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HTML

<nav>
  <a>
    <div>text</div>
  </a>
</nav>

CSS

nav {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
  flex: 1;
}
nav a {
  font-size: 2rem;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  height: 4rem;
  padding: 0rem 0.5rem 0rem 0.5rem;
  border: white 1px solid;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
  background-color: black;
  transition: background-color 0.5s, color 0.5s, height 0.5s;
  border-radius: 0.2rem;
}
nav a div {
  margin: 1rem 0rem 1rem 0rem;
}