JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by spritle
HTML
<span data-votes="10">votes</span>
<span data-comments="99">comments</span>
SCSS
//colors
$white: #ffffff;
$theme_green: #83d3c9;
$comments_bg: #8bb0cd;
$fontsize: 0.75em;
$shape_height: 2em;
[data-votes]:before {
content: attr(data-votes);
display: inline-block;
font-size: $fontsize;
width: $shape_height;
height: $shape_height;
line-height: $shape_height;
text-align: center;
//Instead of the line below you could use @include border-radius($radius, $vertical-radius)
border-radius: 50%;
background: $theme_green;
vertical-align: middle;
margin-right: 1px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
color: $white;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
[data-comments]:before {
content: attr(data-comments);
display: inline-block;
font-size: $fontsize;
width: $shape_height;
height: $shape_height;
line-height: $shape_height;
text-align: center;
border-radius: 50%;
background: $comments_bg;
vertical-align: middle;
margin-right: 1px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
color: $white;
text-transform: uppercase;
}