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HTML

<div class="magic">WOW</div>

CSS

.magic { background: navy; color: white; width: 200px; height: 50px; line-height: 50px; }
.magic:before {
    content: '.';
    float: left;
    width: 0;
    height: 0;
    border-top: 25px solid transparent;
    border-left: 25px solid white;
    border-bottom: 25px solid transparent;
}