An example of hoverable and active pagination with CSS

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      html {
        font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
        font-size: 12px;
      }
      body {
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
      }
      .pager__item {
        display: inline-block;
        vertical-align: top;
        font-size: 15px;
        font-weight: bold;
        margin: 0 2px;
      }
      .pager__item.active .pager__link {
        background-color: #7a0052;
        color: #fff;
        text-decoration: none;
      }
      .pager__link {
        position: relative;
        border-radius: 5px;
        display: block;
        text-align: center;
        width: 30px;
        height: 30px;
        line-height: 30px;
        color: #2f3640;
        text-decoration: none;
        transition: 0.2s;
      }
      .pager__link:hover,
      .pager__link:focus,
      .pager__link:active {
        background-color: #efdcf7;
        color: #fff;
        text-decoration: none;
      }
      @media screen and (max-width: 576px) {
        .pager__item {
          position: absolute;
          top: -9999px;
          left: -9999px;
        }
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div class="wrapper">
      <nav>
        <ul class="pager">
          <li class="pager__item"><a class="pager__link" href="#">&laquo;</a></li>
          <li class="pager__item"><a class="pager__link" href="#">...</a></li>
          <li class="pager__item"><a class="pager__link" href="#">1</a></li>
          <li class="pager__item active"><a class="pager__link" href="#">2</a></li>
          <li class="pager__item"><a class="pager__link" href="#">3</a></li>
          <li class="pager__item"><a class="pager__link" href="#">4</a></li>
          <li class="pager__item"><a class="pager__link" href="#">5</a></li>
          <li class="pager__item"><a class="pager__link" href="#">6</a></li>
          <li class="pager__item"><a class="pager__link" href="#">...</a></li>
          <li class="pager__item"><a class="pager__link" href="#">&raquo;</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>