Card Hover Effect

  <main id="main">
    <h1>Card Split Hovers</h1>
    <div class="card" tabindex="0"><img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1535498730771-e735b998cd64?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=687&amp;q=80" alt="A City skyline at sunset"/>
      <div class="text">
        <h2 data-splitting="">The City</h2>
        <p data-splitting="">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Dignissimos excepturi nostrum necessitatibus doloremque? Quasi non molestias odio.  Quasi non molestias odio.</p>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="card" tabindex="0"><img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1586500036706-41963de24d8b?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=687&amp;q=80" alt="A City skyline at sunset"/>
      <div class="text">
        <h2 data-splitting="">The Beach</h2>
        <p data-splitting=""> Quasi non molestias odio. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Dignissimos excepturi nostrum necessitatibus doloremque? Quasi non molestias odio.</p>
      </div>
    </div>
  </main>

:root {
  --cover-timing: 0.5s;
  --cover-ease: cubic-bezier(0.66, 0.08, 0.19, 0.97);
  --cover-stagger: 0.15s;
  --text-timing: .75s;
  --text-stagger: 0.015s;
  --text-ease: cubic-bezier(0.38, 0.26, 0.05, 1.07);
  --title-stagger: 0.05s;
  --highlight: white;
}

.card {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  aspect-ratio: 9/12;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  border-radius: 7px;
  box-shadow: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3) 0 5vw 6vw -8vw, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 0 4.5vw 5vw -6vw, rgba(50, 50, 80, 0.5) 0px 4vw 8vw -2vw, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8) 0px 4vw 5vw -3vw;
  transition: box-shadow 1s var(--cover-ease);
}
.card > * {
  z-index: 2;
}
.card > img {
  z-index: 0;
  transition: all 0.8s cubic-bezier(0.66, 0.08, 0.19, 0.97);
}
.card::before, .card::after {
  content: "";
  width: 100%;
  height: 50%;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  position: absolute;
  transform-origin: left;
  transform: scaleX(0);
  transition: all var(--cover-timing) var(--cover-ease);
  z-index: 1;
}
.card::after {
  transition-delay: var(--cover-stagger);
  top: 50%;
}
.card:hover, .card:focus {
  box-shadow: white 0 5vw 6vw -9vw, var(--highlight) 0 5.5vw 5vw -7.5vw, rgba(50, 50, 80, 0.5) 0px 4vw 8vw -2vw, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8) 0px 4vw 5vw -3vw;
}
.card:hover::before, .card:hover::after, .card:focus::before, .card:focus::after {
  transform: scaleX(1);
}
.card:hover h2 .char, .card:hover p .word, .card:focus h2 .char, .card:focus p .word {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: translateY(0);
  color: inherit;
}
.card:hover h2 .char, .card:focus h2 .char {
  transition-delay: calc(0.1s + var(--char-index) * var(--title-stagger));
}
.card:hover p .word, .card:focus p .word {
  transition-delay: calc(0.1s + var(--word-index) * var(--text-stagger));
}
.card:hover img, .card:focus img {
  transform: scale(1.1);
}
.card:nth-of-type(1) {
  --highlight: coral;
}
.card:nth-of-type(2) {
  --highlight: #56ffe5;
}

.text {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 20px;
  top: auto;
}

h2 {
  font-size: 30px;
  font-size: clamp(20px, 4vw, 40px);
  font-weight: 800;
  margin-bottom: 0.2em;
}

p {
  font-size: 12px;
  font-size: clamp(10px, 1.25vw, 14px);
  line-height: 1.4;
  text-align: justify;
  margin-top: 0.2em;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

h2 .char,
p .word {
  color: var(--highlight);
  display: inline-block;
  opacity: 0;
  position: relative;
  transform: translateY(20px);
  transition-property: transform, opacity, color;
  transition-timing-function: var(--text-ease);
  transition-duration: var(--text-timing), var(--text-timing), calc(var(--text-timing)*2);
}

img {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  -o-object-fit: cover;
     object-fit: cover;
  border-radius: 7px;
}

main {
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  grid-template-rows: 60px;
  grid-gap: 2em;
}
@media screen and (min-width: 600px) {
  main {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    grid-template-rows: -webkit-min-content 1fr;
    grid-template-rows: min-content 1fr;
  }
}

.card {
  width: 90vw;
  max-width: 300px;
}
@media screen and (min-width: 600px) {
  .card {
    width: 40vw;
  }
}

h1 {
  color: #5b6377;
  font-weight: 100;
}
@media screen and (min-width: 600px) {
  h1 {
    grid-column: 1/3;
  }
}

body, main {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
}

body, html {
  color: white;
  background: #333844;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  min-height: 100vh;
  font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
}

body {
  padding: 1em 0 3em;
  min-height: calc(100vh - 4em);
}