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HTML

<table>
	<tr>
		<td style="padding:0px;"><span style="height:100%; width:5px; background-color:pink;">&nbsp;</span></td>
		<td>Some content</td>
		<td>Some more content</td>
	</tr>
</table>

CSS

td {padding:15px;}
table {background-color: yellow;}