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HTML

<table>
    <tr>
        <td class="top">
            top<br />
            top<br />
            top<br />
            top<br />
            top<br />
            top<br />
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr><td class="middle">middle</td></tr>
    <tr><td class="bottom">bottom</td></tr>
</table>

CSS

table {
    height: 400px;
}
td.top {
    background: green;
}
td.middle {
    background: red;
}
td.bottom {
    background: yellow;
}