<!DOCTYPE html> <html><head><title>flexbox | justify-content: space-around / negative</title> <link href="http://opera.com" rel="author" title="Opera Software"> <link href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css-flexbox-1/#propdef-justify-content" rel="help"> <link href="reference/flexbox_justifycontent-spacearound-negative-ref.htm" rel="match"> <style> div { background: blue; margin: 1em 0; border: 1px solid black; height: 8em; width: 17em; display: flex; justify-content: space-around; } span { background: white; margin: 1em; width: 4em; display: inline-block; flex: 0 0 auto; } span:nth-child(1) {background: yellow;} span:nth-child(2) {background: pink;} span:nth-child(3) {background: lightblue;} </style> </head><body><div> <span>one</span> <span>two</span> <span>three</span> </div> </body></html>