Tailwind CSS Best Practices with Laravel in 2026

Configuration

// tailwind.config.js
                module.exports = {
                    content: [
                        './resources/**/*.blade.php',
                        './resources/**/*.js',
                        './resources/**/*.vue',
                    ],
                    theme: {
                        extend: {
                            colors: {
                                brand: '#0aa39a',
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }

Component Extraction

Use @apply sparingly. Prefer Blade components:

<!-- resources/views/components/button.blade.php -->
                <button {{ $attributes->merge(['class' => 'px-4 py-2 bg-brand text-white rounded']) }}>
                    {{ $slot }}
                </button>