diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/dom.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/dom.ts
index 114c57ead..bfce145f4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/dom.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/dom.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import {
   serializeHTML,
   tailwindHTMLToDesignDocument,
   tailwindHTMLToSceneGraph,
-  type DesignDocument
+  type DesignDocument,
+  type SerializeHTMLOptions
 } from '@open-pencil/dom-css'
 
 import { requireFile } from '#cli/app-client'
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import { fmtList, ok, printError } from '#cli/format'
 
 const io = new IORegistry(BUILTIN_IO_FORMATS)
 const OUTPUT_FORMATS = new Set(['fig', 'html', 'json'])
+const HTML_STYLES = new Set(['inline', 'tailwind'])
 
 interface DomArgs {
   file?: string
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ interface DomArgs {
   tailwind?: string
   tailwindFile?: string
   pageName: string
+  htmlStyle: SerializeHTMLOptions['style']
   json?: boolean
 }
 
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ async function writeOutput(
   }
 
   if (format === 'html') {
-    await Bun.write(output, serializeHTML(document))
+    await Bun.write(output, serializeHTML(document, { style: args.htmlStyle }))
     return output
   }
 
@@ -151,6 +154,11 @@ export default defineCommand({
       description: 'Scene graph page name (default: DOM/CSS)',
       default: 'DOM/CSS'
     },
+    htmlStyle: {
+      type: 'string',
+      description: 'HTML style output: inline or tailwind (default: inline)',
+      default: 'inline'
+    },
     json: {
       type: 'boolean',
       description: 'Print a machine-readable summary to stdout'
@@ -162,9 +170,16 @@ export default defineCommand({
       printError(`Invalid format "${args.format}". Use fig, html, or json.`)
       process.exit(1)
     }
+    const htmlStyleArg = args.htmlStyle.toLowerCase()
+    if (!HTML_STYLES.has(htmlStyleArg)) {
+      printError(`Invalid htmlStyle "${args.htmlStyle}". Use inline or tailwind.`)
+      process.exit(1)
+    }
+    const htmlStyle = htmlStyleArg as SerializeHTMLOptions['style']
 
-    const { document, graph } = await convertDom(args)
-    const output = await writeOutput(args, document, graph)
+    const normalizedArgs = { ...args, htmlStyle }
+    const { document, graph } = await convertDom(normalizedArgs)
+    const output = await writeOutput(normalizedArgs, document, graph)
     const pages = graph.getPages()
     const summary = {
       input: requireFile(args.file),
diff --git a/packages/dom-css/src/serialize.ts b/packages/dom-css/src/serialize.ts
index 23348a0db..b06ce7b8f 100644
--- a/packages/dom-css/src/serialize.ts
+++ b/packages/dom-css/src/serialize.ts
@@ -62,8 +62,11 @@ function mergeClassNames(...values: Array<string | undefined>): string | undefin
 function serializeAttrs(node: DesignElement, options: SerializeHTMLOptions): string {
   const style = serializeStyle(node)
   const tailwindClass = options.style === 'tailwind' ? serializeTailwindClasses(node) : undefined
+  const attrsWithoutStyle = { ...node.attrs }
+  delete attrsWithoutStyle.style
+  const sourceAttrs = options.style === 'tailwind' && tailwindClass ? attrsWithoutStyle : node.attrs
   const attrs = {
-    ...node.attrs,
+    ...sourceAttrs,
     ...(tailwindClass ? { class: mergeClassNames(node.attrs.class, tailwindClass) } : {}),
     ...(style && options.style !== 'tailwind' ? { style } : {})
   }
diff --git a/tests/engine/cli/dom.test.ts b/tests/engine/cli/dom.test.ts
index d004dde7c..12c777749 100644
--- a/tests/engine/cli/dom.test.ts
+++ b/tests/engine/cli/dom.test.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,36 @@ test('dom CLI writes serialized HTML output', async () => {
   expect(html).toContain('class="card"')
 })
 
+test('dom CLI can write HTML styles as Tailwind classes', async () => {
+  const dir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'open-pencil-dom-cli-html-tailwind-'))
+  const htmlPath = join(dir, 'card.html')
+  const output = join(dir, 'card.out.html')
+
+  await Bun.write(
+    htmlPath,
+    '<section class="card" style="display:flex;padding:16px;gap:8px;background-color:white">Tailwind HTML</section>'
+  )
+
+  const { stderr, exitCode } = await run([
+    'dom',
+    htmlPath,
+    '--format',
+    'html',
+    '--htmlStyle',
+    'tailwind',
+    '--output',
+    output
+  ])
+
+  expect(stderr).toBe('')
+  expect(exitCode).toBe(0)
+
+  const html = await Bun.file(output).text()
+  expect(html).toContain('Tailwind HTML')
+  expect(html).toContain('class="card flex p-4 gap-2 bg-white"')
+  expect(html).not.toContain('style=')
+})
+
 test('dom CLI writes a .fig that core IO can import', async () => {
   const { htmlPath, cssPath, dir } = await createFixture()
   const output = join(dir, 'card.fig')