:root{
  /* Bedrock core — locked, carries the brand across print/deck/email */
  --navy:#02085B;
  --navy-depth:#010430;
  --red:#940303;
  --steel:#5B6180;
  --sand:#E7E0D3;
  --paper:#F8F6F2;
  --white:#FFFFFF;

  /* Expressive range — social & campaign only, never on compliance/print */
  --cyan:#00D9EC;
  --cyan-deep:#009FB0;
  --lime:#6BD413;
  --forest:#0C3B14;
  --ember:#F2540B;
  --ember-deep:#C43A0F;
  --cobalt:#1B4FE8;
  --ink-on-cyan:#00323A;
  --ink-on-lime:#14300A;

  /* neutrals seen across collateral (grays/lines) */
  --ink:#1D1F28;
  --text-body:#3B4058;
  --text-muted:#5B5D67;
  --text-faint:#8A8B96;
  --border:#DAD6CE;
  --border-soft:#E3DDD0;
  --tan-line:#CFC6B4;

  /* semantic aliases */
  --color-bg-page:var(--paper);
  --color-bg-surface:#FFFFFF;
  --color-bg-inverse:var(--navy);
  --color-bg-sand:var(--sand);
  --color-accent:var(--red);
  --color-accent-2:var(--cyan);
  --color-text:var(--ink);
  --color-text-body:var(--text-body);
  --color-text-muted:var(--text-muted);
  --color-text-faint:var(--text-faint);
  --color-text-inverse:#FFFFFF;
  --color-text-inverse-muted:#C3C7E0;
  --color-border:var(--border);
  --color-link:var(--red);
  --color-link-hover:var(--navy);
}