JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <style type="text/css">
      .content{
        color: red;
        display: inline-block;
        border-width: 2px;
        border-style: solid;
        border-color: yellow;
      }
      .nested{
        color: green;
        display: inline-block;
        border-width: 2px;
        border-style: solid;
        margin: 3px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div class="content">
    Content div. Red text, yellow border.<br>
      <div class="nested">
        Ignores parent border color. Defaults to text color.
      </div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

CSS

.content{
        color: red;
        display: inline-block;
        border-width: 2px;
        border-style: solid;
        border-color: yellow;
      }
      .nested{
        color: green;
        display: inline-block;
        border:inherit;        
        margin: 3px;
      }