diff --git a/docs/nuxt.config.ts b/docs/nuxt.config.ts
index ee54ece4..cf62e6d7 100644
--- a/docs/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/docs/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { createResolver } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import colors from 'tailwindcss/colors'
 import module from '../src/module'
-import { excludeColors } from '../src/colors'
+import { excludeColors } from '../src/runtime/utils/colors'
 import pkg from '../package.json'
 
 const { resolve } = createResolver(import.meta.url)
diff --git a/src/module.ts b/src/module.ts
index 097b8399..1d17c62c 100644
--- a/src/module.ts
+++ b/src/module.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 import { defineNuxtModule, installModule, addComponentsDir, addImportsDir, createResolver, addPlugin } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import defaultColors from 'tailwindcss/colors.js'
-import { defaultExtractor as createDefaultExtractor } from 'tailwindcss/lib/lib/defaultExtractor.js'
-import { iconsPlugin, getIconCollections, type CollectionNames, type IconsPluginOptions } from '@egoist/tailwindcss-icons'
+import type { CollectionNames, IconsPluginOptions } from '@egoist/tailwindcss-icons'
 import { name, version } from '../package.json'
-import { generateSafelist, excludeColors, customSafelistExtractor } from './colors'
 import createTemplates from './templates'
 import * as config from './runtime/ui.config'
 import type { DeepPartial, Strategy } from './runtime/types/utils'
-
-const defaultExtractor = createDefaultExtractor({ tailwindConfig: { separator: ':' } })
+import installTailwind from './tailwind'
 
 // @ts-ignore
 delete defaultColors.lightBlue
@@ -91,109 +88,13 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ModuleOptions>({
       nuxt.options.css.push(resolve(runtimeDir, 'ui.css'))
     }
 
-    // @ts-ignore
-    nuxt.hook('tailwindcss:config', function (tailwindConfig) {
-      tailwindConfig.theme = tailwindConfig.theme || {}
-      tailwindConfig.theme.extend = tailwindConfig.theme.extend || {}
-      tailwindConfig.theme.extend.colors = tailwindConfig.theme.extend.colors || {}
-
-      const globalColors: any = {
-        ...(tailwindConfig.theme.colors || defaultColors),
-        ...tailwindConfig.theme.extend?.colors
-      }
-
-      // @ts-ignore
-      globalColors.primary = tailwindConfig.theme.extend.colors.primary = {
-        50: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-50) / <alpha-value>)',
-        100: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-100) / <alpha-value>)',
-        200: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-200) / <alpha-value>)',
-        300: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-300) / <alpha-value>)',
-        400: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-400) / <alpha-value>)',
-        500: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-500) / <alpha-value>)',
-        600: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-600) / <alpha-value>)',
-        700: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-700) / <alpha-value>)',
-        800: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-800) / <alpha-value>)',
-        900: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-900) / <alpha-value>)',
-        950: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-950) / <alpha-value>)',
-        DEFAULT: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-DEFAULT) / <alpha-value>)'
-      }
-
-      if (globalColors.gray) {
-        // @ts-ignore
-        globalColors.cool = tailwindConfig.theme.extend.colors.cool = defaultColors.gray
-      }
-
-      // @ts-ignore
-      globalColors.gray = tailwindConfig.theme.extend.colors.gray = {
-        50: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-50) / <alpha-value>)',
-        100: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-100) / <alpha-value>)',
-        200: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-200) / <alpha-value>)',
-        300: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-300) / <alpha-value>)',
-        400: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-400) / <alpha-value>)',
-        500: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-500) / <alpha-value>)',
-        600: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-600) / <alpha-value>)',
-        700: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-700) / <alpha-value>)',
-        800: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-800) / <alpha-value>)',
-        900: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-900) / <alpha-value>)',
-        950: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-950) / <alpha-value>)'
-      }
-
-      const colors = excludeColors(globalColors)
-
-      // @ts-ignore
-      nuxt.options.appConfig.ui = {
-        primary: 'green',
-        gray: 'cool',
-        colors,
-        strategy: 'merge'
-      }
-
-      tailwindConfig.safelist = tailwindConfig.safelist || []
-      tailwindConfig.safelist.push(...generateSafelist(options.safelistColors || [], colors))
-
-      tailwindConfig.plugins = tailwindConfig.plugins || []
-      tailwindConfig.plugins.push(iconsPlugin(Array.isArray(options.icons) || options.icons === 'all' ? { collections: getIconCollections(options.icons) } : typeof options.icons === 'object' ? options.icons as IconsPluginOptions : {}))
-    })
-
     createTemplates(nuxt)
 
     // Modules
 
     await installModule('nuxt-icon')
     await installModule('@nuxtjs/color-mode', { classSuffix: '' })
-    await installModule('@nuxtjs/tailwindcss', {
-      exposeConfig: true,
-      config: {
-        darkMode: 'class',
-        plugins: [
-          require('@tailwindcss/forms')({ strategy: 'class' }),
-          require('@tailwindcss/aspect-ratio'),
-          require('@tailwindcss/typography'),
-          require('@tailwindcss/container-queries'),
-          require('@headlessui/tailwindcss')
-        ],
-        content: {
-          files: [
-            resolve(runtimeDir, 'components/**/*.{vue,mjs,ts}'),
-            resolve(runtimeDir, 'ui.config/**/*.{mjs,js,ts}')
-          ],
-          transform: {
-            vue: (content) => {
-              return content.replaceAll(/(?:\r\n|\r|\n)/g, ' ')
-            }
-          },
-          extract: {
-            vue: (content) => {
-              return [
-                ...defaultExtractor(content),
-                // @ts-ignore
-                ...customSafelistExtractor(options.prefix, content, nuxt.options.appConfig.ui.colors, options.safelistColors)
-              ]
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    })
+    await installTailwind(options, nuxt)
 
     // Plugins
 
diff --git a/src/colors.ts b/src/runtime/utils/colors.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from src/colors.ts
rename to src/runtime/utils/colors.ts
index a0455fc9..e69f3b47 100644
--- a/src/colors.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/utils/colors.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { omit } from './runtime/utils/lodash'
+import { omit } from './lodash'
 import { kebabCase, camelCase, upperFirst } from 'scule'
 
 const colorsToExclude = [
diff --git a/src/tailwind.ts b/src/tailwind.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18867c4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tailwind.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+import { join } from 'pathe'
+import { addTemplate, createResolver, installModule, useNuxt } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import defaultColors from 'tailwindcss/colors.js'
+
+import { excludeColors, generateSafelist } from './runtime/utils/colors'
+import type { ModuleOptions } from './module'
+
+export default async function installTailwind (
+  moduleOptions: ModuleOptions,
+  nuxt = useNuxt()
+) {
+  const { resolve } = createResolver(import.meta.url)
+  const runtimeDir = resolve('./runtime')
+
+  // 1. register hook
+  // @ts-ignore
+  nuxt.hook('tailwindcss:config', function (tailwindConfig) {
+    tailwindConfig.theme = tailwindConfig.theme || {}
+    tailwindConfig.theme.extend = tailwindConfig.theme.extend || {}
+    tailwindConfig.theme.extend.colors =
+      tailwindConfig.theme.extend.colors || {}
+
+    const globalColors: any = {
+      ...(tailwindConfig.theme.colors || defaultColors),
+      ...tailwindConfig.theme.extend?.colors
+    }
+
+    // @ts-ignore
+    globalColors.primary = tailwindConfig.theme.extend.colors.primary = {
+      50: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-50) / <alpha-value>)',
+      100: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-100) / <alpha-value>)',
+      200: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-200) / <alpha-value>)',
+      300: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-300) / <alpha-value>)',
+      400: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-400) / <alpha-value>)',
+      500: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-500) / <alpha-value>)',
+      600: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-600) / <alpha-value>)',
+      700: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-700) / <alpha-value>)',
+      800: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-800) / <alpha-value>)',
+      900: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-900) / <alpha-value>)',
+      950: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-950) / <alpha-value>)',
+      DEFAULT: 'rgb(var(--color-primary-DEFAULT) / <alpha-value>)'
+    }
+
+    if (globalColors.gray) {
+      // @ts-ignore
+      globalColors.cool = tailwindConfig.theme.extend.colors.cool =
+        defaultColors.gray
+    }
+
+    // @ts-ignore
+    globalColors.gray = tailwindConfig.theme.extend.colors.gray = {
+      50: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-50) / <alpha-value>)',
+      100: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-100) / <alpha-value>)',
+      200: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-200) / <alpha-value>)',
+      300: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-300) / <alpha-value>)',
+      400: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-400) / <alpha-value>)',
+      500: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-500) / <alpha-value>)',
+      600: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-600) / <alpha-value>)',
+      700: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-700) / <alpha-value>)',
+      800: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-800) / <alpha-value>)',
+      900: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-900) / <alpha-value>)',
+      950: 'rgb(var(--color-gray-950) / <alpha-value>)'
+    }
+
+    const colors = excludeColors(globalColors)
+
+    // @ts-ignore
+    nuxt.options.appConfig.ui = {
+      primary: 'green',
+      gray: 'cool',
+      colors,
+      strategy: 'merge'
+    }
+
+    tailwindConfig.safelist = tailwindConfig.safelist || []
+    tailwindConfig.safelist.push(
+      ...generateSafelist(moduleOptions.safelistColors || [], colors)
+    )
+  })
+
+  // 2. add config template
+  const configTemplate = addTemplate({
+    filename: 'nuxtui-tailwind.config.cjs',
+    write: true,
+    getContents: () => `
+      const { defaultExtractor: createDefaultExtractor } = require('tailwindcss/lib/lib/defaultExtractor.js')
+      const { customSafelistExtractor } = require(${JSON.stringify(resolve(runtimeDir, 'utils', 'colors'))})
+      const { iconsPlugin, getIconCollections } = require('@egoist/tailwindcss-icons')
+
+      const defaultExtractor = createDefaultExtractor({ tailwindConfig: { separator: ':' } })
+
+      module.exports = {
+        darkMode: 'class',
+        plugins: [
+          require('@tailwindcss/forms')({ strategy: 'class' }),
+          require('@tailwindcss/aspect-ratio'),
+          require('@tailwindcss/typography'),
+          require('@tailwindcss/container-queries'),
+          require('@headlessui/tailwindcss'),
+          iconsPlugin(${Array.isArray(moduleOptions.icons) || moduleOptions.icons === 'all' ? `{ collections: getIconCollections(${JSON.stringify(moduleOptions.icons)}) }` : typeof moduleOptions.icons === 'object' ? JSON.stringify(moduleOptions.icons) : {}})
+        ],
+        content: {
+          files: [
+            ${JSON.stringify(resolve(runtimeDir, 'components/**/*.{vue,mjs,ts}'))},
+            ${JSON.stringify(resolve(runtimeDir, 'ui.config/**/*.{mjs,js,ts}'))}
+          ],
+          transform: {
+            vue: (content) => {
+              return content.replaceAll(/(?:\\r\\n|\\r|\\n)/g, ' ')
+            }
+          },
+          extract: {
+            vue: (content) => {
+              return [
+                ...defaultExtractor(content),
+                ...customSafelistExtractor(${JSON.stringify(moduleOptions.prefix)}, content, ${JSON.stringify(nuxt.options.appConfig.ui.colors)}, ${JSON.stringify(moduleOptions.safelistColors)})
+              ]
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    `
+  })
+
+  // 3. install module
+  await installModule('@nuxtjs/tailwindcss', {
+    exposeConfig: true,
+    configPath: [
+      configTemplate.dst,
+      join(nuxt.options.rootDir, 'tailwind.config')
+    ]
+  })
+}