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HTML

<header class="header">

  <nav class="nav">
    <a href="" class="logo"><img src="logo" alt=""></a>
    <ul class="nav__list">
      <li class="nav__item"><a href="" class="nav__link">link</a></li>
      <li class="nav__item"><a href="" class="nav__link">link</a></li>
      <li class="nav__item"><a href="" class="nav__link">link</a></li>
      <li class="nav__item"><a href="" class="nav__link">link</a></li>
      <li class="nav__item"><a href="" class="nav__link">link</a></li>
    </ul>
  </nav>

</header>

CSS

* {
  box-sizing: inherit;
}

html {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
  margin: 0;
}
.nav {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  width: 80%;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
}
.logo {
  display: block;
  font-size: 0;
  width: 100px;
  height: 50px;
  border: 1px dotted gray;
}

.nav__list {
  display: flex;
  column-gap: 12px;
  list-style-type: none;
}

.nav__link {
  display: block;
  padding: 10px;
  border-radius: 4px;
  background: deepskyblue;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: 0.5s background-color;
}
.nav__link:hover {
  background: darkblue;
}