a.text {
  color: #444;
  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 white;
  text-decoration: none;
  display: inline-block;
  position: relative;
/* padding: 0 .2em; */
  transition: all 250ms;
  z-index: 1000;
}
a.text:before {
  content: "" !important;
  z-index: -1;
  width: 100%;
  height: 0%;
  background: rgba(124, 161, 216, 0.16);
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  position: absolute;
  transition: height 250ms;
}
a.text span {
  border-bottom: 1px dashed #6893d3;
}
a:hover.text span {
  border-color: transparent;
}
a:hover.text {
  color: #366bb8;
}
a:hover.text:before {
  height: 100%;
}