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Tailwind CSS

Dark Mode

Toggle themes with the dark: variant and class strategy.

#dark-mode#theming

Code

tailwind
<!-- Class-based dark mode (default uses prefers-color-scheme) -->
<div class="bg-white dark:bg-gray-900 text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100">
  Adapts to theme
</div>

<button class="bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-800 hover:bg-gray-200 dark:hover:bg-gray-700">
  Toggle me
</button>

<!-- Enable class strategy in config -->
<!--
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  darkMode: "class",
  // ...
};
-->

<!-- Toggling in JS -->
<!--
document.documentElement.classList.toggle("dark");
-->