JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="content">
    <div class="nav"> 
        <a href="index.php">Home</a>
        <a href="aboutme.php">About Me</a>
        <a href="blog.php">Blog</a>
        <a href="work.php">Work</a>
        <a href="contact.php">Contact</a>
    </div>
</div>

CSS

body {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight: 100;
	font-size: 1em;
	line-height: 1.5;
    background-color: #FF0000;
}
.content {
	width: 70%;
	margin: 0 auto;
	color: #818181;
	text-align: justify;
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
.nav {
	width: 100%;
	margin: 5% 0;
	padding: 0;
}
.nav a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: cornflowerblue;
	font-size: 1.5em;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	display: inline-block;
	margin-right: 1%;
	font-weight: 200;
	padding: 0 1%;
	transition: background 0.4s ease-in-out 0, color 0.4s ease-in-out 0;
	
}
.nav a:hover {
	color: #ffffff;
	background: cornflowerblue;
}
.nav a:first-child {
    margin-left: -1%;
}