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Rapidly build modern websites without ever leaving your HTML.
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A utility-first CSS framework packed with classes like flex, pt-4, text-center and rotate-90 that can be composed to build any design, directly in your markup.
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Sponsors
Supported by the best.
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Tailwind is supported by incredible partners and sponsors who make it possible for a team of talented designers and engineers to maintain the framework full-time.
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Why Tailwind CSS?
Built for the modern web.
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Tailwind is unapologetically modern, and takes advantage of all the latest and greatest CSS features to make the developer experience as enjoyable as possible.
Responsive design
Okay, it’s not exactly cutting edge, but just throw a screen size in front of literally any utility to apply it at a specific breakpoint.
Mobile
sm
md
lg
xl
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Filters
What’s a website these days without a few backdrop blurs? Keep stacking filters until your designer asks you to please, please stop.
blur-sm
brightness-150
grayscale
contrast-150
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sepia
Dark mode
If you’re not a fan of burning your retinas, just stick dark: in front of any color to apply it in dark mode.
CSS variables
Customizing your theme is as simple as creating a few CSS variables.
@theme { --font-sans: "Inter", sans-serif; --font-mono: "IBM Plex Mono", monospace; --text-tiny: 0.625rem; --text-tiny--line-height: 1.5rem; --color-mint-100: oklch(0.97 0.15 145); --color-mint-200: oklch(0.92 0.18 145); --color-mint-300: oklch(0.85 0.22 145); --color-mint-400: oklch(0.78 0.25 145); --color-mint-500: oklch(0.7 0.28 145); --color-mint-600: oklch(0.63 0.3 145); --color-mint-700: oklch(0.56 0.32 145); --color-mint-800: oklch(0.48 0.35 145); --color-mint-900: oklch(0.4 0.37 145); --color-mint-950: oklch(0.3 0.4 145);}
P3 colors
The color palette now uses more vibrant wide gamut colors without you needing to understand what any of that even means.
red
orange
amber
yellow
lime
green
emerald
teal
cyan
sky
blue
indigo
violet
purple
fuchsia
pink
rose
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900
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700
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CSS grid layout
Using grid utilities directly in your HTML makes it so much easier to reason about complex layouts.
Browse properties
Treehouses
Mansions
Lakefront cottages
Designer homes
Transitions and animations
Transitions that work the way you'd expect — throw a few utilities on an element and you're in business.
transition duration-750linear
transition duration-750ease-out
transition duration-750ease-in-out
transition duration-750ease-in
Cascade layers
Tailwind uses CSS layers so you don’t have to worry about specificity issues.
@layer theme, base, components, utilities;@layer theme { :root { /* Your theme variables */ }}@layer base { /* Preflight styles */}@layer components { /* Your custom components */}@layer utilities { /* Your utility classes */}
Logical properties
Supporting multiple language text directions is no longer a nightmare.
ltr
rtl
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Container queries
Tag an element as a container to let children adapt to changes in its size.
<div class="@container"> <div class="grid grid-cols-1 @sm:grid-cols-2"> <img src="/img/photo-1.jpg" class="aspect-square @sm:aspect-3/2 object-cover" /> <img src="/img/photo-2.jpg" class="aspect-square @sm:aspect-3/2 object-cover" /> <img src="/img/photo-3.jpg" class="aspect-square @sm:aspect-3/2 object-cover" /> <img src="/img/photo-4.jpg" class="aspect-square @sm:aspect-3/2 object-cover" /> </div></div>
Gradients
No need to remember that complicated gradient syntax — create silky-smooth gradients with just a few utility classes.
Power Meets Precision
Redefining real-time performance
Our next-generation rendering engine delivers unmatched speed and efficiency, empowering creators to push boundaries like never before.
Render time performance
6.4x
Real-time frame rate
4.2x
Multi-platform build time
2.7x
3D transforms
Sometimes two dimensions aren’t enough. Scale, rotate, and translate any element in 3D space to add a touch of depth.
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How it works
Ship faster and smaller.
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Tailwind automatically removes all unused CSS when building for production, which means your final CSS bundle is the smallest it could possibly be. In fact, most Tailwind projects ship less than 10kB of CSS to the client.
index.htmlapp.csspackage.json
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <title>Tailwind CSS</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/build.css" /> </head> <body> <button class=""></button> </body></html>
Terminal
build.css
@layer utilities {}
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Tailwind in the wild
Build whatever you want, without touching your CSS file.
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Because Tailwind is so low-level, it never encourages you to design the same site twice. Some of your favorite sites are built with Tailwind, and you probably had no idea.
openai.com
opalcamera.com
feastables.com
gumroad.com
skims.com
reddit.com
rivian.com
shopify.com
clerk.dev
theverge.com
io.google
ted.com
poolside.ai
midjourney.com
jpl.nasa.gov
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Ready-made Components
Move even faster with Tailwind Plus.
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Tailwind Plus is a collection of beautiful, fully responsive UI components, designed and developed by us, the creators of Tailwind CSS. It's got hundreds of ready-to-use examples to choose from, and is guaranteed to help you find the perfect starting point for what you want to build.
Templates
Visually-stunning, easy to customize site templates built with React and Next.js.
UI Blocks
Over 500+ professionally designed, fully responsive, expertly crafted components.
UI Kit
A starter kit for building your own component systems with React and Tailwind CSS.
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