:root {
    --primary-color: #1a73e8;
    --primary-dark: #1557b0;
    --secondary-color: #f8f9fa;
    --text-color: #202124;
    --white: #ffffff;
    --bg-light: #f8f9fa;
    --footer-bg: #f1f3f4;
}

body {
    background-color: var(--bg-light);
    color: var(--text-color);
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    min-height: 100vh;
}

.navbar {
    background-color: var(--white);
    box-shadow: 0 1px 2px 0 rgba(60,64,67,0.3), 0 2px 6px 2px rgba(60,64,67,0.15);
    padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
}

.navbar-brand {
    color: var(--primary-color) !important;
    font-weight: 500;
}

.navbar .nav-link {
    color: var(--text-color) !important;
    padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
    transition: all 0.2s;
}

.navbar .nav-link:hover,
.navbar .nav-link:focus,
.navbar .nav-link.active {
    color: var(--primary-color) !important;
    background-color: rgba(26, 115, 232, 0.1);
    border-radius: 4px;
}

.dropdown-menu {
    border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
    box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}

.dropdown-item {
    padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
    color: var(--text-color);
}

.dropdown-item:hover,
.dropdown-item:focus {
    background-color: rgba(26, 115, 232, 0.1);
    color: var(--primary-color);
}

.navbar-toggler {
    border-color: var(--primary-color);
}

.navbar-toggler-icon {
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 30 30'%3e%3cpath stroke='rgba(26, 115, 232, 1)' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-miterlimit='10' stroke-width='2' d='M4 7h22M4 15h22M4 23h22'/%3e%3c/svg%3e");
}

.dropdown-menu {
    border: none;
    box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
}

.dropdown-item:hover {
    background-color: var(--bg-light);
    color: var(--primary-color);
}

footer {
    background-color: var(--footer-bg);
    color: var(--text-color);
    padding: 1rem 0;
    margin-top: auto;
}

.btn-primary {
    /* Global primary buttons set to #004D8E */
    --bs-btn-color: #fff;
    --bs-btn-bg: #004D8E;
    --bs-btn-border-color: #004D8E;
    --bs-btn-hover-color: #fff;
    --bs-btn-hover-bg: #003F73;  /* darker on hover */
    --bs-btn-hover-border-color: #003B6C;
    --bs-btn-focus-shadow-rgb: 0, 77, 142;
    --bs-btn-active-color: #fff;
    --bs-btn-active-bg: #003B6C;
    --bs-btn-active-border-color: #003764;
    --bs-btn-disabled-color: #fff;
    --bs-btn-disabled-bg: #004D8E;
    --bs-btn-disabled-border-color: #004D8E;

    background-color: #004D8E; /* fallback */
    border-color: #004D8E;
}

.btn-primary:hover,
.btn-primary:focus {
    background-color: #003F73;
    border-color: #003B6C;
}

.btn-primary:active,
.btn-primary.active {
    background-color: #003B6C;
    border-color: #003764;
}