:root{
/* Base palette */
--teal-900:#003231; /* deep teal — used instead of black */
--teal-700:#085C5C; /* lighter teal — tone-on-tone pattern inside dark sections only */
--coral-500:#F4825E; /* coral — primary action + link + eyebrow */
--blush-300:#F9B4AD; /* blush band */
--blush-200:#F5CFCC; /* softer blush band */
--blue-400:#89B5E2; /* cornflower — secondary buttons, blue labels, bands */
--cream-100:#EEE2D5; /* warm cream page background — flat, or faded over the paper texture */
--cream-cool:#E8E7E5; /* cooler off-white seen where texture reads through */
--white:#FFFFFF;
--yellow-300:#FFDC85; /* butter yellow — tiny accents only, never a background */
--olive-400:#B5BB74; /* olive — occasional sparing accent, like butter */
/* Semantic aliases */
--text-heading:var(--teal-900);
--text-body:var(--teal-900);
--text-on-dark:var(--white);
--text-eyebrow:var(--coral-500);
--text-eyebrow-alt:var(--blue-400);
--surface-page:var(--cream-100);
--surface-card:var(--white);
--surface-dark:var(--teal-900);
--surface-band-blush:var(--blush-300);
--surface-band-blush-soft:var(--blush-200);
--surface-band-blue:var(--blue-400);
--pattern-on-dark:var(--teal-700);
--action-primary:var(--coral-500);
--action-primary-text:var(--white);
--action-secondary:var(--blush-300);
--action-tertiary:var(--blue-400);
--link:var(--coral-500);
--link-on-dark:var(--yellow-300);
--border-photo:var(--coral-500);
--accent-tiny:var(--yellow-300);
--accent-olive:var(--olive-400);
}