Tailwind CSS: Gradient Text Color

CSS gradient text is super cool.

I love the vibe it gives off, and I made this pure CSS gradient text tutorial before.

Hence, in this tutorial you will learn how to create a gradient text in Tailwind CSS 👀.

See the example:

So, let’s get started!

How to create a gradient text color in Tailwind permalink

Let’s get started by creating our headline and add the Tailwind CSS classes we need:

<h1
  class="font-extrabold text-transparent text-8xl bg-clip-text bg-gradient-to-r from-purple-400 to-pink-600"
>
  Tailwind CSS
</h1>

Those CSS classes will be all we need to create a cool gradient text color.

But first, let’s look at what those Tailwind CSS properties actually do.

These styles below just do the general styling - they are not needed for the liniear gradient effect itself:

• text-8xl: Makes the text font-size 6rem - quite big
• font-extrabold: Creates a bigger font-weight, so the visual effect pops more

Now, these classes however are the required classes to add the gradient generator to the text:

• text-transparent: This makes the actual text transparent and shows the background (which has the gradient)
• bg-clip-text: This makes the gradient background only show on the text outline
• bg-gradient-to-{flow}: This is used to indicate the direction the linear gradient flow: (All directions)
• from-{color}: Set the beginning color for the gradient generator - in our case “purple-400”
• to-{color}: This sets the gradient end color - in our case “pink-600”

In the CodePen below, you can change the Tailwind CSS classes in the HTML and play around with the styling:

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See the Pen Making gradient text with Tailwind CSS by Chris Bongers (@rebelchris) on CodePen.

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