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HTML

<!-- White space with Scale -->
<div class="scale"></div>
<div class="scale"></div>

<!-- Whitout Scale -->
<div></div>
<div></div>

CSS

div:nth-of-type(even) { background: blue; }
div:nth-of-type(odd) { background: red; }

div {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
}

.scale {
  transform: scale(0.5);
  transform-origin: top left;
}