SCSS

by joshmoto

HTML

<ul class="first-list">
    <li><a href="#"><i class="icon icon-home"></i> First item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#"><i class="icon icon-linkedin"></i> Second item</a></li>
</ul>

<ul class="second-list">
    <li><a href="#"><i class="icon icon-home"></i> First item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#"><i class="icon icon-linkedin"></i> Second item</a></li>
</ul>

<ul class="third-list">
    <li><a href="#"><i class="icon icon-home"></i> First item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#"><i class="icon icon-linkedin"></i> Second item</a></li>
</ul>

CSS

:root {
  --DodgerBlue: #1E90FF;
  --MediumSlateBlue: #7B68EE;
}

ul {
  padding: 0;
}

.first-list {
  font-size: 1rem;
}

.second-list {
  font-size: 1.5rem;
}

.third-list {
  font-size: 2rem;
}

li {
  list-style: none;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

li a {
  color: var(--DodgerBlue);
  text-decoration: none;
}

.icon {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 1.25em;
}

.icon::before {
  background: var(--DodgerBlue);
  content: '&nbsp;';
  width: 100%;
  display: inline-block;
  mask-repeat: no-repeat;
  -webkit-mask-repeat: no-repeat;
  mask-size: auto 100%;
  -webkit-mask-size: auto 100%;
  mask-position: center;
  -webkit-mask-position: center;
}

li:hover a {
  color: var(--MediumSlateBlue);
}

li:hover a .icon::before {
  background: var(--MediumSlateBlue);
}

.icon-home::before {
  --IconHome: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='20' height='20' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' stroke='black' stroke-width='2' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round'%3E%3Cpath d='M3 9l9-7 9 7v11a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2z'%3E%3C/path%3E%3Cpolyline points='9 22 9 12 15 12 15 22'%3E%3C/polyline%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  mask-image: var(--IconHome);
  -webkit-mask-image: var(--IconHome);
}

.icon-linkedin::before {
  --IconLinkedin: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='16' height='16' fill='black' viewBox='0 0 16 16'%3E%3Cpath d='M0 1.146C0 .513.526 0 1.175 0h13.65C15.474 0 16 .513 16 1.146v13.708c0 .633-.526 1.146-1.175 1.146H1.175C.526 16 0 15.487 0 14.854V1.146zm4.943 12.248V6.169H2.542v7.225h2.401m-1.2-8.212c.837 0 1.358-.554 1.358-1.248-.015-.709-.52-1.248-1.342-1.248-.822 0-1.359.54-1.359 1.248 0 .694.521 1.248 1.327 1.248h.016zm4.908 8.212V9.359c0-.216.016-.432.08-.586.173-.431.568-.878 1.232-.878.869 0 1.216.662 1.216 1.634v3.865h2.401V9.25c0-2.22-1.184-3.252-2.764-3.252-1.274 0-1.845.7-2.165 1.193v.025h-.016a5.54 5.54 0 0 1 .016-.025V6.169h-2.4c.03.678 0 7.225 0 7.225h2.4' /%3E%3C/svg%3E");
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