[css] CSS3 animate border color

I want to animate borders of an element using CSS3, whether it's in hover state or normal state. Can someone provide me a code snippet for this or can guide?

I can do this using jQuery but looking for some pure CSS3 solution.

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You can try this also...

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button {
  background: none;
  border: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  margin: 1em;
  padding: 1em 2em;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f45e61;
  color: #f45e61;
  font-size: inherit;
  font-weight: 700;
  vertical-align: middle;
  position: relative;
}
button::before, button::after {
  box-sizing: inherit;
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

.draw {
  -webkit-transition: color 0.25s;
  transition: color 0.25s;
}
.draw::before, .draw::after {
  border: 2px solid transparent;
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
}
.draw::before {
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
}
.draw::after {
  bottom: 0;
  right: 0;
}
.draw:hover {
  color: #60daaa;
}
.draw:hover::before, .draw:hover::after {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}
.draw:hover::before {
  border-top-color: #60daaa;
  border-right-color: #60daaa;
  -webkit-transition: width 0.25s ease-out, height 0.25s ease-out 0.25s;
  transition: width 0.25s ease-out, height 0.25s ease-out 0.25s;
}
.draw:hover::after {
  border-bottom-color: #60daaa;
  border-left-color: #60daaa;
  -webkit-transition: border-color 0s ease-out 0.5s, width 0.25s ease-out 0.5s, height 0.25s ease-out 0.75s;
  transition: border-color 0s ease-out 0.5s, width 0.25s ease-out 0.5s, height 0.25s ease-out 0.75s;
}
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<section class="buttons">
  <button class="draw">Draw</button>
</section>
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You can use a CSS3 transition for this. Have a look at this example:

http://jsfiddle.net/ujDkf/1/

Here is the main code:

#box {
  position : relative;
  width : 100px;
  height : 100px;
  background-color : gray;
  border : 5px solid black;
  -webkit-transition : border 500ms ease-out;
  -moz-transition : border 500ms ease-out;
  -o-transition : border 500ms ease-out;
  transition : border 500ms ease-out;
}

#box:hover {
   border : 10px solid red;   
}

If you need the transition to run infinitely, try the below example:

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#box {_x000D_
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  background-color: gray;_x000D_
  border: 5px solid black;_x000D_
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#box:hover {_x000D_
  border-color: red;_x000D_
  animation-name: flash_border;_x000D_
  animation-duration: 2s;_x000D_
  animation-timing-function: linear;_x000D_
  animation-iteration-count: infinite;_x000D_
  -webkit-animation-name: flash_border;_x000D_
  -webkit-animation-duration: 2s;_x000D_
  -webkit-animation-timing-function: linear;_x000D_
  -webkit-animation-iteration-count: infinite;_x000D_
  -moz-animation-name: flash_border;_x000D_
  -moz-animation-duration: 2s;_x000D_
  -moz-animation-timing-function: linear;_x000D_
  -moz-animation-iteration-count: infinite;_x000D_
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@keyframes flash_border {_x000D_
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    border-color: red;_x000D_
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  100% {_x000D_
    border-color: red;_x000D_
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@-webkit-keyframes flash_border {_x000D_
  0% {_x000D_
    border-color: red;_x000D_
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  50% {_x000D_
    border-color: black;_x000D_
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  100% {_x000D_
    border-color: red;_x000D_
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@-moz-keyframes flash_border {_x000D_
  0% {_x000D_
    border-color: red;_x000D_
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  50% {_x000D_
    border-color: black;_x000D_
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  100% {_x000D_
    border-color: red;_x000D_
  }_x000D_
}
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<div id="box">roll over me</div>
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