Tailwind logotype from <a href="https://tailwindcss.com/brand" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tailwind Official Brand page (Opens in a new tab)</a>, <a href="https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/3d-abstract-background-with-paper-cut-flower-shape_18695224.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> 3d abstract background with paper cut flower shape (Opens in a new tab)</a> by <a href="https://www.freepik.com/author/garrykillian" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">GarryKillian (Opens in a new tab)</a> via <a href="https://freepik.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Freepik (Opens in a new tab)</a>

Tailwind

Managing CSS styles efficiently can be a challenge, especially in projects that use Tailwind, where the nature of utility classes is to have quite a bunch of them together — inevitably having some overlap when inheriting styling from different sources.

The <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/tailwind-merge" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">`tailwind-merge` npm package (Opens in a new tab)</a> by <a href="https://github.com/dcastil" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dany Castillo (Opens in a new tab)</a> offers a solution that combines and reuses Tailwind utility classes.

From their documentation we have the following example

```typescript
import { twMerge } from 'tailwind-merge'

twMerge('px-2 py-1 bg-red hover:bg-dark-red', 'p-3 bg-[#B91C1C]')
// → 'hover:bg-dark-red p-3 bg-[#B91C1C]'
```

that shows how Tailwind Merge combines the classes `px-2 py-1` with `p-3` and results in an overall cleaner list of classes, and explains in extremely simple terms the core of Tailwind Merge. There are more examples available in the <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/tailwind-merge" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">`tailwind-merge` npm package (Opens in a new tab)</a> by <a href="https://github.com/dcastil" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dany Castillo (Opens in a new tab)</a> <a href="https://github.com/dcastil/tailwind-merge/blob/main/docs/when-and-how-to-use-it.md" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">When and how to use it documentation page in Tailwind Merge GitHub repository (Opens in a new tab)</a>.

It's probably not the easiest to implement in an already-existing project, and the author also puts a lot of cases in favour and against using it. <a href="https://github.com/dcastil/tailwind-merge" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The readme section in GitHub of `tailwind-merge` (Opens in a new tab)</a> contains all the information you'll need to weight in whether it's going to be the solution you were looking for in your project, or if you should approach your issues from a different perspective.

I'd personally try to use it from the get-go, as implementing it in an already-existing project would require some refactoring that might or might not be time-consuming, but it's completely harmless to have it and update its usage progressively!

Custom

Tailwind Merge: clean your code by removing conflicting styling

Screenshot of the <a href="https://hypercolor.dev/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">main page of hypercolor.dev (Opens in a new tab)<a/>

hypercolor.dev - Tailwind CSS Gradients

[Hypercolor](https://hypercolor.dev/) is a design tool that offers a collection of gradients and allows you to create your own. If you don't have any fantasy like me when it's about colors, this is a lovely site where you can get some great inspiration!

And yes, I used one of them (Ice) for this site as well. :)

And well, since I have some spare time at hand before hitting the bed, let me share a few.

### Cold Dawn

![Cold Dawn](//images.ctfassets.net/hzu7wkrk7tly/1Sya7mkv1gBc2mUiEhxyjv/21a18d65cc5ee768075cb2a9c0ec6eb5/Hypercolor-ColdDawn.jpeg?r=50)

```css
{/* Tailwind */}
bg-gradient-to-tr from-indigo-900 via-sky-300 to-lime-200

{/* plain css */}
background: linear-gradient(to right top, rgb(49, 46, 129), rgb(125, 211, 252), rgb(217, 249, 157))
```

### Still stone
![Still Stone](//images.ctfassets.net/hzu7wkrk7tly/7KuOQsr0Ks7pYQPqcnTmhb/5aedcb2e7bd5a85a9f44ef3d81ca9b69/Hypercolor-StillStone.jpeg?r=50)

```css
{/* Tailwind */}
bg-[conic-gradient(at_bottom_left,_var(--tw-gradient-stops))] from-white via-stone-500 to-stone-600

{/* plain css */}
conic-gradient(at left bottom, rgb(255, 255, 255), rgb(120, 113, 108), rgb(87, 83, 78))
```

### Pastel Cotton Candy

![Pastel Cotton Candy](//images.ctfassets.net/hzu7wkrk7tly/1kzfNlJA8siaSaDqabWi6x/1bff5c945228045638e85172034991df/HypercolorPastelCottonCandy.jpeg?r=50)

```css
{/* Tailwind */}
bg-gradient-to-l from-cyan-300 via-amber-200 to-purple-300

{/* plain css */}
linear-gradient(to left, rgb(103, 232, 249), rgb(253, 230, 138), rgb(216, 180, 254))
```

### Last Dawn

![Last Dawn](//images.ctfassets.net/hzu7wkrk7tly/aqIG3tp5GrKE1qTTeNPYG/8facf50e11b3642b4f1e6551d2dbc527/Hypercolor-LastDawn.jpeg?r=50)

```css
{/* Tailwind */}
bg-gradient-to-b from-neutral-700 via-orange-400 to-pink-500

{/* plain css */}
linear-gradient(rgb(64, 64, 64), rgb(251, 146, 60), rgb(236, 72, 153))

```

### Everyday

![Everyday](//images.ctfassets.net/hzu7wkrk7tly/48QZPSGEUw4NDMF2piW8TW/555ef8157ae1683eb382b9f68c79e0a3/Hypercolor-Everyday.jpeg?r=50)

```css
{/* Tailwind */}
bg-[conic-gradient(var(--tw-gradient-stops))] from-yellow-500 via-pink-900 to-blue-400

{/* plain css */}
conic-gradient(rgb(234, 179, 8), rgb(131, 24, 67), rgb(96, 165, 250))

```

... [give the gradient generator a go by yourself](https://hypercolor.dev/generator "Hyperlink Gradient Generator"), and have some fun with it!

oh-no.ooo

CSS

Snippets

Tailwind Merge: clean your code by removing conflicting styling

hypercolor.dev - Cool Tailwind Gradients