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HTML

<div style="z-index: 1"></div>

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<div></div>

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<div></div>

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<div></div>

CSS

body { padding: 100px; }

div {
   position: relative;
   background: red;
   width: 100px;
   height: 100px;    
}

div:before {
    position: absolute;
    background: blue;
    width: 100px;
    height: 100px;  
    z-index: -1;
    content: "";
    left: -5px;
    top: -5px;
}