:root {
  --color-primary: #27AE60;
  --color-secondary: #2C3E50;
  --color-background: #ECF0F1;
  --color-footer-bg: #34495E;
  --color-button: #27AE60;
  --color-text-dark: #2C3E50;
  --color-text-light: #ECF0F1;
  --color-accent-1: #ECF0F1;
  --color-accent-2: #FFFFFF;
  --color-accent-3: #F8FBFB;
  --color-accent-4: #DDF0FF;

  --font-family-heading: 'Poppins', sans-serif;
  --font-family-body: 'Lato', sans-serif;

  --spacing-unit: 0.5rem;
  --border-radius-base: 0.6rem;
  --box-shadow-light: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
  --box-shadow-medium: 0 8px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12);
  --transition-speed: 0.3s ease-in-out;
}

/* Import Google Fonts */
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Lato:wght@300;400;700&family=Poppins:wght@600;700&display=swap');

/* Base Styles */
html {
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
  font-size: 16px;
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  font-family: var(--font-family-body);
  color: var(--color-text-dark);
  background-color: var(--color-background);
  line-height: 1.6;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
  font-family: var(--font-family-heading);
  color: var(--color-secondary);
  line-height: 1.2;
  margin-top: 1.5em;
  margin-bottom: 0.8em;
}

h1 {
  font-size: 3.2rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: -0.03em;
}

h2 {
  font-size: 2.4rem;
  font-weight: 700;
}

h3 {
  font-size: 1.8rem;
  font-weight: 600;
}

h4 {
  font-size: 1.4rem;
  font-weight: 600;
}

p {
  margin-bottom: 1em;
  font-size: 1.1rem;
}

a {
  color: var(--color-primary);
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: color var(--transition-speed);
}

a:hover {
  color: var(--color-secondary);
  text-decoration: underline;
}

ul, ol {
  margin-bottom: 1em;
  padding-left: 1.5em;
}

li {
  margin-bottom: 0.5em;
}

/* Utility Classes (Custom, not conflicting with Tailwind) */
.container {
  max-width: 1200px;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  padding-left: 1.5rem;
  padding-right: 1.5rem;
}

.section-padding {
  padding-top: 4rem;
  padding-bottom: 4rem;
}

.text-center {
  text-align: center;
}

.text-primary {
  color: var(--color-primary);
}

.text-secondary {
  color: var(--color-secondary);
}

/* Buttons */
.btn {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  padding: 0.9rem 1.8rem;
  border-radius: var(--border-radius-base);
  font-family: var(--font-family-heading);
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  cursor: pointer;
  border: none;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: all var(--transition-speed);
  box-shadow: var(--box-shadow-light);
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.btn-primary {
  background-color: var(--color-button);
  color: var(--color-text-light);
}

.btn-primary:hover {
  background-color: #229954; /* Slightly darker primary */
  transform: translateY(-2px);
  box-shadow: var(--box-shadow-medium);
}

.btn-secondary {
  background-color: var(--color-secondary);
  color: var(--color-text-light);
}

.btn-secondary:hover {
  background-color: #233446; /* Slightly darker secondary */
  transform: translateY(-2px);
  box-shadow: var(--box-shadow-medium);
}

.btn-outline {
  background-color: transparent;
  color: var(--color-primary);
  border: 2px solid var(--color-primary);
  box-shadow: none;
}

.btn-outline:hover {
  background-color: var(--color-primary);
  color: var(--color-text-light);
  transform: translateY(-2px);
  box-shadow: var(--box-shadow-light);
}

/* Cards */
.card {
  background-color: var(--color-accent-2);
  border-radius: var(--border-radius-base);
  box-shadow: var(--box-shadow-light);
  padding: 2rem;
  transition: transform var(--transition-speed), box-shadow var(--transition-speed);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: space-between;
}

.card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-5px);
  box-shadow: var(--box-shadow-medium);
}

/* Forms */
.form-group {
  margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
}

.form-label {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--color-secondary);
  font-size: 0.95rem;
}

.form-input,
.form-textarea,
.form-select {
  width: 100%;
  padding: 0.8rem 1rem;
  border: 1px solid #D1D5DB;
  border-radius: var(--border-radius-base);
  font-family: var(--font-family-body);
  font-size: 1rem;
  color: var(--color-text-dark);
  background-color: var(--color-accent-2);
  transition: border-color var(--transition-speed), box-shadow var(--transition-speed);
  box-sizing: border-box; /* Ensures padding doesn't increase total width */
}

.form-input:focus,
.form-textarea:focus,
.form-select:focus {
  outline: none;
  border-color: var(--color-primary);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(39, 174, 96, 0.25);
}

.form-textarea {
  min-height: 120px;
  resize: vertical;
}

/* Alpine.js specific styles for transitions */
[x-cloak] { display: none !important; }

.fade-enter-active, .fade-leave-active {
  transition: opacity var(--transition-speed);
}
.fade-enter, .fade-leave-to {
  opacity: 0;
}

.slide-up-enter-active, .slide-up-leave-active {
  transition: all var(--transition-speed);
}
.slide-up-enter, .slide-up-leave-to {
  opacity: 0;
  transform: translateY(10px);
}

/* Section Backgrounds */
.section-bg-1 {
  background-color: var(--color-accent-1);
}

.section-bg-2 {
  background-color: var(--color-accent-2);
}

.section-bg-3 {
  background-color: var(--color-accent-3);
}

.section-bg-4 {
  background-color: var(--color-accent-4);
}

/* Footer Specific Styles */
.footer {
  background-color: var(--color-footer-bg);
  color: var(--color-text-light);
  padding: 3rem 0;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 0.9rem;
}

.footer a {
  color: var(--color-primary);
}

.footer a:hover {
  color: var(--color-text-light);
  text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Responsive Adjustments */
@media (max-width: 768px) {
  h1 {
    font-size: 2.5rem;
  }

  h2 {
    font-size: 2rem;
  }

  h3 {
    font-size: 1.5rem;
  }

  .btn {
    padding: 0.8rem 1.5rem;
    font-size: 1rem;
  }

  .section-padding {
    padding-top: 3rem;
    padding-bottom: 3rem;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 480px) {
  h1 {
    font-size: 2rem;
  }

  h2 {
    font-size: 1.7rem;
  }

  p {
    font-size: 1rem;
  }

  .container {
    padding-left: 1rem;
    padding-right: 1rem;
  }
}

/* Custom Visual Flair: Fresh, Airy Minimalism with Subtle Depth */

/* Subtle Glassmorphism for cards or specific elements */
.glass-effect {
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);
  backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
  box-shadow: 0 4px 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}

/* Modern, crisp borders with a slight inner shadow for emphasis */
.input-field-modern {
  border: 1px solid #D8E2E7;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.06);
}
.input-field-modern:focus {
  border-color: var(--color-primary);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(39, 174, 96, 0.15), inset 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.06);
}

/* Animated underline for links */
.link-animated-underline {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--color-primary);
}

.link-animated-underline::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  transform: scaleX(0);
  height: 2px;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  background-color: var(--color-primary);
  transform-origin: bottom right;
  transition: transform 0.25s ease-out;
}

.link-animated-underline:hover::after {
  transform: scaleX(1);
  transform-origin: bottom left;
}
.link-animated-underline:hover {
  color: var(--color-secondary);
}

/* Gradient text effect for prominent headings */
.heading-gradient {
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--color-primary) 0%, var(--color-secondary) 100%);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  background-clip: text;
  text-fill-color: transparent;
}

/* Subtle background pattern for some sections */
.section-pattern-subtle {
  background-image: url('data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg width="60" height="60" viewBox="0 0 60 60" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"%3E%3Cg fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"%3E%3Cg fill="%239BAAB1" fill-opacity="0.1"%3E%3Cpath d="M36 34v-4h-2v4h-4v2h4v4h2v-4h4v-2h-4zm0-30V0h-2v4h-4v2h4v4h2V6h4V4h-4zM6 34v-4H4v4H0v2h4v4h2v-4h4v-2H6zM6 4V0H4v4H0v2h4v4h2V6h4V4H6z"/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E');
  background-repeat: repeat;
  background-size: 60px 60px;
}

/* Custom scrollbar for a cleaner look */
::-webkit-scrollbar {
  width: 8px;
  height: 8px;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
  background: var(--color-background);
  border-radius: 10px;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
  background: var(--color-primary);
  border-radius: 10px;
  border: 2px solid var(--color-background);
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
  background: var(--color-secondary);
}

/* Focus states for accessibility and visual consistency */
*:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid var(--color-primary);
  outline-offset: 3px;
  border-radius: var(--border-radius-base);
}
/* Remove default outline for elements that have custom focus styling */
input:focus, textarea:focus, select:focus, button:focus, a:focus {
  outline: none;
}
/* Re-apply focus-visible for keyboard users */
input:focus-visible, textarea:focus-visible, select:focus-visible, button:focus-visible, a:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid var(--color-primary);
  outline-offset: 3px;
  border-radius: var(--border-radius-base);
}<ctrl63>


/* Cookie Banner Additional Styles for Tailwind */
.cookie-banner-hover-effect:hover {
    transform: translateY(-1px);
    box-shadow: 0 4px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
    .cookie-banner-hover-effect:hover {
        transform: none;
    }
}