JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<ul>
<li>list item 1</li>
<li>list item 2</li>
<li>list item 3</li>
<li>list item 4</li>
<li>list item 5</li>
</ul>
JavaScript
$('li:eq(1)').css('color', 'blue');
$('li').eq(2).css('color', 'red');
$('li').click(function(){
this.innerHTML = $(this).index();
});