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HTML

<table class="myTable">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Col 1</th>
            <th>Col 2</th>
            <th>Col 3</th>
            <th>Col 4</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>td1</td>
              <td>td2</td>
              <td>td3</td>
              <td>td4</td>
        </tr>
        <tr class="highlight">
            <td>td1</td>
              <td>td2</td>
              <td>td3</td>
              <td>td4</td>
        </tr>
        <tr class="highlight">
                <td class="status">td1</td>
              <td>td2</td>
              <td>td3</td>
              <td>td4</td>
        </tr>
           <tr class="highlight">
            <td>td1</td>
              <td>td2</td>
              <td>td3</td>
              <td>td4</td>
        </tr>
           <tr>
            <td>td1</td>
              <td>td2</td>
              <td>td3</td>
              <td>td4</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

CSS

.myTable tr.highlight td.status {
    background-color : red;
}