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HTML

<nav>
	<ul>
		<li class="active">
			<div class="svg-container">
				<img class="svg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/Heckert_GNU_white.svg"/>
			</div>
			<span>Dashboard</span>
			<a href="#">Dashboard</a>
		</li>
		<li>
			<div class="svg-container">
				<img class="svg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/Heckert_GNU_white.svg" />
			</div>
			<span>Users</span>
			<a href="#">Users</a>
		</li>
	</ul>
</nav>

CSS

nav {
	width: 100%;
	background: #202125;
	box-shadow: 0px 1px 0px 0px #2C2E32;
	padding: 0;
	overflow: hidden;
}

nav ul {
	list-style: none;
	overflow: hidden;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

nav ul li {
	float: left;
	position: relative;
	padding: 20px 0;
	width: 120px;
	text-align: center;
}

nav ul li.active {
	background: #F5A623;
}

svg path {
	fill: #fff !important;
}

nav ul li .svg-container {
	width: 20px;
	height: 10px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 auto;
}

nav ul li img {
	display: block;
	margin: 0 auto;
	padding: 0 auto;
	width: 100%;
}

nav ul li span {
	display: inline-block;
	color: #fff;
	padding-top: 10px;
}

nav ul li a {
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	height: 80px;
	width: 120px;
	text-indent: -5000em;
}