<button type="button" class="btn-close">
  <span class="icon-cross"></span>
  <span class="visually-hidden">Close</span>
</button>

<span class="cross-stand-alone"></span>

<span class="cross-1px"></span>
@use 'sass:math';

// Display a cross with CSS only.
//
// $size  : px or em
// $color : color
// $thickness : px
@mixin cross($size: 20px, $color: currentColor, $thickness: 1px) {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border: 0;
  background: none;
  position: relative;
  width: $size;
  height: $size;

  &:before,
  &:after {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    top: math.div($size - $thickness, 2);
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    height: $thickness;
    background: $color;
    border-radius: $thickness;
  }

  &:before {
    transform: rotate(45deg);
  }

  &:after {
    transform: rotate(-45deg);
  }

  span {
    display: block;
  }

}


// Example 1.
.btn-close {
  margin: 0;
  border: 0;
  padding: 0;
  background: hsl(216, 100, 50);
  border-radius: 50%;
  width: 80px;
  height: 80px;
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: column nowrap;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: all 150ms;
  
  .icon-cross {
    @include cross(40px, #fff, 6px);   
  }
  
  &:hover,
  &:focus {
    transform: rotateZ(90deg);
    background: hsl(216, 100, 40);
  }

}

// Example 2.
.cross-stand-alone {
  @include cross(40px, #000, 4px);  
}


// Example 3.
.cross-1px {
  @include cross(80px, #000);  
}


// Demo styles.

body {
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: row nowrap;
  justify-content: space-around;
  align-items: center;
  align-content: flex-start;
  height: 100vh;
}


// For screen readers.
.visually-hidden {
  position: absolute !important;
  clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);
  padding: 0 !important;
  border: 0 !important;
  height: 1px !important;
  width: 1px !important;
  overflow: hidden;
}
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