JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Craig Haywood

HTML

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Droid+Serif:400,700i" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto" rel="stylesheet">
<div class="container">
  <h1>CSS3 Button <span>Hover</span> Effects</h1>
  
  <div class="button-effect">
    <h2>Effect #1</h2>
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  </div>
  
  <div class="button-effect">
    <h2>Effect #2</h2>
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  </div>
  
  <div class="button-effect">
    <h2>Effect #3</h2>
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  </div>
  
   <div class="button-effect">
    <h2>Effect #4</h2>
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CSS

$bg-color: #F1E9DA;
$link-text-color: #fff;
$button-bg-1: #541388;
$button-bg-2: #D90368;
$button-bg-3: #104547;
$button-bg-4: #4F000B;
$button-bg-5: #F28123;
$border-radius: 6px;
$overlay-color: #fff;

/* common styles !!!YOU DON'T NEED THEM */
body {
  background-color: $bg-color;
  
  .container {
    width: 850px;
    margin: 70px auto 0px auto;
    text-align: center;
    
    h1 {
      font: {
        family: 'Droid Serif', serif;
        weight: 400;
        style: normal;
        size: 30px;
      }
      margin-bottom: 30px;
      
      span {
        font: {
          weight: 700;
          style: italic;
        }
        color: #D90368;
        border-bottom: 2px dashed currentColor;
      }
    }
    
    .button-effect {
      padding: 30px 0px; 
      
      h2 {
        font: {
          family: 'Droid Serif', serif;
          size: 20px;
        }
        margin-bottom: 40px;
      }
      
      a {
        margin-right: 17px;
        
        &:nth-child(2) {
          background-color: $button-bg-1;
        }
        
        &:nth-child(3) {
          background-color: $button-bg-2;
        }
        
        &:nth-child(4) {
          background-color: $button-bg-3;
        }
        
        &:nth-child(5) {
          background-color: $button-bg-4;
        }
        
        &:nth-child(6) {
          background-color: $button-bg-5;
        }
        
        &:last-child {
          margin-right: 0px;
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

/* button styles !!!YOU NEED THEM 
!!!ALSO YOU NEED TO ADD FONTWESOME */
  
.effect {
  text-align: center;
  display: inline-block;
  position: relative;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: $link-text-color;
  text-transform: capitalize;
  /* background-color: - add your own background-color */
  font: {
    family: 'Roboto', sans-serif; /* put your font-family */
    size: 18px;
  }
  padding: 20px 0px;
  width: 150px;
  border-radius: $border-radius;
  overflow: hidden;
}

/* effect-1 styles...