CSS vs Tailwind
Classic CSS excels at complex selectors and animations. Tailwind excels at colocating visual decisions with markup. Most teams use both.
A practical rule of thumb
Use Tailwind for component UI you edit often. Keep CSS for rare cases: complex animations, print styles, and third-party widget overrides you do not control.
Team fit
If your team already argues about class names in PRs, utilities reduce bikeshedding. If your team ships highly bespoke motion design, plan for a CSS escape hatch from day one.
Hybrid is normal
Most production apps that “use Tailwind” still have a CSS file for something. That is not a failure of the migration — it is judgment.
Try it
.example { display: flex; gap: 1rem; padding: 1rem; }Trust note: verify output visually. The converter is a draft helper for developers.