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All 51 in 51 Tailwind CSS Buttons

  1. 01Tailwind Submit Button (Form Primary)
  2. 02Tailwind Primary and Secondary Button Pair
  3. 03Tailwind Ghost / Outline Button
  4. 04Tailwind Icon-Only Button with Accessible Tooltip
  5. 05Tailwind Gradient CTA Button
  6. 06Tailwind Loading Spinner Button (State Transition)
  7. 07Tailwind Disabled Button State (Full State Reference)
  8. 08Tailwind Button Group Component (Segmented Radio-Like)
  9. 09Tailwind Add to Cart Button
  10. 10Tailwind Download Progress Button
  11. 11Tailwind Like Heart Button
  12. 12Tailwind Confirm Delete Button
  13. 13Tailwind Play Pause Button
  14. 14Tailwind Subscribe Confetti Button
  15. 15Tailwind Magnetic Mercury Ripple Button
  16. 16Tailwind Brutalist Glitch Button
  17. 17Tailwind Neon Plasma Burst Button
  18. 18Tailwind Clay Press Button
  19. 19Tailwind Editorial Ink Spread Button
  20. 20Tailwind Particle Shard Burst Button
  21. 21Tailwind Brushed Brass Plate Button
  22. 22Tailwind Washi Paper Crane Button
  23. 23Tailwind Frosted Ice Cube Button
  24. 24Tailwind Vintage Typewriter Key Button
  25. 25Tailwind Lacquered Walnut Wood Button
  26. 26Tailwind Pharma Gel Capsule Button
  27. 27Tailwind Aged Copper Coin Button
  28. 28Tailwind Origami Fortune Cookie Button
  29. 29Tailwind Holographic Foil Sticker Button
  30. 30Tailwind Brutalist Concrete Slab Button
  31. 31Tailwind Mercury Bead Morph Button
  32. 32Tailwind Soft Pill Modern SaaS Button
  33. 33Tailwind Masking Tape Label Button
  34. 34Tailwind Obsidian Glass Shard Button
  35. 35Tailwind Wine Velvet Ribbon Button
  36. 36Tailwind LED Segment Display Button
  37. 37Tailwind Cassette Mixtape Label Button
  38. 38Tailwind Chalkboard Menu Button
  39. 39Tailwind Vinyl Record Sleeve Ripple Button
  40. 40Tailwind Polaroid Snapshot Button
  41. 41Tailwind Airline Boarding Pass Button
  42. 42Tailwind Aged Brass Subway Token Button
  43. 43Tailwind Vintage Rx Pharmacy Label Button
  44. 44Tailwind Bakelite Radio Dial Toggle Button
  45. 45Tailwind Regal Postage Stamp Button
  46. 46Tailwind Victorian Cigar Band Foil Button
  47. 47Tailwind Vintage Calculator Key Button
  48. 48Tailwind Toolbox Latch Spotlight Button
  49. 49Tailwind Receipt Paper Total Count-Up Button
  50. 50Tailwind IBM Punch Card Magnetic Follow Button
  51. 51Tailwind Brass Periscope Lens Button
Pure TailwindMIT licensed

Tailwind Disabled Button State (Full State Reference)

Every button state side by side — rest, hover, focus, pressed, truly disabled, and aria-disabled (focusable, explains itself, refuses activation). The frozen cards use data-force attributes rather than .is-* classes, which is the tidiest thing the port does: demo-only styling is visibly demo-only.

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The code

<div class="tb-07 w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center bg-tb07-bg font-tb07-sans antialiased p-[clamp(1.5rem,6vw,4rem)]">
  <div class="flex flex-wrap justify-center gap-3 max-w-[44rem]">
    <button type="button" class="cursor-pointer grid place-items-center min-h-12 min-w-30 px-5 border-0 rounded-[0.7rem] text-[0.9375rem] font-semibold text-tb07-ink bg-tb07-fill shadow-[0_8px_18px_-12px_var(--color-tb07-glow)] transition-[background-color,translate,scale] duration-200 ease-tb07-out hover:bg-tb07-fill-h hover:-translate-y-px active:bg-tb07-fill-a active:translate-y-px active:scale-[0.985] active:shadow-none focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tb07-accent disabled:bg-tb07-off disabled:text-tb07-muted disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:shadow-none disabled:translate-y-0 aria-disabled:bg-tb07-off aria-disabled:text-tb07-muted aria-disabled:cursor-not-allowed aria-disabled:shadow-none data-force-hover:bg-tb07-fill-h data-force-hover:-translate-y-px data-force-focus:outline-2 data-force-focus:outline-offset-[3px] data-force-focus:outline-tb07-accent data-force-active:bg-tb07-fill-a data-force-active:translate-y-px data-force-active:scale-[0.985] aria-disabled:active:animate-tb07-nope motion-reduce:transition-none motion-reduce:aria-disabled:active:animate-none">Rest</button>
    <button type="button" data-force-hover class="cursor-pointer grid place-items-center min-h-12 min-w-30 px-5 border-0 rounded-[0.7rem] text-[0.9375rem] font-semibold text-tb07-ink bg-tb07-fill shadow-[0_8px_18px_-12px_var(--color-tb07-glow)] transition-[background-color,translate,scale] duration-200 ease-tb07-out hover:bg-tb07-fill-h hover:-translate-y-px active:bg-tb07-fill-a active:translate-y-px focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tb07-accent data-force-hover:bg-tb07-fill-h data-force-hover:-translate-y-px motion-reduce:transition-none">Hover</button>
    <button type="button" data-force-focus class="cursor-pointer grid place-items-center min-h-12 min-w-30 px-5 border-0 rounded-[0.7rem] text-[0.9375rem] font-semibold text-tb07-ink bg-tb07-fill shadow-[0_8px_18px_-12px_var(--color-tb07-glow)] transition-[background-color,translate,scale] duration-200 ease-tb07-out hover:bg-tb07-fill-h hover:-translate-y-px active:bg-tb07-fill-a active:translate-y-px focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tb07-accent data-force-focus:outline-2 data-force-focus:outline-offset-[3px] data-force-focus:outline-tb07-accent motion-reduce:transition-none">Focus</button>
    <button type="button" data-force-active class="cursor-pointer grid place-items-center min-h-12 min-w-30 px-5 border-0 rounded-[0.7rem] text-[0.9375rem] font-semibold text-tb07-ink bg-tb07-fill transition-[background-color,translate,scale] duration-200 ease-tb07-out hover:bg-tb07-fill-h active:bg-tb07-fill-a focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tb07-accent data-force-active:bg-tb07-fill-a data-force-active:translate-y-px data-force-active:scale-[0.985] data-force-active:shadow-none motion-reduce:transition-none">Pressed</button>
    <button type="button" disabled class="grid place-items-center min-h-12 min-w-30 px-5 border-0 rounded-[0.7rem] text-[0.9375rem] font-semibold text-tb07-ink bg-tb07-fill disabled:bg-tb07-off disabled:text-tb07-muted disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:shadow-none">Disabled</button>
    <button type="button" aria-disabled="true" aria-describedby="tb-07-why" class="cursor-pointer grid place-items-center min-h-12 min-w-30 px-5 border-0 rounded-[0.7rem] text-[0.9375rem] font-semibold text-tb07-ink bg-tb07-fill aria-disabled:bg-tb07-off aria-disabled:text-tb07-muted aria-disabled:cursor-not-allowed aria-disabled:shadow-none aria-disabled:active:animate-tb07-nope focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tb07-accent motion-reduce:aria-disabled:active:animate-none motion-reduce:aria-disabled:active:outline-2 motion-reduce:aria-disabled:active:outline-dashed motion-reduce:aria-disabled:active:outline-tb07-muted">Unavailable</button>
    <span id="tb-07-why" class="sr-only">Complete the form above to enable this action</span>
  </div>
</div>
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tb07-bg: #f5f5f3;
  --color-tb07-bg: oklch(0.968 0.004 110);
  --color-tb07-accent: #0f766e;
  --color-tb07-accent: oklch(0.48 0.1 180);
  --color-tb07-fill: #0f766e;
  --color-tb07-fill: oklch(0.48 0.1 180);
  --color-tb07-fill-h: #0d6a62;
  --color-tb07-fill-h: oklch(0.44 0.1 180);
  --color-tb07-fill-a: #0b5a53;
  --color-tb07-fill-a: oklch(0.39 0.09 180);
  --color-tb07-off: #dcdcd8;
  --color-tb07-off: oklch(0.89 0.006 110);
  --color-tb07-muted: #4b5157;
  --color-tb07-muted: oklch(0.42 0.012 260);
  --color-tb07-ink: #ffffff;
  --color-tb07-glow: #0f766ed9;
  --color-tb07-glow: oklch(0.48 0.1 180 / 0.85);
  --font-tb07-sans: "Schibsted Grotesk", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  --ease-tb07-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
  --animate-tb07-nope: tb-07-nope 0.32s cubic-bezier(0.36, 0.07, 0.19, 0.97);
}

@keyframes tb-07-nope {
  0%,
    100% {
    translate: 0 0;
  }

  25% {
    translate: -3px 0;
  }

  75% {
    translate: 3px 0;
  }
}
/* Demo-only: the data-force-* variants need a custom variant declaration. */

@custom-variant data-force-hover (&[data-force-hover]);

@custom-variant data-force-focus (&[data-force-focus]);

@custom-variant data-force-active (&[data-force-active]);

.tb-07 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .tb-07:not([data-theme="light"]) {
    --color-tb07-bg: oklch(0.14 0.008 190);
    --color-tb07-fill: oklch(0.72 0.12 180);
    --color-tb07-fill-h: oklch(0.66 0.12 180);
    --color-tb07-fill-a: oklch(0.6 0.11 180);
    --color-tb07-off: oklch(0.28 0.008 190);
    --color-tb07-muted: oklch(0.8 0.01 190);
    --color-tb07-ink: oklch(0.18 0.04 180);
    --color-tb07-accent: oklch(0.72 0.12 180);
  }
}

.tb-07[data-theme="dark"] {
  --color-tb07-bg: oklch(0.14 0.008 190);
  --color-tb07-fill: oklch(0.72 0.12 180);
  --color-tb07-off: oklch(0.28 0.008 190);
  --color-tb07-muted: oklch(0.8 0.01 190);
  --color-tb07-ink: oklch(0.18 0.04 180);
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .tb-07 button {
    background: ButtonFace;
    color: ButtonText;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .tb-07 button:disabled,
    .tb-07 button[aria-disabled="true"] {
    color: GrayText;
    border-color: GrayText;
  }
}

Setup — do this once per project

Skip this if your project already runs Tailwind v4.

1Load Tailwind
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@tailwindcss/browser@4"></script>

Compiles in the browser — perfect for a CodePen or a quick test, not for production.

2Add the stylesheetRequiredthe @theme block is what makes the custom utilities exist
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tb07-bg: #f5f5f3;
  --color-tb07-bg: oklch(0.968 0.004 110);
  --color-tb07-accent: #0f766e;
  --color-tb07-accent: oklch(0.48 0.1 180);
  --color-tb07-fill: #0f766e;
  --color-tb07-fill: oklch(0.48 0.1 180);
  --color-tb07-fill-h: #0d6a62;
  --color-tb07-fill-h: oklch(0.44 0.1 180);
  --color-tb07-fill-a: #0b5a53;
  --color-tb07-fill-a: oklch(0.39 0.09 180);
  --color-tb07-off: #dcdcd8;
  --color-tb07-off: oklch(0.89 0.006 110);
  --color-tb07-muted: #4b5157;
  --color-tb07-muted: oklch(0.42 0.012 260);
  --color-tb07-ink: #ffffff;
  --color-tb07-glow: #0f766ed9;
  --color-tb07-glow: oklch(0.48 0.1 180 / 0.85);
  --font-tb07-sans: "Schibsted Grotesk", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  --ease-tb07-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
  --animate-tb07-nope: tb-07-nope 0.32s cubic-bezier(0.36, 0.07, 0.19, 0.97);
}

@keyframes tb-07-nope {
  0%,
    100% {
    translate: 0 0;
  }

  25% {
    translate: -3px 0;
  }

  75% {
    translate: 3px 0;
  }
}
/* Demo-only: the data-force-* variants need a custom variant declaration. */

@custom-variant data-force-hover (&[data-force-hover]);

@custom-variant data-force-focus (&[data-force-focus]);

@custom-variant data-force-active (&[data-force-active]);

.tb-07 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .tb-07:not([data-theme="light"]) {
    --color-tb07-bg: oklch(0.14 0.008 190);
    --color-tb07-fill: oklch(0.72 0.12 180);
    --color-tb07-fill-h: oklch(0.66 0.12 180);
    --color-tb07-fill-a: oklch(0.6 0.11 180);
    --color-tb07-off: oklch(0.28 0.008 190);
    --color-tb07-muted: oklch(0.8 0.01 190);
    --color-tb07-ink: oklch(0.18 0.04 180);
    --color-tb07-accent: oklch(0.72 0.12 180);
  }
}

.tb-07[data-theme="dark"] {
  --color-tb07-bg: oklch(0.14 0.008 190);
  --color-tb07-fill: oklch(0.72 0.12 180);
  --color-tb07-off: oklch(0.28 0.008 190);
  --color-tb07-muted: oklch(0.8 0.01 190);
  --color-tb07-ink: oklch(0.18 0.04 180);
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .tb-07 button {
    background: ButtonFace;
    color: ButtonText;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .tb-07 button:disabled,
    .tb-07 button[aria-disabled="true"] {
    color: GrayText;
    border-color: GrayText;
  }
}
3Fonts used by this demooptional — skip if you have your own type stack
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Schibsted+Grotesk:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap">

What changed in the port

Which parts became utilities, which stayed CSS, and why.

  • Utilities: every state, both off-states, the shake and its reduced-motion replacement. CSS: the keyframes, the three @custom-variant declarations for the demo-only forced states, and forced-colors, where GrayText must win over every token.
  • @custom-variant data-force-hover (&[data-force-hover]) is the v4 mechanism that made the demo scaffolding honest: the frozen cards carry an attribute, not a class that looks like production styling.
  • A11y fix from the CSS original: the disabled label was --muted:#6b7280 on #dcdcd8 — about 3.9:1, under the 4.5:1 minimum. The port darkens it to oklch(0.42 0.012 260), roughly 5.6:1. The point of the demo is that disabled text still has to be readable, so the original failing its own advice was worth fixing.
  • The base recipe is repeated on all six buttons rather than extracted. In a real codebase this is where you reach for a component, not an @apply class — and the demo shows the full list precisely so the component's contents are visible.
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Demo: Tailwind Disabled Button State (Full State Reference)
Source: https://codefronts.com/components/tailwind-css-buttons/tailwind-disabled-button-state-full-reference/

Every button state side by side — rest, hover, focus, pressed, truly disabled, and aria-disabled (focusable, explains itself, refuses activation). The frozen cards use data-force attributes rather than .is-* classes, which is the tidiest thing the port does: demo-only styling is visibly demo-only.
## HTML
```html
<div class="tb-07 w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center bg-tb07-bg font-tb07-sans antialiased p-[clamp(1.5rem,6vw,4rem)]">
  <div class="flex flex-wrap justify-center gap-3 max-w-[44rem]">
    <button type="button" class="cursor-pointer grid place-items-center min-h-12 min-w-30 px-5 border-0 rounded-[0.7rem] text-[0.9375rem] font-semibold text-tb07-ink bg-tb07-fill shadow-[0_8px_18px_-12px_var(--color-tb07-glow)] transition-[background-color,translate,scale] duration-200 ease-tb07-out hover:bg-tb07-fill-h hover:-translate-y-px active:bg-tb07-fill-a active:translate-y-px active:scale-[0.985] active:shadow-none focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tb07-accent disabled:bg-tb07-off disabled:text-tb07-muted disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:shadow-none disabled:translate-y-0 aria-disabled:bg-tb07-off aria-disabled:text-tb07-muted aria-disabled:cursor-not-allowed aria-disabled:shadow-none data-force-hover:bg-tb07-fill-h data-force-hover:-translate-y-px data-force-focus:outline-2 data-force-focus:outline-offset-[3px] data-force-focus:outline-tb07-accent data-force-active:bg-tb07-fill-a data-force-active:translate-y-px data-force-active:scale-[0.985] aria-disabled:active:animate-tb07-nope motion-reduce:transition-none motion-reduce:aria-disabled:active:animate-none">Rest</button>
    <button type="button" data-force-hover class="cursor-pointer grid place-items-center min-h-12 min-w-30 px-5 border-0 rounded-[0.7rem] text-[0.9375rem] font-semibold text-tb07-ink bg-tb07-fill shadow-[0_8px_18px_-12px_var(--color-tb07-glow)] transition-[background-color,translate,scale] duration-200 ease-tb07-out hover:bg-tb07-fill-h hover:-translate-y-px active:bg-tb07-fill-a active:translate-y-px focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tb07-accent data-force-hover:bg-tb07-fill-h data-force-hover:-translate-y-px motion-reduce:transition-none">Hover</button>
    <button type="button" data-force-focus class="cursor-pointer grid place-items-center min-h-12 min-w-30 px-5 border-0 rounded-[0.7rem] text-[0.9375rem] font-semibold text-tb07-ink bg-tb07-fill shadow-[0_8px_18px_-12px_var(--color-tb07-glow)] transition-[background-color,translate,scale] duration-200 ease-tb07-out hover:bg-tb07-fill-h hover:-translate-y-px active:bg-tb07-fill-a active:translate-y-px focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tb07-accent data-force-focus:outline-2 data-force-focus:outline-offset-[3px] data-force-focus:outline-tb07-accent motion-reduce:transition-none">Focus</button>
    <button type="button" data-force-active class="cursor-pointer grid place-items-center min-h-12 min-w-30 px-5 border-0 rounded-[0.7rem] text-[0.9375rem] font-semibold text-tb07-ink bg-tb07-fill transition-[background-color,translate,scale] duration-200 ease-tb07-out hover:bg-tb07-fill-h active:bg-tb07-fill-a focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tb07-accent data-force-active:bg-tb07-fill-a data-force-active:translate-y-px data-force-active:scale-[0.985] data-force-active:shadow-none motion-reduce:transition-none">Pressed</button>
    <button type="button" disabled class="grid place-items-center min-h-12 min-w-30 px-5 border-0 rounded-[0.7rem] text-[0.9375rem] font-semibold text-tb07-ink bg-tb07-fill disabled:bg-tb07-off disabled:text-tb07-muted disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:shadow-none">Disabled</button>
    <button type="button" aria-disabled="true" aria-describedby="tb-07-why" class="cursor-pointer grid place-items-center min-h-12 min-w-30 px-5 border-0 rounded-[0.7rem] text-[0.9375rem] font-semibold text-tb07-ink bg-tb07-fill aria-disabled:bg-tb07-off aria-disabled:text-tb07-muted aria-disabled:cursor-not-allowed aria-disabled:shadow-none aria-disabled:active:animate-tb07-nope focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tb07-accent motion-reduce:aria-disabled:active:animate-none motion-reduce:aria-disabled:active:outline-2 motion-reduce:aria-disabled:active:outline-dashed motion-reduce:aria-disabled:active:outline-tb07-muted">Unavailable</button>
    <span id="tb-07-why" class="sr-only">Complete the form above to enable this action</span>
  </div>
</div>
```
## CSS
```css
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tb07-bg: #f5f5f3;
  --color-tb07-bg: oklch(0.968 0.004 110);
  --color-tb07-accent: #0f766e;
  --color-tb07-accent: oklch(0.48 0.1 180);
  --color-tb07-fill: #0f766e;
  --color-tb07-fill: oklch(0.48 0.1 180);
  --color-tb07-fill-h: #0d6a62;
  --color-tb07-fill-h: oklch(0.44 0.1 180);
  --color-tb07-fill-a: #0b5a53;
  --color-tb07-fill-a: oklch(0.39 0.09 180);
  --color-tb07-off: #dcdcd8;
  --color-tb07-off: oklch(0.89 0.006 110);
  --color-tb07-muted: #4b5157;
  --color-tb07-muted: oklch(0.42 0.012 260);
  --color-tb07-ink: #ffffff;
  --color-tb07-glow: #0f766ed9;
  --color-tb07-glow: oklch(0.48 0.1 180 / 0.85);
  --font-tb07-sans: "Schibsted Grotesk", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  --ease-tb07-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
  --animate-tb07-nope: tb-07-nope 0.32s cubic-bezier(0.36, 0.07, 0.19, 0.97);
}

@keyframes tb-07-nope {
  0%,
    100% {
    translate: 0 0;
  }

  25% {
    translate: -3px 0;
  }

  75% {
    translate: 3px 0;
  }
}
/* Demo-only: the data-force-* variants need a custom variant declaration. */

@custom-variant data-force-hover (&[data-force-hover]);

@custom-variant data-force-focus (&[data-force-focus]);

@custom-variant data-force-active (&[data-force-active]);

.tb-07 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .tb-07:not([data-theme="light"]) {
    --color-tb07-bg: oklch(0.14 0.008 190);
    --color-tb07-fill: oklch(0.72 0.12 180);
    --color-tb07-fill-h: oklch(0.66 0.12 180);
    --color-tb07-fill-a: oklch(0.6 0.11 180);
    --color-tb07-off: oklch(0.28 0.008 190);
    --color-tb07-muted: oklch(0.8 0.01 190);
    --color-tb07-ink: oklch(0.18 0.04 180);
    --color-tb07-accent: oklch(0.72 0.12 180);
  }
}

.tb-07[data-theme="dark"] {
  --color-tb07-bg: oklch(0.14 0.008 190);
  --color-tb07-fill: oklch(0.72 0.12 180);
  --color-tb07-off: oklch(0.28 0.008 190);
  --color-tb07-muted: oklch(0.8 0.01 190);
  --color-tb07-ink: oklch(0.18 0.04 180);
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .tb-07 button {
    background: ButtonFace;
    color: ButtonText;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .tb-07 button:disabled,
    .tb-07 button[aria-disabled="true"] {
    color: GrayText;
    border-color: GrayText;
  }
}
```

How this works

Two off-states, one class list. disabled removes the button from the tab order and the interactive accessibility tree — correct for a control that is irrelevant right now. aria-disabled="true" keeps it focusable and announceable — correct for "you can't do this yet". Tailwind styles both by writing both variants:

class="… disabled:bg-tb07-off disabled:text-tb07-muted disabled:cursor-not-allowed
        aria-disabled:bg-tb07-off aria-disabled:text-tb07-muted aria-disabled:cursor-not-allowed"

Verbose, and correct: there is no combinator that says "either of these", and inventing one would hide the semantic difference the demo exists to teach.

The frozen states are attributes, not classes. data-force-hover and friends compile through data-force-hover: variants, so the production class list is exactly the real one and the demo scaffolding is a single attribute you delete.

Contrast is the real subject. The disabled label sits on a computed token at 4.5:1, not at opacity-50 — WCAG has no exemption for disabled text, and a user still has to read what they cannot press.

Make it yours

  • Tune the off-state through --color-tb07-off and --color-tb07-muted; never reach for disabled:opacity-50, which also fades the focus ring and icons.
  • For aria-disabled buttons, block the action in JS — ARIA changes semantics, not behaviour.
  • Add a pending state by pairing the same visuals with aria-busy: instead.
  • Delete every data-force-* attribute in production; they exist only to display frozen states.
  • If your brand's disabled fill fails contrast, keep the fill and darken the label only.

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • disabled buttons fire no pointer or focus events, so a tooltip explaining why can never appear on them. That is the main argument for aria-disabled on form submits.
  • disabled:opacity-50 is not a disabled style, it is a contrast bug.
  • cursor-not-allowed is a hint, not a state — without a fill change, colour-blind and zoomed users get nothing.
  • Tailwind's aria-disabled: shorthand compiles to [aria-disabled="true"], which is the right value here — unlike aria-current:, whose "true" is almost never what you want.
  • In forced-colors mode GrayText is the only reliable disabled colour; system colours override your tokens by design, and the CSS block says so explicitly.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
111+16.4+128+111+

Everything here is baseline: :disabled, attribute selectors, :focus-visible and forced-colors system colours. The floor is Tailwind v4's generated sheet.

Techniques used in this demo

Utilitiesfirst-class utility or variant

:focus-visibletw ↗transitionstw ↗

HTML & JSno Tailwind involved

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