.buttons {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
      flex-wrap: wrap;
    justify-content: center;
    text-align: center;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0 auto;
  /*   padding: 2em 0em; */
  }

  .btn {
    letter-spacing: 0.1em;
    cursor: pointer;
    font-size: 14px;
    font-weight: 200;
    line-height: 20px;
    
    position: relative;          
    text-decoration: none;
    text-transform: uppercase;              
    width: 100%;
  }
  .btn:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
  }

  .btn + .btn {
    margin-left: 20px;
  }
  /*btn_background*/
  .effect01 {
    color: #2b498e;
    border: 4px solid #2b498e;
    box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 1px #2b498e inset;
    background-color: #FFF;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
    transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
  }
  .effect01:hover {
    color: #FFF;          
    border: 4px solid #2b498e;
    background-color: #2b498e;        
    box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 4px #2b498e inset;
  }

  /*btn_text*/
  .effect01 span {
    transition: all 0.2s ease-out;
    z-index: 2;
  }
  .effect01:hover span{
    letter-spacing: 0.13em;
    color: #FFF;
  }

  /*highlight*/
  .effect01:after {
    background: #2b498e;
    border: 0px solid #c92d18;
    content: "";
    height: 155px;
    left: -75px;
    opacity: .8;
    position: absolute;
    top: -50px;
    -webkit-transform: rotate(35deg);
        transform: rotate(35deg);
    width: 50px;
    transition: all 1s cubic-bezier(0.075, 0.82, 0.165, 1);/*easeOutCirc*/
    z-index: 1;
  }
  .effect01:hover:after {
    background: #2b498e;
    border: 20px solid #c92d18;
    opacity: 0;
    left: 120%;
    -webkit-transform: rotate(40deg);
        transform: rotate(40deg);
  }