---
title: UIVisualEffect
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: uikit/uivisualeffect
---

# UIVisualEffect

An initializer for visual effect views and blur and vibrancy effect objects.

## Declaration

```swift
@MainActor class UIVisualEffect
```

## Topics

### Initializers

- [init(coder:)](uikit/uivisualeffect/init(coder:).md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSObject](objectivec/nsobject-swift.class.md)

### Inherited By

- [UIBlurEffect](uikit/uiblureffect.md)
- [UIColorEffect](uikit/uicoloreffect.md)
- [UIGlassContainerEffect](uikit/uiglasscontainereffect.md)
- [UIGlassEffect](uikit/uiglasseffect.md)
- [UIVibrancyEffect](uikit/uivibrancyeffect.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSCoding](foundation/nscoding.md)
- [NSCopying](foundation/nscopying.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)
- [NSSecureCoding](foundation/nssecurecoding.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)

## See Also

### Visual effects

- [UIVisualEffectView](uikit/uivisualeffectview.md)
- [UIVibrancyEffect](uikit/uivibrancyeffect.md)
- [UIBlurEffect](uikit/uiblureffect.md)