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HTML

<ul id="menu">
<li><a href="#"class="c_active">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Self Help</a></li>
</ul>

CSS

#menu {
  list-style-type: none;
  position: absolute;
  /*right:0px;*/
  top:80px;
  width: 100%;
  margin:0;
  padding:0;
  margin-top:-10px;
  margin-left:28%;
  margin-right:65px;
}


#menu li {
    float: left;
}


#menu a.c_active {
    background: blue url(http://i.stack.imgur.com/h9tDF.jpg);
    height:auto!important;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}
#menu li a {
    background: grey;
    border-radius: 10px;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    display: block;
    font-weight: bold;
    height: 24px;
    margin-left: 5px;
    padding-left: 5px;
    padding-right: 5px;
    padding-top: 12px;
    text-align: center;
    text-decoration: none;
    width: 120px;
}


#menu a:hover {
  color: #fff;
  background: silver url(http://i.stack.imgur.com/FNFWi.jpg);
    
}