/* ==========================================================================
   OPTIMAL — Home page prototype stylesheet
   Shared by index-ar.html (dir="rtl", primary) and index-en.html (dir="ltr")
   Brand tokens confirmed in /optimal/brand-tokens.md — navy/teal/off-white/gray.
   Written entirely with logical properties (margin-inline-*, padding-inline-*,
   inset-inline-*, border-inline-*, text-align: start/end) so the exact same
   stylesheet mirrors correctly for both dir="rtl" and dir="ltr" documents —
   nothing here should ever need a dir-specific override.
   ========================================================================== */

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1. Design tokens
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
:root {
  /* Color — confirmed brand palette (brand-tokens.md) */
  --color-navy: #203E70;
  --color-navy-ink: #16294d;      /* darker navy for hover/active states */
  --color-teal: #36AA9F;
  --color-teal-ink: #2c8c83;      /* darker teal for hover/active states */
  --color-bg: #F7F7F7;
  --color-surface: #FFFFFF;
  --color-gray: #333333;
  --color-gray-soft: #6b7076;
  --color-border: #e3e5e8;

  --color-on-navy: #F7F7F7;
  --color-on-teal: #F7F7F7;

  /* Type — Tajawal for Arabic, Poppins for English (Google Fonts) */
  --font-ar: "Tajawal", "Segoe UI", Tahoma, sans-serif;
  --font-en: "Poppins", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;

  /* Fluid type scale */
  --step-body: clamp(1rem, 0.95rem + 0.2vw, 1.0625rem);
  --step-small: clamp(0.85rem, 0.82rem + 0.1vw, 0.9rem);
  --step-h1: clamp(1.9rem, 1.5rem + 2vw, 3.1rem);
  --step-h2: clamp(1.5rem, 1.3rem + 1vw, 2.1rem);
  --step-h3: clamp(1.1rem, 1rem + 0.5vw, 1.35rem);
  --step-eyebrow: clamp(0.8rem, 0.78rem + 0.1vw, 0.875rem);

  /* Spacing scale */
  --space-1: 0.25rem;
  --space-2: 0.5rem;
  --space-3: 0.75rem;
  --space-4: 1rem;
  --space-5: 1.5rem;
  --space-6: 2rem;
  --space-7: 3rem;
  --space-8: 4.5rem;
  --space-9: 6rem;

  /* Radius */
  --radius-sm: 6px;
  --radius-md: 14px;
  --radius-lg: 22px;
  --radius-pill: 999px;

  /* Shadow / motion */
  --shadow-card: 0 10px 30px -18px rgba(32, 62, 112, 0.35);
  --shadow-card-hover: 0 18px 40px -16px rgba(32, 62, 112, 0.4);
  --shadow-panel: 0 30px 70px -25px rgba(16, 29, 56, 0.55);
  --ease: cubic-bezier(0.22, 0.61, 0.36, 1);

  /* Gradients */
  --grad-brand: linear-gradient(135deg, var(--color-navy) 0%, #2c5a97 48%, var(--color-teal) 100%);
  --grad-brand-soft: linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(32,62,112,0.10), rgba(54,170,159,0.14));

  /* Layout */
  --content-max: 1180px;
  --header-h: 88px;
}

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Brand pattern textures — approximations of the dot-grid / crosshatch
   motifs documented in brand-tokens.md (globe-mark dot grid, letterform
   checkerboard), reproduced as lightweight repeating SVG backgrounds so
   sections read as designed surfaces rather than flat color blocks.
   Every tile is symmetric, so nothing needs a dir-specific mirror.
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.pattern-dots-light {
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='36' height='36'%3E%3Ccircle cx='3' cy='3' r='2' fill='%2336AA9F' fill-opacity='0.22'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
}
.pattern-dots-dark {
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='36' height='36'%3E%3Ccircle cx='3' cy='3' r='2' fill='%23F7F7F7' fill-opacity='0.14'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
}
.pattern-cross-dark {
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='64' height='64'%3E%3Cpath d='M0 0L64 64M64 0L0 64' stroke='%23F7F7F7' stroke-opacity='0.05' stroke-width='1'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
}

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2. Reset / base
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
*, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; }
html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }

body {
  margin: 0;
  background: var(--color-bg);
  color: var(--color-gray);
  font-size: var(--step-body);
  line-height: 1.75;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

/* Language/direction switches font family only — layout logic never branches on it */
html[lang="ar"] body { font-family: var(--font-ar); }
html[lang="en"] body { font-family: var(--font-en); }

img { max-width: 100%; display: block; }
a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
ul, ol { margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none; }
h1, h2, h3, p { margin: 0; }

.container {
  max-width: var(--content-max);
  margin-inline: auto;
  padding-inline: var(--space-5);
}

section { padding-block: var(--space-8); }

.eyebrow {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: var(--space-2);
  font-size: var(--step-eyebrow);
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
  color: var(--color-teal-ink);
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
html[lang="ar"] .eyebrow { text-transform: none; }

.eyebrow::before {
  content: "";
  inline-size: 28px;
  block-size: 2px;
  background: var(--color-teal);
  border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
}

h2 {
  font-size: var(--step-h2);
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--color-navy);
  line-height: 1.35;
  margin-block-start: var(--space-3);
  max-width: 46ch;
}

.section-head {
  margin-block-end: var(--space-6);
}

.section-head .lede {
  margin-block-start: var(--space-3);
  max-width: 62ch;
  color: var(--color-gray-soft);
}

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   3. Buttons
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.btn {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: var(--space-2);
  padding-inline: var(--space-5);
  padding-block: var(--space-3);
  border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: var(--step-small);
  white-space: nowrap;
  transition: background-color .2s var(--ease), color .2s var(--ease), border-color .2s var(--ease), transform .2s var(--ease);
}
.btn:hover { transform: translateY(-2px); }

.btn-primary {
  background: var(--color-teal);
  color: var(--color-on-teal);
}
.btn-primary:hover { background: var(--color-teal-ink); }

.btn-outline {
  background: transparent;
  color: var(--color-navy);
  border: 1.5px solid var(--color-navy);
}
.btn-outline:hover { background: var(--color-navy); color: var(--color-on-navy); }

.btn-icon {
  inline-size: 18px;
  block-size: 18px;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  transition: transform .2s var(--ease);
}

/* Arrow icons drawn pointing "forward" for LTR; CSS logical transform mirrors
   them automatically in RTL via the [dir="rtl"] rule below — this is the one
   spot a direction-aware flip is genuinely needed (an arrow is inherently
   directional), and it's done with a transform, never a layout property. */
[dir="rtl"] .btn-icon,
[dir="rtl"] .link-arrow svg {
  transform: scaleX(-1);
}
.btn:hover .btn-icon { transform: translateX(4px); }
[dir="rtl"] .btn:hover .btn-icon { transform: scaleX(-1) translateX(4px); }

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   4. Header / nav
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.site-header {
  position: sticky;
  inset-block-start: 0;
  z-index: 40;
  background: rgba(247, 247, 247, 0.88);
  backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
  border-block-end: 1px solid var(--color-border);
}

.site-header .container {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  block-size: var(--header-h);
  gap: var(--space-4);
}

.brand {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: var(--space-3);
  flex-shrink: 0;
}
.brand .logo-img {
  display: block;
  block-size: 36px;
  inline-size: auto;
  flex-shrink: 0;
}

.footer-brand .logo-img { block-size: 30px; inline-size: auto; }
.footer-brand .tagline {
  display: block;
  font-size: var(--step-small);
  font-weight: 500;
}

.main-nav {
  display: none;
  align-items: center;
  gap: var(--space-5);
  font-size: 0.92rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--color-gray);
  flex-wrap: nowrap;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.main-nav > a,
.nav-item > .nav-trigger {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 4px;
  padding-block: var(--space-2);
  border-block-end: 2px solid transparent;
}
.main-nav > a:hover,
.nav-item:hover > .nav-trigger,
.nav-item:focus-within > .nav-trigger {
  color: var(--color-navy);
  border-block-end-color: var(--color-teal);
}

.nav-item { position: relative; }
.nav-trigger { cursor: default; }
.nav-trigger .chev { inline-size: 11px; block-size: 11px; transition: transform .2s var(--ease); }
.nav-item:hover .chev, .nav-item:focus-within .chev { transform: rotate(180deg); }

.dropdown-panel {
  position: absolute;
  inset-inline-start: 50%;
  inset-block-start: 100%;
  transform: translate(-50%, 6px);
  min-inline-size: 240px;
  background: var(--color-surface);
  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-panel);
  padding: var(--space-3);
  display: grid;
  gap: 2px;
  opacity: 0;
  visibility: hidden;
  transition: opacity .18s var(--ease), transform .18s var(--ease), visibility .18s;
  z-index: 50;
}
[dir="rtl"] .dropdown-panel { transform: translate(50%, 6px); }
.nav-item:hover .dropdown-panel,
.nav-item:focus-within .dropdown-panel {
  opacity: 1;
  visibility: visible;
  transform: translate(-50%, 10px);
}
[dir="rtl"] .nav-item:hover .dropdown-panel,
[dir="rtl"] .nav-item:focus-within .dropdown-panel {
  transform: translate(50%, 10px);
}
.dropdown-panel a {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: var(--space-3);
  padding: var(--space-2) var(--space-3);
  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--color-gray);
  white-space: normal;
}
.dropdown-panel a:hover { background: var(--color-bg); color: var(--color-navy); }
.dropdown-panel a .dot {
  inline-size: 6px;
  block-size: 6px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--color-teal);
  flex-shrink: 0;
}

.header-actions { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: var(--space-3); flex-shrink: 0; }

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Mobile navigation — pure CSS checkbox toggle, no script required, so the
   prototype stays a static HTML/CSS build. Drawer opens from the logical
   "end" edge, so it opens from the correct side in both directions
   automatically.
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.nav-toggle-input { position: absolute; opacity: 0; pointer-events: none; }

.nav-toggle-btn {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  inline-size: 40px;
  block-size: 40px;
  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  cursor: pointer;
  flex-shrink: 0;
}
.nav-toggle-btn svg { inline-size: 20px; block-size: 20px; color: var(--color-navy); }
.nav-toggle-btn .icon-close { display: none; }
/* The checkbox lives at body level (see markup) so this fixed-position
   overlay is never trapped inside the header's backdrop-filter containing
   block — a filter/backdrop-filter on an ancestor creates a containing
   block for fixed descendants, which would otherwise squash the overlay
   down to the header's own height instead of the full viewport. */
.nav-toggle-input:checked ~ .site-header .nav-toggle-btn .icon-menu { display: none; }
.nav-toggle-input:checked ~ .site-header .nav-toggle-btn .icon-close { display: inline-flex; }

@media (min-width: 900px) {
  .nav-toggle-btn { display: none; }
}

.mobile-nav {
  position: fixed;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 90;
  background: rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.5);
  opacity: 0;
  visibility: hidden;
  transition: opacity .25s var(--ease), visibility .25s;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.nav-toggle-input:checked ~ .mobile-nav { pointer-events: auto; }
.nav-toggle-input:checked ~ .mobile-nav {
  opacity: 1;
  visibility: visible;
}

.mobile-nav-panel {
  position: absolute;
  inset-block: 0;
  inset-inline-end: 0;
  inline-size: min(88vw, 380px);
  background: var(--color-surface);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-panel);
  padding: var(--space-6) var(--space-5);
  overflow-y: auto;
  transform: translateX(100%);
  transition: transform .3s var(--ease);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: var(--space-6);
}
[dir="rtl"] .mobile-nav-panel { transform: translateX(-100%); }
.nav-toggle-input:checked ~ .mobile-nav .mobile-nav-panel { transform: translateX(0); }

.mobile-nav-head { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; }
.mobile-nav-head .logo-img { block-size: 28px; inline-size: auto; }

.mobile-nav-links { display: grid; gap: var(--space-1); font-weight: 600; font-size: 1.05rem; }
.mobile-nav-links > a {
  padding-block: var(--space-3);
  border-block-end: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  color: var(--color-navy);
}

.mobile-nav-links details { border-block-end: 1px solid var(--color-border); }
.mobile-nav-links summary {
  padding-block: var(--space-3);
  color: var(--color-navy);
  cursor: pointer;
  list-style: none;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
}
.mobile-nav-links summary::-webkit-details-marker { display: none; }
.mobile-nav-links summary svg { inline-size: 16px; block-size: 16px; transition: transform .2s var(--ease); }
.mobile-nav-links details[open] summary svg { transform: rotate(180deg); }

.mobile-sub-links { display: grid; gap: var(--space-1); padding-block-end: var(--space-3); }
.mobile-sub-links a {
  padding-block: var(--space-2);
  padding-inline-start: var(--space-3);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  color: var(--color-gray-soft);
  border-inline-start: 2px solid var(--color-border);
}

.mobile-nav-foot { margin-block-start: auto; display: grid; gap: var(--space-4); }
.mobile-nav-foot .lang-switch { justify-content: center; }
.mobile-nav-foot .btn { justify-content: center; }

.lang-switch {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: var(--space-1);
  padding: var(--space-1);
  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
  font-size: var(--step-small);
  font-weight: 600;
}
.lang-switch a {
  padding-inline: var(--space-3);
  padding-block: var(--space-1);
  border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
  color: var(--color-gray-soft);
}
.lang-switch a[aria-current="true"] {
  background: var(--color-navy);
  color: var(--color-on-navy);
}

.header-actions .btn-primary { display: none; }

@media (min-width: 900px) {
  .main-nav { display: flex; }
  .header-actions .btn-primary { display: inline-flex; }
}

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   5. Hero
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.hero {
  position: relative;
  padding-block-start: calc(var(--space-8) + var(--space-3));
  padding-block-end: var(--space-7);
  background:
    radial-gradient(60% 60% at 88% 12%, rgba(54, 170, 159, 0.16), transparent 70%),
    radial-gradient(50% 50% at 6% 0%, rgba(32, 62, 112, 0.12), transparent 70%),
    var(--color-bg);
  overflow: clip;
}

.hero::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='36' height='36'%3E%3Ccircle cx='3' cy='3' r='2' fill='%2336AA9F' fill-opacity='0.22'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  background-size: 36px 36px;
  mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, black, transparent 75%);
  -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, black, transparent 75%);
  pointer-events: none;
}

.hero .container { position: relative; z-index: 1; }

.hero .container {
  display: grid;
  gap: var(--space-7);
  align-items: center;
}

@media (min-width: 960px) {
  .hero .container { grid-template-columns: 1.1fr 0.9fr; }
}

.hero h1 {
  font-size: var(--step-h1);
  font-weight: 800;
  color: var(--color-navy);
  line-height: 1.22;
  margin-block-start: var(--space-4);
  max-width: 20ch;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}

.accent-text {
  background: linear-gradient(100deg, var(--color-teal-ink), var(--color-teal) 60%);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  color: transparent;
}

.hero .subhead {
  margin-block-start: var(--space-5);
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: var(--space-2) var(--space-3);
  font-size: var(--step-small);
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--color-teal-ink);
}
.hero .subhead span {
  padding-inline: var(--space-3);
  padding-block: var(--space-1);
  background: rgba(54, 170, 159, 0.12);
  border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
}

.hero .body-copy { margin-block-start: var(--space-5); }
.hero .body-copy p { margin-block-end: var(--space-4); color: var(--color-gray-soft); }
.hero .body-copy p:last-child { margin-block-end: 0; }
.hero .body-copy strong { color: var(--color-navy); }

.hero .cta-row {
  margin-block-start: var(--space-6);
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: var(--space-4);
}

.hero-panel {
  position: relative;
  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
  background: var(--grad-brand);
  color: var(--color-on-navy);
  padding: var(--space-6);
  min-block-size: 380px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: flex-end;
  overflow: clip;
  isolation: isolate;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-panel);
}

.hero-panel::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: -35%;
  inset-inline-end: -25%;
  inline-size: 80%;
  block-size: 80%;
  background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.22), transparent 70%);
  z-index: 0;
}

.hero-panel::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='36' height='36'%3E%3Ccircle cx='3' cy='3' r='1.6' fill='%23F7F7F7' fill-opacity='0.16'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  background-size: 36px 36px;
  z-index: 0;
}

/* Abstract "global network" illustration — nodes + connecting paths built
   from the same line-icon language as the rest of the icon set, standing in
   for real photography (none is available for this brand yet). */
.hero-graphic {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  flex-grow: 1;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  padding-block: var(--space-5);
}
.hero-graphic svg { inline-size: 100%; max-inline-size: 320px; block-size: auto; }

.hero-panel .panel-foot {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  border-block-start: 1px solid rgba(247, 247, 247, 0.22);
  padding-block-start: var(--space-5);
}
.hero-panel .panel-foot .eyebrow { color: rgba(247,247,247,0.75); }
.hero-panel .panel-foot .eyebrow::before { background: var(--color-teal); }

.hero-panel .pillar-row {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: var(--space-2);
  margin-block-start: var(--space-4);
}
.hero-panel .pillar-row span {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: var(--space-1);
  padding-inline: var(--space-3);
  padding-block: var(--space-2);
  border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
  background: rgba(247, 247, 247, 0.14);
  border: 1px solid rgba(247, 247, 247, 0.2);
  font-size: 0.78rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
}
.hero-panel .pillar-row svg { inline-size: 14px; block-size: 14px; color: var(--color-teal); flex-shrink: 0; }

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   6. Intro ("Knowledge Matters")
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/* Reusable soft organic "blob" shapes — a light vector layer behind section
   content so panels read as colored, designed surfaces rather than flat
   white fields. Always decorative: low opacity, blurred, z-index below the
   text, and built from symmetric absolute offsets so nothing needs a
   dir-specific mirror. */
.blob {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  filter: blur(38px);
}
.blob svg { display: block; inline-size: 100%; block-size: 100%; }

.intro {
  position: relative;
  background: linear-gradient(120deg, #EAF6F4 0%, var(--color-bg) 55%);
  overflow: clip;
}
.intro .blob-a {
  inset-inline-end: -8%;
  inset-block-start: -18%;
  inline-size: 46%;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  opacity: 0.5;
}
.intro .blob-b {
  inset-inline-start: -10%;
  inset-block-end: -25%;
  inline-size: 38%;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  opacity: 0.35;
}
.intro .container {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  display: grid;
  gap: var(--space-6);
}
@media (min-width: 900px) {
  .intro .container { grid-template-columns: 0.8fr 1.2fr; align-items: start; }
}

.intro-head { position: relative; }
.intro-head::before {
  content: "\201C";
  position: absolute;
  inset-inline-start: -0.15em;
  inset-block-start: -0.5em;
  font-size: 6rem;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1;
  color: var(--color-teal);
  opacity: 0.18;
  z-index: -1;
}
[dir="rtl"] .intro-head::before { content: "\201D"; }

.intro .lede-copy {
  border-inline-start: 2px solid var(--color-border);
  padding-inline-start: var(--space-5);
}
.intro .lede-copy p {
  margin-block-end: var(--space-4);
  color: var(--color-gray-soft);
}
.intro .lede-copy p:last-child { margin-block-end: 0; }
.intro .lede-copy p:first-child {
  color: var(--color-navy);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 1.08em;
}

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   7. Service cards
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.services {
  position: relative;
  background: linear-gradient(165deg, #F4F8FB 0%, var(--color-surface) 45%);
  overflow: clip;
}
.services .blob-a {
  inset-inline-start: -12%;
  inset-block-start: -30%;
  inline-size: 40%;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  opacity: 0.4;
}
.services .blob-b {
  inset-inline-end: -10%;
  inset-block-end: -20%;
  inline-size: 36%;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  opacity: 0.3;
}
.services .container { position: relative; z-index: 1; }

.card-grid {
  display: grid;
  gap: var(--space-5);
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
}
@media (min-width: 640px) {
  .card-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
}
@media (min-width: 1100px) {
  .card-grid.services-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); }
}

.service-card {
  position: relative;
  background: var(--color-surface);
  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
  padding: var(--space-6) var(--space-5);
  padding-block-start: calc(var(--space-6) + 4px);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: var(--space-4);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-card);
  overflow: clip;
  transition: transform .25s var(--ease), box-shadow .25s var(--ease), border-color .25s var(--ease);
}
.service-card::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset-inline: 0;
  inset-block-start: 0;
  block-size: 4px;
  background: var(--grad-brand);
  transform: scaleX(0);
  transform-origin: 0% 50%;
  transition: transform .35s var(--ease);
}
[dir="rtl"] .service-card::before { transform-origin: 100% 50%; }
.service-card:hover::before { transform: scaleX(1); }

.service-card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-6px);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-card-hover);
  border-color: rgba(54, 170, 159, 0.4);
}

.icon-badge {
  position: relative;
  inline-size: 58px;
  block-size: 58px;
  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
  background: var(--grad-brand);
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  box-shadow: 0 12px 24px -12px rgba(32, 62, 112, 0.55);
}
.icon-badge svg {
  inline-size: 30px;
  block-size: 30px;
  color: var(--color-on-navy);
}
.service-card:hover .icon-badge { transform: scale(1.06) rotate(-4deg); }
[dir="rtl"] .service-card:hover .icon-badge { transform: scale(1.06) rotate(4deg); }
.icon-badge { transition: transform .3s var(--ease); }

.service-card h3 {
  font-size: var(--step-h3);
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--color-navy);
  line-height: 1.4;
}

.service-card p {
  color: var(--color-gray-soft);
  flex-grow: 1;
}

.link-arrow {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: var(--space-2);
  font-size: var(--step-small);
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--color-teal-ink);
  margin-block-start: var(--space-1);
}
.link-arrow svg { inline-size: 16px; block-size: 16px; transition: transform .2s var(--ease); }
.service-card:hover .link-arrow svg { transform: translateX(4px); }
[dir="rtl"] .service-card:hover .link-arrow svg { transform: scaleX(-1) translateX(4px); }

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   8. Why Optimal — 8 point grid
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.why {
  position: relative;
  background: linear-gradient(155deg, #EEF1F8 0%, var(--color-bg) 50%);
  overflow: clip;
}
.why::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: 0;
  inset-inline-end: 0;
  inline-size: 45%;
  block-size: 60%;
  background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(32,62,112,0.08), transparent 70%);
  pointer-events: none;
}
.why .blob-a {
  inset-inline-start: -10%;
  inset-block-end: -22%;
  inline-size: 40%;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  opacity: 0.4;
}
.why .container { position: relative; z-index: 1; }

.why-grid {
  display: grid;
  gap: var(--space-5);
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
}
@media (min-width: 640px) {
  .why-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
}
@media (min-width: 1100px) {
  .why-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); }
}

.why-card {
  background: var(--color-surface);
  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
  padding: var(--space-5);
  border-inline-start: 3px solid var(--color-teal);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: var(--space-3);
  transition: border-color .2s var(--ease), transform .2s var(--ease);
}
.why-card:hover { border-inline-start-color: var(--color-navy); transform: translateY(-4px); }

.why-card .icon-badge {
  inline-size: 46px;
  block-size: 46px;
  background: rgba(32, 62, 112, 0.08);
  box-shadow: none;
  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
  transition: background .25s var(--ease);
}
.why-card .icon-badge svg { inline-size: 24px; block-size: 24px; color: var(--color-navy); }
.why-card:hover .icon-badge { background: var(--grad-brand); transform: none; }
.why-card:hover .icon-badge svg { color: var(--color-on-navy); }

.why-card h3 { font-size: 1.02rem; font-weight: 700; color: var(--color-navy); }
.why-card p { font-size: var(--step-small); color: var(--color-gray-soft); }

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9. Methodology — 6 step timeline
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/* Deliberately NOT navy — the footer already owns that dark tone, so this
   section gets its own light, brand-tinted surface instead of repeating it. */
.methodology {
  position: relative;
  background: linear-gradient(175deg, var(--color-surface) 0%, var(--color-bg) 60%);
  color: var(--color-gray);
  overflow: clip;
}
.methodology::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='64' height='64'%3E%3Cpath d='M0 0L64 64M64 0L0 64' stroke='%23203E70' stroke-opacity='0.035' stroke-width='1'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
}
.methodology::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: -25%;
  inset-inline-end: -12%;
  inline-size: 50%;
  block-size: 65%;
  background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(54, 170, 159, 0.12), transparent 70%);
}
.methodology .container { position: relative; z-index: 1; }

/* Connected step flow — a numbered node + line down the block axis on
   narrow screens; becomes one horizontal connected row from tablet up. */
.timeline {
  position: relative;
  max-width: 720px;
}

.timeline-step {
  position: relative;
  padding-inline-start: calc(46px + var(--space-5));
  padding-block-end: var(--space-6);
}
.timeline-step:last-child { padding-block-end: 0; }

.timeline-step .step-num {
  position: absolute;
  inset-inline-start: 0;
  inset-block-start: 0;
  inline-size: 46px;
  block-size: 46px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--grad-brand);
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: 0;
  color: var(--color-on-navy);
  box-shadow: 0 12px 22px -10px rgba(32,62,112,0.4), 0 0 0 5px rgba(54,170,159,0.14);
  z-index: 1;
}

.timeline-step::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset-inline-start: 23px;
  inset-block-start: 46px;
  inset-block-end: 0;
  inline-size: 2px;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(54,170,159,0.55), rgba(32,62,112,0.08));
  transform: translateX(-1px);
}
[dir="rtl"] .timeline-step::after { transform: translateX(1px); }
.timeline-step:last-child::after { display: none; }

.timeline-step h3 {
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--color-navy);
  padding-block-start: var(--space-1);
}
.timeline-step p {
  margin-block-start: var(--space-2);
  max-width: 56ch;
  color: var(--color-gray-soft);
}

/* From tablet up: lay the six steps out as one horizontal connected row
   instead of a vertical stack — a continuous line runs behind the nodes,
   which (being a plain full-width horizontal rule) mirrors for free in
   RTL since flexbox already reverses the row's visual order there. */
@media (min-width: 860px) {
  .timeline {
    max-width: none;
    display: flex;
    align-items: flex-start;
    gap: var(--space-3);
  }
  .timeline::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    inset-inline: 34px;
    inset-block-start: 23px;
    block-size: 2px;
    background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(54,170,159,0.6), rgba(32,62,112,0.15));
  }
  .timeline-step {
    flex: 1;
    padding-inline-start: 0;
    padding-block-end: 0;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    text-align: center;
  }
  .timeline-step .step-num { position: static; margin-block-end: var(--space-4); }
  .timeline-step::after { display: none; }
  .timeline-step h3 { padding-block-start: 0; font-size: 1rem; }
  .timeline-step p { font-size: 0.82rem; max-width: 20ch; }
}

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   10. Closing CTA band
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.cta-band {
  position: relative;
  background: linear-gradient(120deg, var(--color-teal), var(--color-teal-ink));
  color: var(--color-on-teal);
  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
  margin-inline: var(--space-5);
  padding: var(--space-7) var(--space-6);
  text-align: center;
  overflow: clip;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-panel);
}
.cta-band::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='36' height='36'%3E%3Ccircle cx='3' cy='3' r='1.6' fill='%23F7F7F7' fill-opacity='0.18'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  background-size: 36px 36px;
}
.cta-band::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: -40%;
  inset-inline-start: -10%;
  inline-size: 50%;
  block-size: 90%;
  background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(32,62,112,0.35), transparent 70%);
}
.cta-band .container { position: relative; z-index: 1; padding-inline: 0; max-width: 640px; }
.cta-band h2 { color: var(--color-on-teal); margin-inline: auto; }
.cta-band p { margin-block-start: var(--space-3); color: rgba(247,247,247,0.9); }
.cta-band .btn-primary { margin-block-start: var(--space-5); background: var(--color-navy); }
.cta-band .btn-primary:hover { background: var(--color-navy-ink); }

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   11. Footer
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.site-footer {
  position: relative;
  padding-block-start: var(--space-8);
  padding-block-end: var(--space-6);
  color: rgba(247,247,247,0.82);
  background: var(--color-navy-ink);
  overflow: clip;
}
.site-footer::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='64' height='64'%3E%3Cpath d='M0 0L64 64M64 0L0 64' stroke='%23F7F7F7' stroke-opacity='0.04' stroke-width='1'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
}
.site-footer .container { position: relative; z-index: 1; }

.footer-grid {
  display: grid;
  gap: var(--space-6);
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  padding-block-end: var(--space-6);
  border-block-end: 1px solid rgba(247,247,247,0.14);
}
@media (min-width: 720px) {
  .footer-grid { grid-template-columns: 1.3fr repeat(3, 1fr); }
}

.footer-brand .brand { color: var(--color-on-navy); }
.footer-brand .tagline { color: rgba(247,247,247,0.65); margin-block-start: var(--space-2); font-size: var(--step-small); max-width: 30ch; }

.footer-col h4 {
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.05em;
  color: var(--color-teal);
  margin-block-end: var(--space-4);
}
html[lang="ar"] .footer-col h4 { text-transform: none; }
.footer-col ul { display: grid; gap: var(--space-3); font-size: var(--step-small); }
.footer-col a:hover { color: var(--color-teal); }

/* Collapsed by default — full legal text stays intact (verbatim, per
   content-map.md's "do not paraphrase" instruction) but no longer eats
   footer real estate; a reader who wants it can open it. */
.footer-legal {
  padding-block-start: var(--space-5);
  border-block-start: 1px solid rgba(247, 247, 247, 0.12);
  font-size: 0.78rem;
  color: rgba(247,247,247,0.58);
}
.footer-legal summary {
  cursor: pointer;
  list-style: none;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: var(--space-2);
  font-weight: 600;
  color: rgba(247,247,247,0.8);
}
.footer-legal summary::-webkit-details-marker { display: none; }
.footer-legal summary svg { inline-size: 14px; block-size: 14px; transition: transform .2s var(--ease); }
.footer-legal[open] summary svg { transform: rotate(180deg); }
.footer-legal-body { padding-block-start: var(--space-4); line-height: 1.9; max-width: 72ch; }
.footer-legal-body p { margin-block-end: var(--space-3); }
.footer-legal-body p:last-child { margin-block-end: 0; }

.footer-bottom {
  margin-block-start: var(--space-5);
  font-size: var(--step-small);
  color: rgba(247,247,247,0.5);
  text-align: center;
}

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   12. Skip link / accessibility
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.skip-link {
  position: absolute;
  inset-inline-start: var(--space-4);
  inset-block-start: -60px;
  background: var(--color-navy);
  color: var(--color-on-navy);
  padding: var(--space-3) var(--space-5);
  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
  z-index: 100;
  transition: inset-block-start .2s var(--ease);
}
.skip-link:focus { inset-block-start: var(--space-3); }

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   13. Inner-page components (About, Consulting, Debt Collection, Translation,
       Training, Sectors, Insights, News, FAQ, Contact)
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */

/* Breadcrumb */
.breadcrumb {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: var(--space-2);
  font-size: var(--step-small);
  color: rgba(247,247,247,0.7);
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
}
.breadcrumb a { color: rgba(247,247,247,0.85); }
.breadcrumb a:hover { color: var(--color-teal); }
.breadcrumb svg { inline-size: 12px; block-size: 12px; opacity: .6; transform: scaleX(var(--dir, 1)); }
[dir="rtl"] .breadcrumb svg { --dir: -1; }
.breadcrumb .current { color: var(--color-teal); font-weight: 600; }

/* Page hero (compact hero for inner pages) */
.page-hero {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--grad-brand);
  padding-block: calc(var(--header-h) + var(--space-8)) var(--space-9);
  color: var(--color-on-navy);
}
.page-hero::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background-image: var(--pattern-dots-dark, none);
  opacity: .5;
}
.page-hero .pattern-dots-dark { position: absolute; inset: 0; opacity: .5; }
.page-hero .container { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.page-hero .breadcrumb { margin-block-end: var(--space-5); }
.page-hero .eyebrow { color: rgba(247,247,247,0.75); }
.page-hero .eyebrow::before { background: var(--color-teal); }
.page-hero h1 {
  margin-block-start: var(--space-3);
  max-width: 20ch;
  color: var(--color-on-navy);
}
.page-hero .subhead-line {
  margin-block-start: var(--space-4);
  font-size: var(--step-1);
  color: rgba(247,247,247,0.85);
  max-width: 62ch;
}
.page-hero .hero-tags {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: var(--space-2);
  margin-block-start: var(--space-5);
}
.page-hero .hero-tags span {
  padding: var(--space-2) var(--space-4);
  border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
  background: rgba(247,247,247,0.12);
  border: 1px solid rgba(247,247,247,0.22);
  font-size: var(--step-small);
  font-weight: 600;
}

/* Attribution banner (Training page — separate legal entity notice) */
.attribution-banner {
  background: var(--color-teal);
  color: var(--color-on-teal);
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  margin-block-start: var(--space-5);
  padding: var(--space-3) var(--space-5);
  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: var(--space-3);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: var(--step-small);
}
.attribution-banner svg { inline-size: 18px; block-size: 18px; flex-shrink: 0; }

/* Generic content section wrapper (alternating washes reuse .intro/.services/.why patterns) */
.page-section {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding-block: var(--space-9);
}
.page-section.wash-a { background: linear-gradient(120deg, #EAF6F4 0%, var(--color-bg) 55%); }
.page-section.wash-b { background: linear-gradient(165deg, #F4F8FB 0%, var(--color-surface) 45%); }
.page-section.wash-c { background: linear-gradient(155deg, #EEF1F8 0%, var(--color-bg) 50%); }
.page-section.wash-white { background: var(--color-surface); }
.page-section .container { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.page-section .lede-copy {
  max-width: 68ch;
  border-inline-start: 2px solid var(--color-border);
  padding-inline-start: var(--space-5);
}
.page-section .lede-copy p { margin-block-end: var(--space-4); color: var(--color-gray-soft); line-height: 1.9; }
.page-section .lede-copy p:last-child { margin-block-end: 0; }
.page-section .lede-copy p:first-child { color: var(--color-navy); font-weight: 600; font-size: 1.08em; }
.page-section .lede-copy strong { color: var(--color-navy); }
.page-section h2.section-title { max-width: 34ch; }

/* Sub-topic cards — repeated blocks on Consulting/Training hub pages.
   Wrapped as real cards with a numbered index so 8 (or 6) near-identical
   sections read as a scannable set, not a flat scrolling document. */
.page-section .container { counter-reset: subtopic; }
.sub-topic {
  counter-increment: subtopic;
  position: relative;
  background: var(--color-surface);
  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
  padding: var(--space-7);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-card);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.sub-topic:nth-of-type(even) {
  background: linear-gradient(165deg, #F4F8FB 0%, var(--color-surface) 55%);
}
.sub-topic::after {
  content: counter(subtopic, decimal-leading-zero);
  position: absolute;
  inset-inline-end: var(--space-6);
  inset-block-start: var(--space-4);
  font-size: 3.2rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  color: var(--color-bg);
  line-height: 1;
  z-index: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.sub-topic > * { position: relative; z-index: 1; }

/* Scope / checklist list (used for "our work may include" bullet grids) */
.scope-list {
  display: grid;
  gap: var(--space-3);
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  margin-block-start: var(--space-6);
}
@media (min-width: 640px) { .scope-list { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); } }
@media (min-width: 1000px) { .scope-list { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); } }
.scope-list li {
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-start;
  gap: var(--space-3);
  padding: var(--space-4);
  background: var(--color-surface);
  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
  font-size: var(--step-small);
  color: var(--color-gray);
  font-weight: 500;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-card);
  transition: transform .2s var(--ease), box-shadow .2s var(--ease);
}
.scope-list li:hover { transform: translateY(-3px); box-shadow: var(--shadow-card-hover); }
.scope-list li svg {
  inline-size: 20px;
  block-size: 20px;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  color: var(--color-teal);
  margin-block-start: 1px;
}

/* Entity / value cards (About page) */
.entity-grid, .value-grid {
  display: grid;
  gap: var(--space-5);
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  margin-block-start: var(--space-6);
}
@media (min-width: 720px) { .entity-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); } }
@media (min-width: 640px) { .value-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); } }
@media (min-width: 1100px) { .value-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); } }
.entity-card {
  background: var(--color-surface);
  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
  padding: var(--space-6);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-card);
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.entity-card::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: 0; inset-inline-start: 0;
  inline-size: 6px; block-size: 100%;
  background: var(--grad-brand);
}
.entity-card h3 { color: var(--color-navy); font-size: 1.15rem; margin-block-end: var(--space-3); }
.entity-card .entity-name-en { display: block; font-size: var(--step-small); font-weight: 700; color: var(--color-teal-ink); letter-spacing: .03em; margin-block-end: var(--space-2); }
.entity-card p { color: var(--color-gray-soft); line-height: 1.85; }

.value-card {
  background: var(--color-surface);
  border-inline-start: 4px solid var(--color-teal);
  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
  padding: var(--space-5);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-card);
  transition: transform .2s var(--ease), border-color .2s var(--ease);
}
.value-card:hover { transform: translateY(-4px); border-inline-start-color: var(--color-navy); }
.value-card h3 { color: var(--color-navy); font-size: 1rem; margin-block-end: var(--space-2); }
.value-card p { font-size: var(--step-small); color: var(--color-gray-soft); }

/* Vision / Mission callout panels */
.statement-grid {
  display: grid;
  gap: var(--space-5);
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  margin-block-start: var(--space-6);
}
@media (min-width: 800px) { .statement-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); } }
.statement-card {
  background: var(--grad-brand);
  color: var(--color-on-navy);
  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
  padding: var(--space-7);
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.statement-card::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background-image: var(--pattern-dots-dark, none);
  opacity: .35;
}
.statement-card .eyebrow { position: relative; color: rgba(247,247,247,0.75); }
.statement-card .eyebrow::before { background: var(--color-teal); }
.statement-card p { position: relative; font-size: 1.15rem; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.7; margin-block-start: var(--space-3); }

/* Process strip (arrow-chain of steps, translation / training-custom pages) */
.process-strip {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  align-items: center;
  gap: var(--space-2);
  margin-block-start: var(--space-6);
  padding: var(--space-5);
  background: var(--color-surface);
  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-card);
}
.process-strip .step {
  padding: var(--space-2) var(--space-4);
  background: var(--color-bg);
  border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
  font-size: var(--step-small);
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--color-navy);
}
.process-strip .arrow {
  inline-size: 16px;
  block-size: 16px;
  color: var(--color-teal);
  flex-shrink: 0;
  transform: scaleX(var(--dir, 1));
}
[dir="rtl"] .process-strip .arrow { --dir: -1; }

/* Numbered process timeline reused for Debt Collection (8-step) - same .timeline component, extra modifier for long lists */
.timeline.timeline-compact .timeline-step h3 { font-size: 1rem; }
.timeline.timeline-compact .timeline-step p { font-size: var(--step-small); }

/* Disclaimer callout (page-specific legal notices — Debt Collection, Translation) */
.disclaimer-callout {
  display: flex;
  gap: var(--space-4);
  align-items: flex-start;
  margin-block-start: var(--space-7);
  padding: var(--space-6);
  background: #FFF7EC;
  border: 1px solid #F0DCB8;
  border-inline-start: 4px solid #C9932E;
  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
}
.disclaimer-callout svg { inline-size: 24px; block-size: 24px; flex-shrink: 0; color: #C9932E; margin-block-start: 2px; }
.disclaimer-callout .label { display: block; font-weight: 700; color: var(--color-navy); margin-block-end: var(--space-2); font-size: var(--step-small); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .04em; }
.disclaimer-callout p { color: var(--color-gray); line-height: 1.85; font-size: var(--step-small); }

/* Sector grid */
.sector-grid {
  display: grid;
  gap: var(--space-4);
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
  margin-block-start: var(--space-6);
}
@media (min-width: 700px) { .sector-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); } }
@media (min-width: 1000px) { .sector-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr); } }
.sector-chip {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  gap: var(--space-3);
  text-align: center;
  padding: var(--space-5) var(--space-3);
  background: var(--color-surface);
  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-card);
  transition: transform .2s var(--ease), box-shadow .2s var(--ease);
}
.sector-chip:hover { transform: translateY(-4px); box-shadow: var(--shadow-card-hover); }
.sector-chip .icon-badge { inline-size: 44px; block-size: 44px; }
.sector-chip .icon-badge svg { inline-size: 22px; block-size: 22px; }
.sector-chip span { font-size: var(--step-small); font-weight: 600; color: var(--color-navy); }

/* Insights content-category cards */
.insight-grid {
  display: grid;
  gap: var(--space-5);
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  margin-block-start: var(--space-6);
}
@media (min-width: 640px) { .insight-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); } }
@media (min-width: 1100px) { .insight-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); } }

/* Empty state (News page) */
.empty-state {
  margin-block-start: var(--space-7);
  padding: var(--space-8);
  text-align: center;
  background: var(--color-surface);
  border: 1px dashed var(--color-border);
  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
}
.empty-state svg { inline-size: 40px; block-size: 40px; color: var(--color-teal); margin-block-end: var(--space-4); }
.empty-state p { color: var(--color-gray-soft); max-width: 48ch; margin-inline: auto; }

/* FAQ accordion */
.faq-list { display: grid; gap: var(--space-3); margin-block-start: var(--space-6); max-width: 78ch; }
.faq-item {
  background: var(--color-surface);
  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.faq-item summary {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: var(--space-3);
  padding: var(--space-5);
  cursor: pointer;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--color-navy);
  list-style: none;
}
.faq-item summary::-webkit-details-marker { display: none; }
.faq-item summary svg { inline-size: 16px; block-size: 16px; flex-shrink: 0; color: var(--color-teal); transition: transform .2s var(--ease); }
.faq-item[open] summary svg { transform: rotate(180deg); }
.faq-item .faq-body { padding: 0 var(--space-5) var(--space-5); color: var(--color-gray-soft); line-height: 1.85; }

/* Contact page: form + info panel */
.contact-layout {
  display: grid;
  gap: var(--space-7);
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  margin-block-start: var(--space-7);
}
@media (min-width: 960px) { .contact-layout { grid-template-columns: 1.4fr 1fr; } }
.contact-form {
  background: var(--color-surface);
  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
  padding: var(--space-7);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-card);
  display: grid;
  gap: var(--space-4);
}
.contact-form .form-row { display: grid; gap: var(--space-4); grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
@media (min-width: 620px) { .contact-form .form-row.two-col { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; } }
.contact-form label { display: grid; gap: var(--space-2); font-size: var(--step-small); font-weight: 600; color: var(--color-navy); }
.contact-form input, .contact-form select, .contact-form textarea {
  font: inherit;
  padding: var(--space-3) var(--space-4);
  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
  background: var(--color-bg);
  color: var(--color-gray);
}
.contact-form input:focus, .contact-form select:focus, .contact-form textarea:focus {
  outline: 2px solid var(--color-teal);
  outline-offset: 1px;
}
.contact-form textarea { min-block-size: 120px; resize: vertical; }
.contact-form .btn { justify-self: start; margin-block-start: var(--space-2); }
.contact-info { display: grid; gap: var(--space-5); align-content: start; }
.contact-info-card {
  background: var(--grad-brand);
  color: var(--color-on-navy);
  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
  padding: var(--space-6);
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.contact-info-card::before { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; background-image: var(--pattern-dots-dark, none); opacity: .3; }
.contact-info-card p { position: relative; line-height: 1.85; color: rgba(247,247,247,0.9); }
.contact-info-card .eyebrow { position: relative; color: rgba(247,247,247,0.75); }
.contact-info-card .eyebrow::before { background: var(--color-teal); }