JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Matt Hopkins
HTML
<ul>
<li>
<span class="item1-class">item 1</span>
<span class="item2-class">item 2</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="item1-class">item 1 needs to be selected</span>
<span class="item2-class">item 2</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="item1-class">item 1</span>
<span class="item2-class">item 2</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="item1-class">item 1</span>
<span class="item2-class">item 2</span>
</li>
</ul>
CSS
li:nth-of-type(2) .item1-class {
color:red;
}