Parallelograms — with pseudoelements

dabblet.css

/**
 * Parallelograms — with pseudoelements
 */

.button {
	position: relative;
	display: inline-block;
	padding: .5em 1em;
	border: 0; margin: .5em;
	background: transparent;
	color: white;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	text-decoration: none;
	font: bold 200%/1 sans-serif;
}

.button::before {
	content: ''; /* To generate the box */
	position: absolute;
	top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0;
	z-index: -1;
	background: #58a;
	transform: skew(45deg);
}

dabblet.html

<a href="#yolo" class="button"><div>Click me</div></a>
<button class="button"><div>Click me</div></button>

dabblet.js

// alert('Hello world!');

settings.json

{"view":"split","fontsize":"100","seethrough":"","prefixfree":"1","page":"css"}