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const e = document.getElementsByClassName('scan')[0];
const hidden = document.getElementsByClassName('hidden')[0];

document.onmousemove = function(event) {
  e.style.left = `${event.clientX}px`; //               ↓ background width (500px) / 2
  hidden.style.setProperty("--pos", `${event.clientX - 250}px`);
};


* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

html,
body {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  display: flex;
}

.banner {
  width: 100vw;
  height: 100vh;
  display: flex;
  flex-grow: 1;
  flex-direction: row;
  align-items: center;
  background-color: #031321;
}

.banner .scan {
  width: 7px;
  height: 80%;
  position: absolute;
  left: 30px;
  z-index: 3;
  transition: left 50ms ease-out 0s;
  border-radius: 15px;
  background-color: #fff;
  box-shadow: 0 0 15px 5px #fff, /* inner white */
  0 0 35px 15px #008cff, /* inner blue */
  0 0 350px 20px #0ff;
  /* outer cyan */
}

.banner .description {
  width: 100%;
  color: white;
  font-size: 3em;
  text-align: center;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -ms-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
}

.hidden {
  background: radial-gradient(dodgerblue 10%, #031321 50%) var(--pos) 50% / 500px 500px no-repeat fixed;
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
}

&lt;div class="banner"&gt;
  &lt;div class="scan"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;div class="description"&gt;
    Just &lt;span class="hidden"&gt;hidden&lt;/span&gt; something
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

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