Welcome to tw-colors
Introducing the ultimate game-changer for your Tailwind app! Say goodbye to cluttered dark variants and messy CSS variables. With this tailwind plugin, switching between color themes is as effortless as changing one className. Elevate your design game and add a touch of vibrant color to your app today!
Highlights
🚀 No markup change required, no need to refactor your existing code.📦 Zero javascript added to the bundle size, it's just some CSS!✨ All color formats are supported, including HEX, RGB, HSL, and named colors🤩 Fine-grained theming with variants💫 Full Tailwind CSS Intellisense support🔥 🔥 🔥
The Gist
npm i -D tw-colorsTake an existing tailwind config and move the colors in the createTheme plugin, giving it a name (e.g. light).
tailwind.config.js
+ const { createThemes } = require('tw-colors');
module.exports = {
content: ['./src/**/*.{astro,html,js,jsx,md,mdx,svelte,ts,tsx,vue}'],
theme: {
extends: {
- colors: {
- 'primary': 'steelblue',
- 'secondary': 'darkblue',
- 'brand': '#F3F3F3',
- }
},
},
plugins: [
+ createThemes({
+ light: {
+ 'primary': 'steelblue',
+ 'secondary': 'darkblue',
+ 'brand': '#F3F3F3',
+ }
+ })
],
};
Apply the theme-light class anywhere in your app.
Alternatively you can use data attributes data-theme="light"
- <html>
+ <html class='theme-light'>
...
<div class='bg-brand'>
<h1 class='text-primary'>...</h1>
<p class='text-secondary'>...</p>
</div>
...
</html>That's it, you site has a light theme!
Usage
Add multiple themes
Inside the createThemes function, define multiple color themes that use the same color names.
tailwind.config.js
const { createThemes } = require('tw-colors');
module.exports = {
content: ['./src/**/*.{astro,html,js,jsx,md,mdx,svelte,ts,tsx,vue}'],
plugins: [
createThemes({
light: {
'primary': 'steelblue',
'secondary': 'darkblue',
'brand': '#F3F3F3',
},
+ dark: {
+ 'primary': 'turquoise',
+ 'secondary': 'tomato',
+ 'brand': '#4A4A4A',
+ },
+ forest: {
+ 'primary': '#2A9D8F',
+ 'secondary': '#E9C46A',
+ 'brand': '#264653',
+ },
})
],
};Switching themes
Simply switch the className.
- <html class='theme-light'>
+ <html class='theme-dark'>
...
</html>...or the data-theme attribute
- <html data-theme='light'>
+ <html data-theme='dark'>
...
</html>Advanced usage
Nested themes
<html class='theme-dark'>
...
<div class='theme-light'>
...
</div>
<div class='theme-forest'>
...
</div>
</html>Variants
Based on the current themes, specific styles can be applied with variants
<!-- Use "serif" font for the dark theme, "sans" font for all other themes -->
<div class='theme-dark font-sans theme-dark:font-serif'>
...
<div>Serif font here</div>
</div>
<div class='theme-light font-sans theme-dark:font-serif'>
...
<div>Sans font here</div>
</div>Variants only work alongside theme declarations
<html class='theme-dark font-sans'>
...
<div class='theme-dark:font-serif'>
❌ Sans font here
</div>
</html> <html class='theme-dark font-sans theme-dark:font-serif'>
...
<div>
✅ Serif font here
</div>
</html>Note: this feature might be added in future versions based on community feedback
Caveats: inherited properties
Inherited properties (e.g. "font-family") are inherited by all descendants, including nested themes. In order to stop the propagation the base styles should be re-declared on nested themes
<html class='theme-dark font-sans theme-dark:font-serif'>
...
<div>
✅ Serif is active
</div>
<div class="theme-light">
❌ Serif is still active, it got inherited from the parent theme
</div>
</html> <html class='theme-dark font-sans theme-dark:font-serif'>
...
<div>
✅ Serif is active
</div>
<div class="theme-light font-sans theme-dark:font-serif">
✅ Sans is active
</div>
</html>CSS color-scheme
createThemes also accepts a function that exposes the light and dark functions.
To apply the color-scheme CSS property, simply wrap your themes with light or dark."
tailwind.config.js
const { createThemes } = require('tw-colors');
module.exports = {
// ...your tailwind config
plugins: [
createThemes(({ light, dark }) => ({
'my-light-theme': light({
'primary': 'steelblue',
'secondary': 'darkblue',
'brand': '#F3F3F3',
}),
'my-dark-theme': dark({
'primary': 'turquoise',
'secondary': 'tomato',
'brand': '#4A4A4A',
}),
}))
],
};See the MDN docs for more details on this feature.
CSS Variables
tw-colors creates CSS variables using the format --twc-[color name] by default, they contain HSL values.
For example, with the following configuration, the variables --twc-primary, --twc-secondary, --twc-brand will be created.
tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
// ...your tailwind config
plugins: [
createThemes({
'my-light-theme': {
'primary': 'steelblue',
'secondary': 'darkblue',
'brand': '#F3F3F3',
},
'my-dark-theme': {
'primary': 'turquoise',
'secondary': 'tomato',
'brand': '#4A4A4A',
},
})
],
};Example usage:
.my-class {
color: hsl(var(--twc-primary));
background: hsl(var(--twc-primary) / 0.5);
}Custom CSS Variables
The CSS variables names can be customized by passing some options as createThemes 2nd argument.
The available options are:
-
cssVariablePrefix, default:
'twc-' -
cssVariableSuffix, default:
''
With the following configuration, the variables --prefix-primary-suffix, --prefix-secondary-suffix, --prefix-brand-suffix will be created.
tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
// ...your tailwind config
plugins: [
createThemes({
'my-light-theme': {
'primary': 'steelblue',
'secondary': 'darkblue',
'brand': '#F3F3F3',
},
'my-dark-theme': {
'primary': 'turquoise',
'secondary': 'tomato',
'brand': '#4A4A4A',
},
}, {
cssVariablePrefix: 'prefix-',
cssVariableSuffix: '-suffix'
})
],
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