First letter selection color issue

[alex-bacart]

What version of Tailwind CSS are you using?

3.2.6, 3.2.7

What build tool (or framework if it abstracts the build tool) are you using?

postcss 8.4.21, CDN

What version of Node.js are you using?

v19.6.1

What browser are you using?

Chrome

What operating system are you using?

macOS

Reproduction URL

https://play.tailwindcss.com/2NJ0LlnCWE

Describe your issue

Follow provided Tailwind Play link and select the text.

Chrome - first letter is selected with default color.
Safari - first letter isn't selected at all.
Firefox - everything is ok.

[adamwathan]

Hey! Unfortunately this isn't something we have any control over, this is just what browsers do even if you write this out as totally vanilla CSS yourself:

https://jsfiddle.net/eknz8rys/

Best luck is probably reporting this as a bug in Webkit and Chromium I'm afraid 🙁