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HTML

<div class="title">
<a href="#">HYPERLINK</a>
</div>

CSS

.title a {
display: block;
width: 340px;
height: 338px;
color: black;
background: transparent;
/* TRANSISITION */
transition: background 1s;
-webkit-transition: background 1s;
-moz-transition: background 1s;
-o-transition: background 1s;
  }
  .title a:hover{   background: transparent;
   background: url(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p1nr1fkWKUo/T0zUp5CLO3I/AAAAAAAAAWg/jDiQ0cUBuKA/s800/red-pattern.png) repeat;
/* TRANSISITION */
transition: background 1s;
-webkit-transition: background 1s;
-moz-transition: background 1s;
-o-transition: background 1s;
}