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Here Are 6 Ways To Build A Cards With Tailwind CSS

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What is Tailwind CSS?

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that focuses on creating personalized user interfaces quickly. It can gives you all the building blocks you are able to create personalized designs without having to fight to override irritating opinionated styles. Also, Tailwind CSS is a highly configurable, low-level CSS framework.

The description of cards ui component

Cards

Why use Tailwind CSS to build a cards ui component?

  • It can make the building process of cards ui component faster and more easily.
  • Enables building complex responsive layouts and components freely.
  • Minimum lines of CSS code in cards component file.

The preview of cards ui component

Free download of the cards's source code

The source code of cards ui component

<section class="container px-6 py-4 mx-auto">
  <div class="grid gap-6 mb-8 md:grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-2">
    <!-- Card 1 -->
    <div class="flex items-center p-4 bg-white border-2 border-gray-200 rounded-lg shadow-sm dark:bg-gray-800">
        <img alt="mountain" class="w-45 rounded-md border-2 border-gray-300" src="https://picsum.photos/seed/picsum/200" />
         <div id="body" class="flex flex-col ml-5">
            <h4 id="name" class="text-xl font-semibold mb-2">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit</h4>
            <p id="job" class="text-gray-800 mt-2">Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>
            <div class="flex mt-5">
               <img alt="avatar" class="w-6 rounded-full border-2 border-gray-300" src="https://picsum.photos/seed/picsum/200" />
               <p class="ml-3">John Doe</p>
            </div>
         </div>
    </div>
    <!-- Card 2 -->
    <div class="flex items-center p-4 bg-white border-2 border-gray-200 rounded-lg shadow-sm dark:bg-gray-800">
           <img alt="mountain" class="w-45 rounded-md border-2 border-gray-300" src="https://picsum.photos/seed/picsum/200" />
         <div id="body" class="flex flex-col ml-5">
            <h4 id="name" class="text-xl font-semibold mb-2">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit</h4>
            <p id="job" class="text-gray-800 mt-2">Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>
            <div class="flex mt-5">
               <img alt="avatar" class="w-6 rounded-full border-2 border-gray-300" src="https://picsum.photos/seed/picsum/200" />
               <p class="ml-3">John Doe</p>
            </div>
         </div>
    </div>
    <!-- Card 3 -->
    <div class="flex items-center p-4 bg-white border-2 border-gray-200 rounded-lg shadow-sm dark:bg-gray-800">
            <img alt="mountain" class="w-45 rounded-md border-2 border-gray-300" src="https://picsum.photos/seed/picsum/200" />
         <div id="body" class="flex flex-col ml-5">
            <h4 id="name" class="text-xl font-semibold mb-2">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit</h4>
            <p id="job" class="text-gray-800 mt-2">Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>
            <div class="flex mt-5">
               <img alt="avatar" class="w-6 rounded-full border-2 border-gray-300" src="https://picsum.photos/seed/picsum/200" />
               <p class="ml-3">John Doe</p>
            </div>
         </div>
    </div>
    <!-- Card 4 -->
    <div class="flex items-center p-4 bg-white border-2 border-gray-200 rounded-lg shadow-sm dark:bg-gray-800">
       <img alt="mountain" class="w-45 rounded-md border-2 border-gray-300" src="https://picsum.photos/seed/picsum/200" />
         <div id="body" class="flex flex-col ml-5">
            <h4 id="name" class="text-xl font-semibold mb-2">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit</h4>
            <p id="job" class="text-gray-800 mt-2">Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>
            <div class="flex mt-5">
               <img alt="avatar" class="w-6 rounded-full border-2 border-gray-300" src="https://picsum.photos/seed/picsum/200" />
               <p class="ml-3">John Doe</p>
            </div>
         </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>

How to build a cards with Tailwind CSS?

Install tailwind css of verion 2.2.4

Use the script html tag to import the script of Tailwind CSS of the version 2.2.4

<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>

All the unility class needed to build a cards component

  • px-6
  • py-4
  • mx-auto
  • grid
  • gap-6
  • mb-8
  • md:grid-cols-1
  • lg:grid-cols-2
  • flex
  • p-4
  • bg-white
  • border-2
  • border-gray-200
  • dark:bg-gray-800
  • w-45
  • border-gray-300
  • flex-col
  • ml-5
  • text-xl
  • mb-2
  • text-gray-800
  • mt-2
  • mt-5
  • w-6
  • ml-3

25 steps to build a cards component with Tailwind CSS

  1. Control the horizontal padding of an element to 1.5rem using the px-6 utilities.

  2. Control the vertical padding of an element to 1rem using the py-4 utilities.

  3. Control the horizontal margin of an element to auto using the mx-auto utilities.

  4. Use grid to create a grid container.

  5. To specify the width between columns, you can use the gap-6 utilities.

  6. Control the margin on bottom side of an element to 2rem using the mb-8 utilities.

  7. Use grid to create a grid container at only medium screen sizes.

  8. Use grid to create a grid container at only large screen sizes.

  9. Use flex to create a block-level flex container.

  10. Control the padding on all sides of an element to 1rem using the p-4 utilities.

  11. Control the background color of an element to white using the bg-white utilities.

  12. Control the border color of an element to 0.5rem using the border-2 utilities.

  13. Control the border color of an element to gray-200 using the border-gray-200 utilities.

  14. Control the background color of an element to gray-800 using the dark:bg-gray-800 utilities in dark theme.

  15. Use w-45 to set an element to a fixed width(11.25rem).

  16. Control the border color of an element to gray-300 using the border-gray-300 utilities.

  17. Use flex to create a block-level flex container.

  18. Control the margin on left side of an element to 1.25rem using the ml-5 utilities.

  19. Control the text color of an element to xl using the text-xl utilities.

  20. Control the margin on bottom side of an element to 0.5rem using the mb-2 utilities.

  21. Control the text color of an element to gray-800 using the text-gray-800 utilities.

  22. Control the margin on top side of an element to 0.5rem using the mt-2 utilities.

  23. Control the margin on top side of an element to 1.25rem using the mt-5 utilities.

  24. Use w-6 to set an element to a fixed width(1.5rem).

  25. Control the margin on left side of an element to 0.75rem using the ml-3 utilities.

Conclusion

The above is a step-by-step tutorial on how to use Tailwind CSS to build a cards components, learn and follow along to implement your own components.