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HTML

<div id="cross"></a>

CSS

#cross {
   width: 100px;
   height: 100px;
   position: relative;
  transform:rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform:rotate(45deg); /* IE 9 */
-webkit-transform:rotate(45deg); /* Safari and Chrome */
}

#cross:before, #cross:after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  background: #d00;
}


#cross:after {
  top: 50%;
  height: 30%;
  margin-top: -15%;
  width: 100%;
}