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HTML

<header>
  <div class="inner">
    <div> 
      <a class="logo" href="Home.html">W </a>
    </div>
    <nav role='navigation'>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="me.html">ME</a></li>
        <li><a href="cv.html">CV</a></li>
        <li><a href="rd.html">RD</a></li>
        <li><a href="av.html">AV</a></li>
        <li><a href="rr.html">RR</a></li>
      </ul>
    </nav>  
  </div>
</header>
<section>
  <div class="inner">
    <h1>about me</h1>
    <p><span> A work in progress.</span>
    </p>
  </div>
</section>

CSS

* {
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box; 
  -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; 
  box-sizing: border-box;
  font-family: 'Raleway Webfont';
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  height: 4000px;
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

ul, li, h1, h2, p, a, .logo {
  font-family: 'Raleway Webfont';
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: black;
  font-weight: 200;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

header {
  position: fixed;
  width: 100%;
  padding-top: 0px;
  background: #e5e5e5;
  transition:.25s;
  z-index: 100; 
  border-bottom-style: solid;
  border-width: 1px;
  box-shadow: 0 0 15px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.9);
}

.inner {
  width: 800px;
  position: relative;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

nav {
  overflow: hidden;
}

nav ul {
  float: right;
}

nav li {
  display: inline;
  float: left;
  list-style: none;
}

nav a {
  display: inline-block;
  color: #fff;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 25px 15px;
  transition:.25s;
}

nav a:hover  {
      margin: -8px 0 0 0;
}

nav ul li:first-child a {  
  background:#b7b7b7 !important;
}
nav ul li:nth-child(2) a {  
  background:#a0a0a0 !important;
}
nav ul li:nth-child(3) a {  
  background:#898989 !important;
}
nav ul li:nth-child(4) a {  
  background:#727272 !important;
}
nav ul li:nth-child(5) a {  
  background:#5b5b5b !important;
}

nav ul li:first-child:hover header  {
  background: #b7b7b7;  
}
nav ul li:nth-child(2):hover header {
  background: #a0a0a0;
}
nav ul li:nth-child(3):hover header {
  background: #898989;
}
nav ul li:nth-child(4):hover header {
  background: #727272;
}
nav ul li:nth-child(5):hover header {
  background: #5b5b5b;
}

.logo {
  float: left;
  color: #000;
  font-size: 30px;
  font-weight: 300;
  text-decoration: none;
  line-height: 70px;
}

section .inner {
  padding-top: 125px;
}

p {
  padding-top: 25px;
  font-weight: 400;
}

h1 {
  text-align: center;
}

JavaScript

$('[role=navigation] a').hover(function(){
  $(this).closest('header').css('background-color', $(this).css('background-color'));
},function(){
  $(this).closest('header').css('background-color', '#e5e5e5');
});