JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div class='a'>
dasdsa
<div class='b'>
dsadas
<div class='a'>
dsadasdas
<div class='b'>
dsadadasd
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
.a>:not(.b){ color: red;}
.b{ color: green;}