JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div class="a">foo<br>bar<br>foobar<br>fo<br>bar<br>foobar<br>foo<br>bar<br>foobar<br>foo<br>bar<br>foobar<br>foo<br>bar<br>foobar</div>
<div class="b">foo<br>bar<br>foobar</div>
<div class="c"></div>
CSS
.a {
background-color: red;
width: 50%;
float: left;
}
.b {
background-color: green;
width: 50%;
float: right;
}
.c {
background-color: blue;
height: 100px;
clear: both;
}