JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Palak Mevada

HTML

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.13/js/select2.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/select2.min.css">
<select style="width:200px;"></select>

JavaScript

let _colors = [
    {
        "id": "#1CAC78",
        "text": "Green"
    },
    {
        "id": "#1F75FE",
        "text": "Blue"
    },
    {
        "id": "#FF7538",
        "text": "Orange"
    }
  ]
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("select").select2({
      templateResult: function (data, container) {
          if (data.element) {
              $(container).css({"background-color":data.id});
          }
          return data.text;
      },data:_colors
  });
});