JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a href="#">awesome</a>

<a class="derp" href="#">awesome</a>

<a href="#">awesome</a>

<a href="#">awesome</a>

<a href="#">awesome</a>

CSS

a {
   color: red;
}
a:hover {
    color: blue;
}
.derp:hover {
color: red;
}