Tailwind Shades

Name: Tailwind Shades
Author: bourhaouta

by bourhaoutaversion 1.6.0i★ –iComputer or cloud

Registry nameio.github.bourhaouta/tailwindshades

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Tailwind CSS palettes (50-950) from any color, the closest Tailwind color, and Tailwind's defaults

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Computer or cloud
Transport: stdio, Streamable HTTP
Category: Other

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet
npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

Open Settings → Connectors
Press Add custom connector
Paste the address below and press Add
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://tailwindshades.bourhaouta.com/mcp

Or run it on your computer

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tailwindshades": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tailwindshades-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http tailwindshades https://tailwindshades.bourhaouta.com/mcp

Or run it on your computer

claude mcp add tailwindshades -- npx -y tailwindshades-mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tailwindshades": {
      "url": "https://tailwindshades.bourhaouta.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or run it on your computer

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tailwindshades": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tailwindshades-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "tailwindshades": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://tailwindshades.bourhaouta.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or run it on your computer

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "tailwindshades": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tailwindshades-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
Paste the address below, give it a name and save
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://tailwindshades.bourhaouta.com/mcp

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

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Basic checksi

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Compared with others in Otheri

More stars than 0% of the other 18365 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 63% of the other 18365 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 18365 servers in this category

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Common questions

Is Tailwind Shades safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

Either way works: install it on your computer or connect to the cloud version.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.6.0) reached the registry 26 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

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tailwindshades-mcp

An MCP server that gives AI agents real Tailwind CSS palettes, so they stop guessing shades. Works with Tailwind v4, v3, v2 and v1.

Ask your agent *"Add a brand color #db4d53 to my theme"*, and it writes a full 50 to 950 palette in the project's Tailwind format, with #db4d53 exactly at brand-500. Same engine as the Tailwind Shades editor extension and tailwindshades.bourhaouta.com.

Setup

Remote (nothing to install)

Connect your agent to https://tailwindshades.bourhaouta.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no API key).

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user tailwindshades https://tailwindshades.bourhaouta.com/mcp

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json, or .cursor/mcp.json in a project)

"mcpServers": { "tailwindshades": { "url": "https://tailwindshades.bourhaouta.com/mcp" } } }

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

"servers": { "tailwindshades": { "type": "http", "url": "https://tailwindshades.bourhaouta.com/mcp" } } }

Local (stdio)

Runs on your machine with npx, so nothing leaves it. Needs Node.js 20 or later.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --scope user tailwindshades -- npx -y tailwindshades-mcp

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json, or .cursor/mcp.json in a project)

"mcpServers": { "tailwindshades": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "tailwindshades-mcp"] } } }

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

"servers": { "tailwindshades": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "tailwindshades-mcp"] } } }

Other agents: use the URL above, or run npx -y tailwindshades-mcp as a stdio server. It's also in the MCP Registry as io.github.bourhaouta/tailwindshades.

Tools

All five tools are read-only.

`generate_palette`

A full palette from one color, ready to paste.

Input	Default
`color`	required: any CSS color (`#db4d53`, `rgb()`, `hsl()`, `oklch()`, a name)
`name`	the closest Tailwind color, which replaces Tailwind's own palette, so the tool warns
`tailwindVersion`	`4` (also `3`, `2`, `1`)
`format`	`oklch` for v4, `hex` before (also `rgb`)
`output`	`theme` for v4, `config` before (also `css`, and `live` and `shopify` for v4)
`plain`, `semantic`	`false`: with `live` or `shopify`, a plain `:root` block instead of `@theme`, and a `--color- -foreground`

live is for colors picked at runtime (a user, a tenant, a CMS setting): CSS where every shade follows one variable, rebuilt in the browser. shopify adds the color setting and Liquid line for Shopify themes, where the merchant picks the color in the theme editor. See Colors picked at runtime.

Returns the code, plus the shades, the shade that holds the input color and the closest Tailwind color as structured data.

The code starts with a comment of readable pairs: text and background classes that pass WCAG AA (4.5:1), tested on the real shades. Agents use them for buttons and text, so a red brand gets bg-brand-600 text-white instead of the failing bg-brand-500 text-white:

/* Readable pairs (WCAG AA, 4.5:1 or more):

button bg-brand-600 text-white 5.09:1 text bg-white text-brand-600 5.09:1 badge bg-brand-100 text-brand-700 5.43:1 dark mode bg-brand-950 text-brand-400 5.33:1 avoid bg-brand-500 text-white 4.03:1 */

`find_closest_tailwind_color`

The Tailwind shade that looks most like a color, e.g. #db4d53 → red-500, with Tailwind's value, the distance, and whether the difference is visible. Agents use it to pick an existing class instead of an arbitrary value, or to decide a custom palette is needed.

`get_tailwind_palette`

Tailwind's own default colors, exactly as Tailwind defines them: a whole color (blue) or one shade (slate-500), for Tailwind v4, v3, v2 or v1. Values are oklch() in v4 and hex before. Agents use it instead of writing Tailwind's default values from memory.

`list_tailwind_colors`

The names of Tailwind's default colors for a version (26 in v4, including mauve, olive, mist and taupe), with the shades they have and each one's 500 value as a sample.

`convert_color`

Any CSS color as oklch(), hex and rgb, formatted like Tailwind. Handy when a project on Tailwind v4 needs one oklch() value rather than a whole palette.

Prompt

`add_brand_color`

Arguments: color and an optional name (default brand). It asks the agent to find the project's Tailwind version, call generate_palette, and paste the code into the theme. Clients like Claude Code show it as a slash command.

Host it yourself

The package also exports createServer(), a fresh McpServer with all its tools and the prompt. Serve it with the MCP TypeScript SDK, for example over HTTP in any web-standard runtime (this is how the remote server above runs, as a Next.js route):

import { createMcpHandler } from '@modelcontextprotocol/server'

import { createServer } from 'tailwindshades-mcp'

const handler = createMcpHandler(createServer)

export const POST = (request: Request) => handler.fetch(request)

tailwindshades-cli: the same palettes from the command line
Source and issues

Tailwind Shades

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

Funooy Krillion Reference

README from the maker

tailwindshades-mcp

Setup

Remote (nothing to install)

Local (stdio)

Tools

generate_palette

find_closest_tailwind_color

get_tailwind_palette

list_tailwind_colors

convert_color

Prompt

add_brand_color

Host it yourself

More

License

`generate_palette`

`find_closest_tailwind_color`

`get_tailwind_palette`

`list_tailwind_colors`

`convert_color`

`add_brand_color`