<select>
  <option>Pure css styled select</option>
  <option>Option 1</option>
  <option>Option 2</option>
  <option>Option 3</option>
</select>
@arrowColor: #ffcc00;
@arrow: escape('@{arrowColor}');

select {  
  background-color:#1F99CD;
  background-image: url(~"data:image/svg+xml;charset=US-ASCII,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20256%20448%22%20enable-background%3D%22new%200%200%20256%20448%22%3E%3Cstyle%20type%3D%22text%2Fcss%22%3E.arrow%7Bfill%3A@{arrow}%3B%7D%3C%2Fstyle%3E%3Cpath%20class%3D%22arrow%22%20d%3D%22M255.9%20168c0-4.2-1.6-7.9-4.8-11.2-3.2-3.2-6.9-4.8-11.2-4.8H16c-4.2%200-7.9%201.6-11.2%204.8S0%20163.8%200%20168c0%204.4%201.6%208.2%204.8%2011.4l112%20112c3.1%203.1%206.8%204.6%2011.2%204.6%204.4%200%208.2-1.5%2011.4-4.6l112-112c3-3.2%204.5-7%204.5-11.4z%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A");
  background-position: right 10px center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: auto 50%;
  border-radius: 2px;
  border: none;
  color: #ffffff;
  padding: 10px 30px 10px 10px;
  
  // disable default appearance
  outline: none;
  -moz-appearance: none;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  appearance: none;
  &::-ms-expand { display: none };
}

// remove dotted firefox border
@-moz-document url-prefix() {
	select {
		color: rgba(0,0,0,0);
		text-shadow: 0 0 0 #ffffff;
	}
}

// Codepen Layout
@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:300,400);
body {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300;
	background: #34495E;
	select {
    margin: 50px auto 0;
    display:block;
  }
}
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