JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div class="crossed">
<div style="text-align:center;">A</div>
<div style="float:left;margin-top:1em;">B</div>
<div style="float:right;margin-top:1em;">C</div>
<div style="text-align:center;margin-top:4em;">D</div>
</div>
CSS
.crossed
{
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background:linear-gradient(to top left,
rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%,
rgba(0,0,0,0) calc(50% - 0.8px),
rgba(0,0,0,1) 50%,
rgba(0,0,0,0) calc(50% + 0.8px),
rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%),
linear-gradient(to top right,
rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%,
rgba(0,0,0,0) calc(50% - 0.8px),
rgba(0,0,0,1) 50%,
rgba(0,0,0,0) calc(50% + 0.8px),
rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);
}