before after

doing some experiment use

by sarfarazdesigner

HTML

<header>
  <h1>Some title</h1>
</header>

CSS

header{ 
  display:table;
  text-align:center; 
  width:50%; 
}
header:before, header:after{ 
  content:'';
  display:table-cell; 
  background:red; 
  width:50%;
  border-radius:5px; 
}
header > h1{ white-space:pre; padding:0 10px; }