Reducing HTML semantics of logo graphic - html

Question

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I'm looking for the most hipster way to reduce the HTML semantics (css can be big as necessary) this 4 color logo without using pictures anything can change in the structure. Only requirement is that it works in IE8. I am using selectivr and modernizr so most selector classes and such should work. Additionally, I'm using less css so if you can write like that too.
<ul class="logo">
<li class="webBG"></li>
<li class="designBG"></li>
<li class="videoBG"></li>
<li class="audioBG"></li>
</ul>
CSS
ul.logo{margin: 0 0 0 10px;padding: 0;list-style-type: none;}
ul.logo li{display: inline-block; width:5px;height:5px; padding:0;margin:0; float:left;}
.designBG{background:#00c8e8}
.videoBG{background:#33cc77}
.webBG{background:#ec8544}
.audioBG{background:#E58}
UPDATE FINAL SOLUTION
#boilerplate > div{
margin-left:10px;
width:20px;
height:5px;
/*cross browser definitions follow..*/
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left,
#ec8544 0%, #ec8544 25%,
#00c8e8 26%, #00c8e8 50%,
#33cc77 51%, #33cc77 75%,
#Ee5588 76%, #Ee5588 100%);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left,
#ec8544 0%, #ec8544 25%,
#00c8e8 26%, #00c8e8 50%,
#33cc77 51%, #33cc77 75%,
#Ee5588 76%, #Ee5588 100%);
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,
#ec8544 0%, #ec8544 25%,
#00c8e8 26%, #00c8e8 50%,
#33cc77 51%, #33cc77 75%,
#Ee5588 76%, #Ee5588 100%);
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(left,
#ec8544 0%, #ec8544 25%,
#00c8e8 26%, #00c8e8 50%,
#33cc77 51%, #33cc77 75%,
#Ee5588 76%, #Ee5588 100%);
background-image: linear-gradient(left,
#ec8544 0%, #ec8544 25%,
#00c8e8 26%, #00c8e8 50%,
#33cc77 51%, #33cc77 75%,
#Ee5588 76%, #Ee5588 100%);
}​
HTML
<div></div>

Answer 1

least html possible:
http://jsfiddle.net/VRXjc/7/
Create 1 div
Use CSS Gradients to make the colors
Set Margins, Height and Width to style
HTML:
<div id="logo"></div>
CSS:
#logo{
background: #ec8544; /* Old browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(left, #ec8544 25%, #00c8e8 25%, #00c8e8 50%, #33cc77 50%, #33cc77 75%, #ee5588 75%); /* FF3.6+ */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top, color-stop(25%,#ec8544), color-stop(25%,#00c8e8), color-stop(50%,#00c8e8), color-stop(50%,#33cc77), color-stop(75%,#33cc77), color-stop(75%,#ee5588)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, #ec8544 25%,#00c8e8 25%,#00c8e8 50%,#33cc77 50%,#33cc77 75%,#ee5588 75%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(left, #ec8544 25%,#00c8e8 25%,#00c8e8 50%,#33cc77 50%,#33cc77 75%,#ee5588 75%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(left, #ec8544 25%,#00c8e8 25%,#00c8e8 50%,#33cc77 50%,#33cc77 75%,#ee5588 75%); /* IE10+ */
background: linear-gradient(left, #ec8544 25%,#00c8e8 25%,#00c8e8 50%,#33cc77 50%,#33cc77 75%,#ee5588 75%); /* W3C */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#ec8544', endColorstr='#ee5588',GradientType=1 ); /* IE6-9 */
margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;
width:20px;
height:5px;
}

Answer 2

You can use background linear gradients..
html
<div class="logo"></div>
css
.logo{
margin-left:10px;
width:20px;
height:5px;
/*cross browser definitions follow..*/
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left,
#ec8544 0%, #ec8544 25%,
#00c8e8 26%, #00c8e8 50%,
#33cc77 51%, #33cc77 75%,
#Ee5588 76%, #Ee5588 100%);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left,
#ec8544 0%, #ec8544 25%,
#00c8e8 26%, #00c8e8 50%,
#33cc77 51%, #33cc77 75%,
#Ee5588 76%, #Ee5588 100%);
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,
#ec8544 0%, #ec8544 25%,
#00c8e8 26%, #00c8e8 50%,
#33cc77 51%, #33cc77 75%,
#Ee5588 76%, #Ee5588 100%);
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(left,
#ec8544 0%, #ec8544 25%,
#00c8e8 26%, #00c8e8 50%,
#33cc77 51%, #33cc77 75%,
#Ee5588 76%, #Ee5588 100%);
background-image: linear-gradient(left,
#ec8544 0%, #ec8544 25%,
#00c8e8 26%, #00c8e8 50%,
#33cc77 51%, #33cc77 75%,
#Ee5588 76%, #Ee5588 100%);
}
Demo at http://jsfiddle.net/gaby/yGkhQ/

Answer 3

HTML:
<div id="boilerplate">
<ul>
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
</ul>
</div>
CSS:
div#boilerplate{}
div#boilerplate ul{margin: 0 0 0 10px;padding: 0;list-style-type: none;}
div#boilerplate ul li{display: inline-block; width:5px;height:5px; padding:0;margin:0; float:left;}
div#boilerplate ul li:first-child {background:#00c8e8;}
div#boilerplate ul li:nth-child(2) {background:#33cc77;}
div#boilerplate ul li:nth-child(3) {background:#ec8544;}
div#boilerplate ul li:last-child {background:#E58;}