:root{
/* ---- base palette -------------------------------------------------- */
--white:#FFFFFF;
--paper:#F7F8FA;            /* page ground */
--hairline:#E2E5EB;         /* 1px rules on white — 1.26:1 */
--hairline-strong:#C9CFD9;
--accent-tint:#EEF1FA;
--accent:#2E4BA0;
--accent-hover:#263F87;
--accent-series-4:#93A6DC;  /* the one lighter accent in the palette */
--slate:#48546B;
--navy:#06122A;             /* ink — deepened from #0D1B33, addition 08 */
--grey:#8A93A3;
--brand-cyan:#49C4F1;       /* the mark's indicator tick, from the supplied SVG */

/* ---- semantic: light ground ---------------------------------------- */
--ink:var(--navy);
--ink-secondary:var(--slate);
--ink-muted:var(--grey);
--border:var(--hairline);
--border-strong:var(--hairline-strong);
--surface:var(--white);
--surface-sunken:var(--paper);
--surface-accent:var(--accent-tint);

/* ---- status --------------------------------------------------------- */
--positive:#067647;
--positive-tint:#E6F2EB;    /* INFERRED — not stated in the toolkit */
--negative:#B3261E;         /* INFERRED — not stated in the toolkit */
--negative-tint:#FBEAE8;    /* INFERRED */

/* ---- semantic: ink-reversed ground (#06122A only) ------------------- */
--ink-reversed:#FFFFFF;            /* 18.62:1 */
--ink-reversed-secondary:#A8B2C4;  /* 8.71:1 */
--ink-reversed-muted:#7A85A0;      /* 5.05:1 */
--ink-reversed-border:#1C2843;     /* 1.27:1, non-text */
--accent-on-ink:var(--accent-series-4); /* 7.74:1 — inline accent on ink */
--surface-ink:var(--navy);
}