JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div>
<p>first</p>
<p>second</p>
<p>third</p>
</div>
JavaScript
$("div p:nth-child(1)").css('background','red');
$("div p:nth-child(2)").css('background','blue');
$("div p:nth-child(3)").css('background','yellow');