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HTML

<div class="module-wrapper">
	<table class="module-table">
		<tr>
			<td class="module"><div class="module-number one-one"><a href="#">1.1</a></div></td>
			<td class="module"><div class="module-number one-two"><a href="#">1.2</a></div></td>
			<td class="module"><div class="module-number one-three"><a href="#">1.3</a></div></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td class="module"><div class="module-number one-four"><a href="#">1.4</a></div></td>
			<td class="module"><div class="module-number one-five"><a href="#">1.5</a></div></td>
			<td class="module"><div class="module-number one-six"><a href="#">1.6</a></div></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td class="module"><div class="module-number one-seven"><a href="#">1.7</a></div></td>
			<td class="module"><div class="module-number one-eight"><a href="#">1.8</a></div></td>
			<td class="module"><div class="module-number one-nine"><a href="#">1.9</a></div></td>
		</tr>
	</table>
</div>

CSS

table.module-table {
	width: 100%;
	border-collapse: collapse;
	border: none;
	text-align: center;
}
table.module-table tr { vertical-align: middle; }
td.module {
	border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0);
	padding: 0;
	width: 33.33%;
	position: relative;
	vertical-align: middle;
}
td.module:after {
	content: '';
	display: block;
	margin-top: 100%;
}
td.module .module-number {
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	bottom: 0;
	left: 0;
	right: 0;
	background: #ccc;
	transition: .5s all;
}
td.module a {
	display: block;
	color: #fff;
	line-height: 1;
	font-size: 55px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
	white-space: nowrap;
}
td.module .module-number.one-one:hover { background: #e11b22; }
td.module .module-number.one-two:hover { background: #c81b74; }
td.module .module-number.one-three:hover { background: #800052; }
td.module .module-number.one-four:hover { background: #46026b; }
td.module .module-number.one-five:hover { background: #7f4e99; }
td.module .module-number.one-six:hover { background: #2a2a86; }
td.module .module-number.one-seven:hover { background: #105bac; }
td.module .module-number.one-eight:hover { background: #00605d; }
td.module .module-number.one-nine:hover { background: #809027; }