Alignment Issues

Height difference??

by Sascha

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="sv">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>My Little Pony</title>

    <!-- css -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
    <!-- favicon -->
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="img/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
    <!-- fonter -->
    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Open+Sans:wght@400;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">


</head>
<body>

    <div class="left_div">

        <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/My_Little_Pony_G4_logo.svg/1200px-My_Little_Pony_G4_logo.svg.png" alt="My Little Pony Logo">


        <a class="active" href="#">Home</a>
        <a href="#">News</a>
        <a href="#">Contact</a>
        <a href="#">About</a>
      </div>
    
</body>
</html>

CSS

html,
body {
    font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
    background-color: #efefef;
}

body{
    margin: 0;
}

.left_div {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    width: 25%;
    background-color: #fff;
    position: fixed;
    height: 100%;
    overflow: auto;
    text-align: center;
}

.left_div img {
    width: 50%;
    height: auto;
    margin: 2vh 0 2vh 0;
    vertical-align: middle;
}

.left_div a {
    display: block;
    color: black;
    background-color: rgb(217, 50, 141);
    padding: 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
    width: 75%;
    margin: 2vh auto;
    border-radius: 5px;
    color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
    transition: all .2s ease-in-out;
}

.left_div a.active {
    background-color: rgb(65, 29, 100);
    color: white;
}

.left_div a:hover:not(.active) {
    background-color: rgb(153, 22, 94);
    color: white;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 765px) and (max-width: 968px) {
    .left_div {
        width: 100%;
        height: auto;
        position: relative;
        text-align: left;
    }

    .left_div img {
        width: 12.5%;
        height: auto;
        margin: 0 0 0 2vw;
    }

    .left_div a {
        display: inline;
        color: black;
        background-color: rgb(217, 50, 141);
        padding: 16px;
        text-decoration: none;
        margin: 0 auto;
        border-radius: 5px;
        color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
        transition: all .2s ease-in-out;

    }
}

@media screen and (max-width: 765px) {
    .left_div {
        width: 100%;
        height: auto;
        position: relative;
    }
    .left_div a {
        text-align: center;
        float: none;
    }
}