:root {
  /* Selected from palette: Medical/Science Blue & Purple */
  --primary-color: #344CB7;
  --secondary-color: #577BC1;
  --accent-color: #000957;
  --light-color: #F5F7FA;
  --dark-color: #0F0766;
  
  --hover-color: #263896;
  --background-color: #FFFFFF;
  --text-color: #334155;
  
  --border-color: #E2E8F0;
  --shadow-color: rgba(52, 76, 183, 0.1);
  --highlight-color: #FFEB00;
  
  --font-heading: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
  --font-text: 'Lato', sans-serif;
}

body {
    font-family: var(--font-text);
    background-color: var(--background-color);
    color: var(--text-color);
}
h1, h2, h3 { font-family: var(--font-heading); }

.bg-pattern {
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg width='20' height='20' viewBox='0 0 20 20' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%3E%3Cg fill='%23344CB7' fill-opacity='0.05' fill-rule='evenodd'%3E%3Ccircle cx='3' cy='3' r='3'/%3E%3Ccircle cx='13' cy='13' r='3'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E");
    z-index: 0;
}