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Utilities for skewing elements with transform.

Quick reference

Class	Properties
skew-x-0	transform: skewX(0deg);
skew-y-0	transform: skewY(0deg);
skew-x-1	transform: skewX(1deg);
skew-y-1	transform: skewY(1deg);
skew-x-2	transform: skewX(2deg);
skew-y-2	transform: skewY(2deg);
skew-x-3	transform: skewX(3deg);
skew-y-3	transform: skewY(3deg);
skew-x-6	transform: skewX(6deg);
skew-y-6	transform: skewY(6deg);
skew-x-12	transform: skewX(12deg);
skew-y-12	transform: skewY(12deg);

Basic usage

Skewing an element

Use the skew-x-* and skew-y-* utilities to skew an element.

skew-y-0

skew-y-3

skew-y-6

skew-y-12

<img class="skew-y-0 ...">
<img class="skew-y-3 ...">
<img class="skew-y-6 ...">
<img class="skew-y-12 ...">

Using negative values

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

<img class="-skew-y-6 ...">

Removing transforms

To remove all of the transforms on an element at once, use the transform-none utility:

<div class="scale-75 translate-x-4 skew-y-3 md:transform-none">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

This can be useful when you want to remove transforms conditionally, such as on hover or at a particular breakpoint.

Hardware acceleration

If your transition performs better when rendered by the GPU instead of the CPU, you can force hardware acceleration by adding the transform-gpu utility:

<div class="skew-y-6 transform-gpu">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

Use transform-cpu to force things back to the CPU if you need to undo this conditionally.

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Applying conditionally

Hover, focus, and other states

Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use hover:skew-y-12 to only apply the skew-y-12 utility on hover.

<div class="hover:skew-y-12">
  <!-- ... -->
</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:skew-y-12 to apply the skew-y-12 utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

<div class="md:skew-y-12">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

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

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Using custom values

Customizing your theme

By default, Tailwind includes a handful of general purpose skew utilities. You can customize these values by editing theme.skew or theme.extend.skew in your tailwind.config.js file.

tailwind.config.js

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      skew: {
        '17': '17deg',
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Arbitrary values

If you need to use a one-off skew 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="skew-y-[17deg]">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

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