+            return nil
+        }
+        self.init(red: CGFloat(r) / 255, green: CGFloat(g) / 255, blue: CGFloat(b) / 255, alpha: CGFloat(a) / 255)
+    }
+}