JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<nav id="navigate">

   <h1 class="hidden">Navigation</h1>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="grid_12">
            <ul>
                <div class="grid_3"></div>
                <li><a href="#"><span class="example">HOME</span></a></li>
                <li><a href="#"><span class="example">ABOUT</span></a></li>
                <li><a href="#"><span class="example">PORTFOLIO</span></a></li>
                <li><a href="#"><span class="example">CONTACT</span></a></li>
                <div class="grid_3"></div>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </div>
</nav>

CSS

nav{
background-color:#e1b2ff;
height:67px;
font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;
text-align:center;
font-family: "HelveticaNeue-CondensedBold", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica;
}
li{list-style:none;}

JavaScript

var nav = $('nav').html();

console.log(JSON.stringify(nav));
$.fn.copyCSS = function (source) {
    var dom = $(source).get(0);
    var dest = {};
    var style, prop;
    if (window.getComputedStyle) {
        var camelize = function (a, b) {
                return b.toUpperCase();
        };
        if (style = window.getComputedStyle(dom, null)) {
            var camel, val;
            if (style.length) {
                for (var i = 0, l = style.length; i < l; i++) {
                    prop = style[i];
                    camel = prop.replace(/\-([a-z])/, camelize);
                    val = style.getPropertyValue(prop);
                    dest[camel] = val;
                }
            } else {
                for (prop in style) {
                    camel = prop.replace(/\-([a-z])/, camelize);
                    val = style.getPropertyValue(prop) || style[prop];
                    dest[camel] = val;
                }
            }
            return this.css(dest);
        }
    }
    if (style = dom.currentStyle) {
        for (prop in style) {
            dest[prop] = style[prop];
        }
        return this.css(dest);
    }
    if (style = dom.style) {
        for (prop in style) {
            if (typeof style[prop] != 'function') {
                dest[prop] = style[prop];
            }
        }
    }
    return this.css(dest);
};

$('a').click(function(){
   $(this).copyCSS('nav'); 
});