JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<input type="text" id="foo" value="My Textbox" />

JavaScript

$('input').focus(function(e){
    $(this).animate({
        color: '#000000'
    },200);
}).focusout(function(e){
    $(this).animate({
        color: '#FFFFFF'
    },200);
});