<li class='menu'><span class="icon-indent">
  <span class="item-text">Learn HTML</span>
</li>

.item-text:hover {
  color: #2693ff;
}

.menu li {
    position: relative;
    padding-left: 3em;
    margin: 0.45em 0;
    list-style: none;
    line-height: 1.8em;
        font-size:20px;
    cursor: pointer;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
        transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
     color: #000000; <-- ADD THIS
 }