Margin

​Basic usage

​Add margin to a single side

Use the mt-*, mr-*, mb-*, and ml-* utilities to control the margin on one side of an element.

For example, mt-6 would add 1.5rem of margin to the top of an element, mr-4 would add 1rem of margin to the right of an element, mb-8 would add 2rem of margin to the bottom of an element, and ml-2 would add 0.5rem of margin to the left of an element.

<div class="mt-6 ...">mt-6</div>
<div class="mr-4 ...">mr-4</div>
<div class="mb-8 ...">mb-8</div>
<div class="ml-2 ...">ml-2</div>

​Add horizontal margin

Use the mx-* utilities to control the horizontal margin of an element.

<div class="mx-8 ...">mx-8</div>

​Add vertical margin

Use the my-* utilities to control the vertical margin of an element.

<div class="my-8 ...">my-8</div>

​Add margin to all sides

Use the m-* utilities to control the margin on all sides of an element.

<div class="m-8 ...">m-8</div>

​Using negative values

To use a negative margin value, prefix the class name with a dash to convert it to a negative value.

<div class="w-36 h-16 bg-sky-400 opacity-20 ..."></div>
<div class="-mt-8 bg-sky-300 ...">-mt-8</div>

​Using logical properties

Use the ms-* and me-* utilities to set the margin-inline-start and margin-inline-end logical properties, which map to either the left or right side based on the text direction.

<div dir="ltr">
  <div class="ms-8 ...">ms-8</div>
  <div class="me-8 ...">me-8</div>
<div>

<div dir="rtl">
  <div class="ms-8 ...">ms-8</div>
  <div class="me-8 ...">me-8</div>
<div>

For more control, you can also use the LTR and RTL modifiers to conditionally apply specific styles depending on the current text direction.

​Applying conditionally

​Hover, focus, and other states

Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use hover:mt-8 to only apply the mt-8 utility on hover.

<div class="mt-4 hover:mt-8">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

For a complete list of all available state modifiers, check out the Hover, Focus, & Other States documentation.

​Breakpoints and media queries

You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:mt-8 to apply the mt-8 utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

<div class="mt-4 md:mt-8">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

To learn more, check out the documentation on Responsive Design, Dark Mode and other media query modifiers.

​Using custom values

​Customizing your theme

By default, Tailwind’s margin scale uses the default spacing scale. You can customize your spacing scale by editing theme.spacing or theme.extend.spacing in your tailwind.config.js file.

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      spacing: {
        '5px': '5px',
      }
    }
  }
}

Alternatively, you can customize just the margin scale by editing theme.margin or theme.extend.margin in your tailwind.config.js file.

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      margin: {
        '5px': '5px',
      }
    }
  }
}

Learn more about customizing the default theme in the theme customization documentation.

​Arbitrary values

If you need to use a one-off margin value that doesn’t make sense to include in your theme, use square brackets to generate a property on the fly using any arbitrary value.

<div class="m-[5px]">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

Learn more about arbitrary value support in the arbitrary values documentation.