<button>Apply changes</button>
*,
*::before,
*::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  font-family: sans-serif;
}

/**
 * Unperformant ugly color shift just to demonstrate
 * it works with all backgrounds.
 */
@keyframes colorShift {
  0% {
    background-color: #ee9ca7;
  }
  25% {
    background-color: #ffdde1;
  }
  50% {
    background-color: #6dd5fa;
  }
  75% {
    background-color: #fdc830;
  }
  100% {
    background-color: #f37335;
  }
}

body {
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: space-around;
  min-height: 100vh;
  max-width: 20rem;
  animation: colorShift 10s infinite both alternate;
}

button {
  --triangle-offset-top: -6px;
  --triangle-offset-left: 1rem;
  position: relative;
  appearance: none;
  border: 0;
  color: #f8f9fa;
  background-color: transparent;
  padding: 1em 1.5em;
  font-size: inherit;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
}

button:hover {
  --triangle-offset-top: -10px;
}

button:focus {
  outline: none;
}

button:focus::before {
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ff00b4;
}

/**
 * The button background. We need it to be a separate element
 * since we only want to mask the background, not the contents
 * or the other triangle.
 */
button::before {
  content: " ";
  background-color: #212529;
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #232526, #414345);
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: -1;
  -webkit-mask-image: 
    -webkit-linear-gradient(black, black),
    url('data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="22" height="18" viewBox="0 0 22 18"><polygon points="0 0 11 18 22 0 0 0"/></svg>');
  -webkit-mask-size: 
    100% 100%,
    22px 18px;
  -webkit-mask-position:
    top left,
    var(--triangle-offset-left) var(--triangle-offset-top);
  -webkit-mask-repeat: no-repeat;
  -webkit-mask-composite: exclude;
  -webkit-mask-composite: xor;
  transition: all 0.2s;
  border-radius: 3px;
}

/**
 * The pink triangle
 */
button::after {
  content: " ";
  display: block;
  width: 22px;
  height: 18px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  transform: translate(var(--triangle-offset-left), var(--triangle-offset-top));
  background-image: url('data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 22 18"><polygon points="3.57 2 11 14.16 18.43 2 3.57 2" fill="%23ff00b4"/></svg>');
  background-position: top left;
  background-size: 100% 100%;
  z-index: 1;
  transition: all 0.2s;
}

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