Tailwind CSS loading Spinner Examples

In this tutorial we will create loading spinner, simple loading spinner, three dot loading spinner, animation loading spinner ,loading spinner with SVG Icon, examples with Tailwind CSS.

Tailwind CSS Loading Button Example

Tool Use

Tailwind CSS 2.x / 3.x

Heroicons Icons

Setup Project

Using CDN

<link href="https://unpkg.com/tailwindcss@^2/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

Tailwind CSS 3 CDN

 <script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>

Example 1

Simple loading spinner with small size, medium and large size.

<div class="flex items-center justify-center ">
    <div class="w-16 h-16 border-b-2 border-gray-900 rounded-full animate-spin"></div>
</div>
<div class="flex items-center justify-center ">
    <div class="w-24 h-24 border-l-2 border-gray-900 rounded-full animate-spin"></div>
</div>
<div class="flex items-center justify-center ">
    <div class="w-40 h-40 border-t-4 border-b-4 border-green-900 rounded-full animate-spin"></div>
</div>

tailwind loading spinner v1

Example 2

Three dots animate-pulse load spinner

<div class="flex items-center justify-center space-x-2 animate-pulse">
    <div class="w-8 h-8 bg-blue-400 rounded-full"></div>
    <div class="w-8 h-8 bg-blue-400 rounded-full"></div>
    <div class="w-8 h-8 bg-blue-400 rounded-full"></div>
</div>

Example 3

Three dots animate-pulse load spinner

<div class="flex items-center justify-center space-x-2 animate-bounce">
    <div class="w-8 h-8 bg-blue-400 rounded-full"></div>
    <div class="w-8 h-8 bg-green-400 rounded-full"></div>
    <div class="w-8 h-8 bg-black rounded-full"></div>
</div>

tailwind loading spinner v3

Example 4

Loading spinner with using custom css

<div>
    <div style="border-top-color:transparent"
        class="w-16 h-16 border-4 border-blue-400 border-solid rounded-full animate-spin"></div>
</div>
<div>
    <div style="border-top-color:transparent"
        class="w-16 h-16 border-4 border-blue-400 border-dashed rounded-full animate-spin"></div>
</div>
<div>
    <div style="border-top-color:transparent"
        class="w-16 h-16 border-4 border-blue-400 border-dotted rounded-full animate-spin"></div>
</div>
<div>
    <div style="border-top-color:transparent"
        class="w-16 h-16 border-4 border-blue-400 border-double rounded-full animate-spin"></div>
</div>

Example 5

Loading spinner with SVG Icon

<div class="flex items-center justify-center ">
    <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="w-24 h-24 text-red-600 animate-spin" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24"
        stroke="currentColor">
        <path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="1"
            d="M5 3v4M3 5h4M6 17v4m-2-2h4m5-16l2.286 6.857L21 12l-5.714 2.143L13 21l-2.286-6.857L5 12l5.714-2.143L13 3z" />
    </svg>
</div>

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