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  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
  <title>Menu with Notification Badges</title>
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</head>
<body>
  <div class="container">
    <nav>
      <ul>
        <li class="active"><a href="#">Dashboard</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Tasks<span class="badge">4</span></a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Messages<span class="badge green">8</span></a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Settings<span class="badge yellow">15</span></a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Notifications<span class="badge red">16</span></a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Logout</a></li>
      </ul>
    </nav>
  </div>
</body>
</html>
/*
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Thibaut Courouble
 * http://www.cssflow.com
 *
 * Licensed under the MIT License:
 * https://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 *
 * View the Sass/SCSS source at:
 * http://www.cssflow.com/snippets/menu-with-notification-badges/demo/scss
 *
 * Original PSD by Orman Clark: https://goo.gl/AQxlt
 */

@import "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/meyer-reset/2.0/reset.css";

body {
  font: 13px/20px "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
  color: #404040;
  background: #ecedef;
}

.container {
  margin: 80px auto 120px;
  width: 560px;
}

nav {
  height: 26px;
  text-align: center;
}

nav ul {
  border-width: 1px;
  border-style: solid;
  border-color: #d5d5d5 #d2d2d2 #cdcdcd;
  border-radius: 3px;
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: baseline;
  zoom: 1;
  *display: inline;
  *vertical-align: auto;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);
  box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);
}

nav li {
  float: left;
  border-left: 1px solid #d2d2d2;
}

nav li:first-child {
  border-left: 0;
}

nav li:first-child a {
  border-radius: 3px 0 0 3px;
}

nav li:last-child a {
  border-radius: 0 3px 3px 0;
}

nav a {
  display: block;
  position: relative;
  padding: 0 14px;
  height: 26px;
  line-height: 26px;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: #666;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-shadow: 0 1px white;
  background: #fafafa;
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #fcfcfc, #f0f0f0);
  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fcfcfc, #f0f0f0);
  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #fcfcfc, #f0f0f0);
  background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #fcfcfc, #f0f0f0);
  -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px #fafafa;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px #fafafa;
}

nav a:hover {
  color: #333;
  z-index: 2;
  -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px #fafafa, 0 0 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px #fafafa, 0 0 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
}

nav li.active a, nav a:active {
  color: #333;
  background: white;
  -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}

nav .badge {
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  top: -12px;
  right: 3px;
  line-height: 16px;
  height: 16px;
  padding: 0 5px;
  font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
  color: white;
  text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
  border: 1px solid;
  border-radius: 10px;
  -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3), 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3), 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
}

nav .badge {
  background: #67c1ef;
  border-color: #30aae9;
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #acddf6, #67c1ef);
  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #acddf6, #67c1ef);
  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #acddf6, #67c1ef);
  background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #acddf6, #67c1ef);
}

nav .badge.green {
  background: #77cc51;
  border-color: #59ad33;
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #a5dd8c, #77cc51);
  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #a5dd8c, #77cc51);
  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #a5dd8c, #77cc51);
  background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #a5dd8c, #77cc51);
}

nav .badge.yellow {
  background: #faba3e;
  border-color: #f4a306;
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #fcd589, #faba3e);
  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fcd589, #faba3e);
  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #fcd589, #faba3e);
  background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #fcd589, #faba3e);
}

nav .badge.red {
  background: #fa623f;
  border-color: #fa5a35;
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #fc9f8a, #fa623f);
  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fc9f8a, #fa623f);
  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #fc9f8a, #fa623f);
  background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #fc9f8a, #fa623f);
}

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