:root {
  /* COLORS */
  --rich-black: #030303;
  /*for body background colour*/
  --eerie-black: #171717;
  /* for article background colour*/
  --charleston-green: #2c2c2c;
  /*for article background rollover*/
  --dark-medium-gray: #aaa;
  /* for main body text throughout website*/
  --platinum: #e9e9e9;
  /* for titles*/
  --middle-green: #52aa5e;
  /* for the main heading and links*/
  --turquoise-green: #a0d0a7;
  /* for links in their hover state*/
  --amaranth: #ef2d56;
  /* just for the support heart in its hoverstate */

  /* THEME */
  /* COLOURS */
  --page-title-color: var(--middle-green);
  --link-color: var(--middle-green);
  --link-hover-color: var(--turquise-green) --body-background-color: var(--rich-black);
  --article-background-color: var(--eerie-black);
  --text-color: var(--dark-medium-gray);
  --nav-link-color: var(--text-color);
  --nav-link-color-hover: var(--platinum);
  /* FONT SIZES */
  --font-size: 1.7rem;
  --page-title-font-size: 3.6rem;
  --card-background-hover: var(--charleston-green);
  /* PADDING */
  --article-padding: 3rem;
  /* OTHER */
  --border-radius: 1rem;
}







html {
  font-size: 10px;
  height: 100%;
}

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

body {
  background-color: #000;
  color: var(--text-color);
  font-family: "Ubuntu";
  font-size: var(--font-size);
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: column nowrap;
  justify-content: space-between;
  min-height: 100%;
  padding: 2rem;
  width: 100%;
}

.page-title {
  font-weight: 300;
  font-size: var(--page-title-font-size);
}

.page-title a {
  color: var(--page-title-color);
  text-decoration: none;
}

.page-title a:hover {
  color: var(--link-hover-color);
}

.site-header {
  margin-bottom: 2rem;
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: row nowrap;
  width: 100%;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  flex-grow: 0;
}

.page-content {
  padding: 2rem;
  flex-grow: 1;
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: column nowrap;
  align-items: center;

}

.page-content h2 {
  font-size: 2.4rem;
  font-weight: 300;
  margin-top: 3rem;
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
}

.site-footer {
  flex-shrink: 0;
  flex-grow: 0;
  width: 100%;
  text-align: center;
}

.site-navigation ul {
  display: flex;
  gap: 3rem;
  list-style: none;
  font-size: 1.4rem;
}

.site-navigation a {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--nav-link-color);
}

.site-navigation a:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--nav-link-color-hover);
}

.main {
  width: 100%;
  text-align: center;
}

.view-cards {
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: column nowrap;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 3rem;
}

.view-card {
  background: var(--article-background-color);
  padding: 3rem;
  /*replace this with a variable */
  border-radius: var(--border-radius);
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--text-color);
  font-size: 3rem;
  font-weight: 300;
  text-align: center;
  width: 70rem;
}

.view-card:hover {
  color: var(--link-color-hover);
  background-color: var(--card-background-hover);
}


.article {
  background-color: var(--article-background-color);
  padding: var(--article-padding);
  border-radius: var(--border-radius);
  width: 90rem;
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: column nowrap;
  gap: 3rem;
}

.article-header {
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: row nowrap;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  width: 100%;
}

.article-title {
  font-weight: 300;
  font-size: 2.4rem;
  color: var(--page-title-color);
}
