JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by lalatino
HTML
<div class="circle circlealign" value="i">i</div>
CSS
.circle {
width:1.2em;
height:1.2em;
border-radius:50%;
font-size:2em;
color:#fff;
line-height:1.2em; /* must match the height */
text-align:center;
/*background:#2b5f77;*/
font-family: "Times New Roman";
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
font-style: italic;
font-weight: bold;
position: relative;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 90px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 1px;
border-color: #000
background: rgb(167,207,223); /* Old browsers */
/* IE9 SVG, needs conditional override of 'filter' to 'none' */
background: url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(167,207,223,1) 0%, rgba(35,83,138,1) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(167,207,223,1)), color-stop(100%,rgba(35,83,138,1))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(167,207,223,1) 0%,rgba(35,83,138,1) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(167,207,223,1) 0%,rgba(35,83,138,1) 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(167,207,223,1) 0%,rgba(35,83,138,1) 100%); /* IE10+ */
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(167,207,223,1) 0%,rgba(35,83,138,1) 100%); /* W3C */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(...