JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by danield770

HTML

<div>Some text</div>

CSS

div
{
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
    color:#fff;
}
div:before
{
    content: '';
    display: inline-block;
    margin: auto;
    background: #000;
    width: 100%;
    height: 68%;
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    right: 0;
    z-index: -1;       
}