Trying to left-align text in a centered element - html

Question

I am trying to achieve what you see at the bottom of the panel in the image below. Each of the 3 items are centered but the text is left aligned.
I have developed the following basic CSS and HTML code. I am trying to use flexbox as much as possible for responsive layout. Anyone have any pure HTML/CSS solution?
I understand that the p tag is a block level element. So what are my options without setting the width of the p tag? Or maybe there is another tag I could use?
The HTML and CSS code I have provided below has the basic structure only.
.panel {
display: flex;
border: 1px solid black;
min-height: 300px;
flex-direction: column;
max-width: 500px;
}
.panel-body {
display: flex;
flex: 1;
flex-flow: row wrap;
justify-content: center;
}
.panel-heading {
padding: 10px 10px;
}
.panel-body div.chart {
flex: 0 0 100%;
min-height: 150px;
background-color: green;
}
.panel-body div {
text-align: center;
flex: auto;
background-color: red;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: space-around;
}
p {
border: 0;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
text-align: left;
}
<div class="panel">
<div class="panel-heading">
HEADING
</div>
<div class="panel-body">
<div class="chart"></div>
<div>
<p>HIGH
<br/>144</p>
</div>
<div>MEDIUM
<br/>2</div>
<div>LOW
<br/>3</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

Just changed styles of .panel-body div. Also there is no need for p tag here, consider removing it from markup. Demo:
.panel {
display: flex;
border: 1px solid black;
min-height: 300px;
flex-direction: column;
max-width: 500px;
}
.panel-body {
display: flex;
flex: 1;
flex-flow: row wrap;
justify-content: center;
}
.panel-heading {
padding: 10px 10px;
}
.panel-body div.chart {
flex: 0 0 100%;
min-height: 150px;
background-color: green;
}
.panel-body div {
/* Take 33.33% width, allow grow and shrink */
flex: 1 1 33.33%;
background-color: red;
/* become a flex-container */
display: flex;
/* align flex-items vertically */
flex-direction: column;
/* center vertically */
justify-content: center;
/* center horizontally */
align-items: center;
}
p {
border: 0;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
text-align: left;
}
<div class="panel">
<div class="panel-heading">
HEADING
</div>
<div class="panel-body">
<div class="chart"></div>
<div>
<p>HIGH
<br/>144</p>
</div>
<div>MEDIUM
<br/>2</div>
<div>LOW
<br/>3</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 2

Try this HTML code:
<div class="panel">
<div class="panel-heading">
HEADING
</div>
<div class="panel-body">
<div class="chart"></div>
<div><p>HIGH<br/>144</p></div>
<div><p>MEDIUM<br/>2</p></div>
<div><p>LOW<br/>3</p></div>
</div>
</div>
It appears that you originally only put the div containing "HIGH" and "144" in a <p> tag, which, according to your css code, is the attribute that is being styled to have left-aligned text. However, the content within the other 2 <div>s were not enclosed within a <p> tag, and so they were not being styled.