:nth-last-child()

:nth-last-child(<nth> [of <complex-selector-list>]?) {
  /* ... */
}

:nth-last-child(-n + 3 of li.important) {
}

li.important: nth-last-child(-n + 3);

<table>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>First line</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Second line</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Third line</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Fourth line</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Fifth line</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

table {
  border: 1px solid blue;
}

/* Selects the last three elements */
tr:nth-last-child(-n + 3) {
  background-color: pink;
}

/* Selects every element starting from the second to last item */
tr:nth-last-child(n + 2) {
  color: blue;
}

/* Select only the last second element */
tr:nth-last-child(2) {
  font-weight: 600;
}

<h4>A list of four items (styled):</h4>
<ol>
  <li>One</li>
  <li>Two</li>
  <li>Three</li>
  <li>Four</li>
</ol>

<h4>A list of two items (unstyled):</h4>
<ol>
  <li>One</li>
  <li>Two</li>
</ol>

/* If there are at least three list items,
   style them all */
li:nth-last-child(n + 3),
li:nth-last-child(3) ~ li {
  color: red;
}

<ul>
  <li class="noted">Diego</li>
  <li>Shilpa</li>
  <li class="noted">Caterina</li>
  <li>Jayla</li>
  <li>Tyrone</li>
  <li>Ricardo</li>
  <li class="noted">Gila</li>
  <li>Sienna</li>
  <li>Titilayo</li>
  <li class="noted">Lexi</li>
  <li>Aylin</li>
  <li>Leo</li>
  <li>Leyla</li>
  <li class="noted">Bruce</li>
  <li>Aisha</li>
  <li>Veronica</li>
  <li class="noted">Kyouko</li>
  <li>Shireen</li>
  <li>Tanya</li>
  <li class="noted">Marlene</li>
</ul>

* {
  font-family: sans-serif;
}

ul {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  list-style: none;
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  padding-left: 0;
}

li {
  margin: 0.125rem;
  padding: 0.25rem;
  border: 1px solid tomato;
}

.noted {
  border-bottom: 5px solid tomato;
}

li:nth-last-child(odd of .noted) {
  background-color: tomato;
  border-bottom-color: seagreen;
}