cool button

by Vince Richter

HTML

<html>

  <head>
    <title>button hover effect</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
  </head>

  <body>
    <a href="#">
  <span></span>
  <span></span>
  <span></span>
  <span></span>
button
</a>
  </body>

</html>

CSS

body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

a {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  width: 180px;
  height: 60px;
  line-height: 60px;
  text-align: center;
  color: #000;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 24px;
  letter-spacing: 2px;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  transition: .5s;
}

a.before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: #000;
  z-index: -1;
  transform: scale(0);
  transition: .5s;
}

a.hover.before
{
  transform: scale(0);
}