that is inheritance not the cascade: Inheritance allows for DOM nodes to use properties set on their ancestors, the cascade algorithm is how multiple conflictin

that is inheritance not the cascade: Inheritance allows for DOM nodes to use properties set on their ancestors, the cascade algorithm is how multiple conflicting rules interact and are overwritten. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Cascade https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Cascade https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Cascade_and_inheritance https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_... Custom properties are by default inherited by all descendant nodes (they also interact with the cascade, but it is less relevant) and this can be used with tailwind in a couple of different ways: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64872861/how-to-use-css-variables-with-tailwind-css https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64872861/how-to-use-css-...