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HTML
<script src="https://raw.github.com/LeaVerou/prefixfree/gh-pages/prefixfree.min.js"></script>
<div class="speech-bubble">
Content
</div>
CSS
.speech-bubble {
background: #999;
background: linear-gradient(top, #444 0%,#999 100%);
background-clip: padding-box;
border: 5px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
padding: 20px;
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
position: relative;
}
.speech-bubble:before{
content: ' ';
border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) transparent transparent;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 17px;
position: absolute;
bottom: -39px;
left: 16px;
}
.speech-bubble:after{
content: ' ';
border-color: #999 transparent transparent;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 13px;
position: absolute;
bottom: -26px;
left: 20px;
}
body {
padding: 20px;
background-color: #026873;
background-image: linear-gradient(0, rgba(255,255,255,.07) 50%, transparent 50%),
linear-gradient(0, rgba(255,255,255,.13) 50%, transparent 50%),
linear-gradient(0, transparent 50%, rgba(255,255,255,.17) 50%),
linear-gradient(0, transparent 50%, rgba(255,255,255,.19) 50%);
background-size: 13px, 29px, 37px, 53px;
/* Included to show that the border is indeed semi-transparent */
/* http://lea.verou.me/css3patterns/#cicada-stripes */
}