Last updated on June 17, 2025

Colors

You can customize your colors in the same manner as Tailwind CSS. Please refer to the Tailwind CSS documentation for more information.

Platform Colors

Unlike the web, which uses a common color palette, native platforms have their own unique system colors which are accessible through PlatformColor.

Nativewind allows you to use access PlatformColor via the platformColor() utility.

// tailwind.config.js
 
const { platformSelect, platformColor } = require("nativewind/theme");
 
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        error: platformSelect({
          // Now you can provide platform specific values
          ios: platformColor("systemRed"),
          android: platformColor("?android:colorError"),
          default: "red",
        }),
      },
    },
  },
};

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