Simple text hover effect

index.html

<main>
    <div class="container">
      <p class="main-paragraph">Hover me!</p>
    </div>
  </main>

Simple text hover effect.markdown

Simple text hover effect

Simple text hover effect with css

A Pen by Antonija Šimić on CodePen.

License.

style.css

@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Source+Sans+Pro);

html,
body {
  height: 100%;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  width: 100%;
  display: flex;
  -webkit-justify-content: center;
  justify-content: center;
  -webkit-align-items: center;
  align-items: center;
  background-color: #1BA39C;
  font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Arial;
}

.main-paragraph {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 20px;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #2C3E50;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
  -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
  font-size: 5em;
  font-weight: 600;
}

.main-paragraph:after {
  content: "";
  height: 3%;
  left: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 1px;
  position: absolute;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease;
  -moz-transition: all 0.5s ease;
  -ms-transition: all 0.5s ease;
  -o-transition: all 0.5s ease;
  transition: all 0.5s ease;
  z-index: -1;
  background: transparent;
  right: 0;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.main-paragraph:hover {
  border-bottom: 0px;
  color: #fff;
  -webkit-transition: all .8s ease;
  -moz-transition: all .8s ease;
  -ms-transition: all .8s ease;
  -o-transition: all .8s ease;
  transition: all .8s ease;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.main-paragraph:hover:after {
  width: 100%;
  background: #fff;
}