JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a href="#"> click me </a>

<div id="contactColumn">
    Some lorem ipsum content here
</div>

CSS

#contactColumn {
    height: 200px;
    width: 300px;
}

JavaScript

$("a").click(function(e) { 
    e.preventDefault();
    for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++ ) {
        $("#contactColumn")
            .animate( { backgroundColor: "#f00" }, 2000 )
            .animate( { backgroundColor: "transparent" }, 2000 );
    }
});