Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework designed to rapidly build modern websites. Unlike traditional CSS frameworks that provide pre-designed components, Tailwind offers low-level utility classes that allow developers to create custom designs directly within their HTML markup.
Key Features:
- Utility-First Approach: Compose complex designs using small, single-purpose utility classes.
- Responsive Design: Easily apply styles at different breakpoints using screen size prefixes (e.g.,
md:,lg:). - Dark Mode Support: Add
dark:prefix to utilities for dark mode styling. - Customizable Theme: Modify the default theme by customizing CSS variables.
- CSS Layers: Utilizes CSS layers to manage specificity and avoid conflicts.
- P3 Color Support: Supports vibrant, wide-gamut P3 colors.
- Logical Properties: Offers logical properties for internationalization and text direction support.
- Container Queries: Adapt styles based on the size of a container element.
- 3D Transforms: Enables scaling, rotating, and translating elements in 3D space.
- Automatic CSS Purging: Removes unused CSS in production builds, resulting in smaller file sizes.
Use Cases:
- Rapid prototyping of web interfaces.
- Building custom UI components and design systems.
- Creating responsive websites and web applications.
- Optimizing CSS delivery for performance.
