h1 {
  padding: 2px;
  background: cyan;
  font:bold,italic;
}
 span {
  background: linear-gradient(102deg, #ffffff00 5%, lightblue 5% 95%, #ffffff00 95%);
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 5px;
  color: #FFF;
  margin-left:30px;
  padding:10px;

}

  

<h1> <span> This is a title <span> </h1>