/* --- Paragraph Styling --- */
.description.lead p {
  color: var(--color-lead, #242630);
  font-family: myriad-pro, sans-serif;
  font-size: clamp(18px, 5vw, 22px);
  text-wrap: pretty;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400 !important;
  line-height: 1.3;  
  transition: color 0.3s ease;
  will-change: color;
}

/* --- Slider Outer --- */
.sr-cards-slider-outer {
  margin: 2rem 0 6rem 0;
  text-align: center;
}

/* --- Slider Inner --- */
.sr-cards-slider-inner {
  background-color: #F6F5F5;*/
  /*background-color: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F5F5 0%, #FFF 100%);*/
  background-position: 50%;
  background-size: cover;
  border: 1px solid #D7D9E0;
  margin-bottom: -1px;
  margin-right: -1px;
  min-height: 275px;
  position: relative;
  border-radius: 10px;

  /* subtle grow animation */
  transition: transform 0.35s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1), 
              background-color 0.3s ease, 
              border 0.3s ease;
  will-change: transform, background-color, border;
  transform: translateZ(0); /* force GPU */
}

/* --- Slider Item --- */
.sr-cards-slider-item {
  background: #fff;
  border-radius: 10px;
  padding: 0;
  transform: translateZ(0); /* smooth hover scaling */
}

/* --- Hover Effects (UNCHANGED) --- */
.sr-cards-slider-item:hover .sr-cards-slider-inner {
  transform: scale(1.03);          
  background-color: transparent;
  border: 0px solid #f9f9f9;       
  border-radius: 10px;
}

.sr-cards-slider-item:hover .sr-cards-slider-inner .tile-link {
  border-bottom: none;
  bottom: 0;
  display: flex;
  left: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  text-decoration: none;
  top: 0;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  transition: background 0.3s linear;
}

.sr-cards-slider-outer a.tile-link:hover .logo-hover {
  display: block !important;
}

.sr-cards-slider-outer a.tile-link:hover .logo-nohover {
  display: none !important;
}

/* --- Card Inner --- */
.card-inner {
  padding: 2rem;
  font-size: 1rem;
  text-align: center;
  transition: all 0.35s ease;
  will-change: transform, opacity;
  transform: translateZ(0); /* smooth hover */
}

.sr-cards-slider-item:hover .card-inner {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
}

.sr-cards-slider-item:hover p {
  color: #fff;
  margin: 1rem auto 0 auto;
  max-height: 100px;
  opacity: 1;
  display: block !important;
  border-radius: 10px;
  transition: opacity 0.35s ease, color 0.3s ease;
  will-change: opacity, color, transform;
  transform: translateZ(0); /* smooth fade-in */
}

/* --- Tile Link --- */
a.tile-link {
  border-bottom: none;
  bottom: 0;
  display: flex;
  left: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  text-decoration: none;
  top: 0;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  transition: background 0.3s linear;
  will-change: background;
  transform: translateZ(0);
}

/* --- Slick Slider Dots --- */
.sr-cards-slider-outer .slick-list {
  padding: 0px 1px;
}

.sr-cards-slider-outer ul.slick-dots li button {
  background: #535368;
  width: 14px !important;
  height: 14px !important;
}

.sr-cards-slider-outer ul.slick-dots li {
  padding: 0.5rem 0.4rem !important;
}

.sr-cards-slider-outer ul.slick-dots li.slick-active button {
  background-color: transparent !important;
  box-shadow: none;
  border: 2px solid #535368;
}

/* --- Slick Slider Arrows --- */
.sr-cards-slider-outer button.slick-arrow {
  background: 0;
  border: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  font-size: 0;
  outline: none !important;
  padding: 20px;
  position: absolute;
  top: calc(50% - 30px);
  z-index: 99;
}

.sr-cards-slider-outer button.slick-next.slick-arrow {
  right: -55px;
  background-image: url(https://www.equinetmedia.com/hubfs/Website%20pages/Equinet%20Websites/right.svg);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: 15px;
  width: 15px;
  height: 15px;
  background-position: center;
}

.sr-cards-slider-outer button.slick-prev.slick-arrow {
  left: -55px;
  background-image: url(https://www.equinetmedia.com/hubfs/Website%20pages/Equinet%20Websites/left.svg);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: 15px;
  width: 15px;
  height: 15px;
  background-position: center;
}

.sr-cards-slider-outer button.slick-arrow:before {
  content: none;
}

/* --- Responsive --- */
@media(max-width:1024px){
  .sr-cards-slider-outer { padding: 0px 40px; }
  .sr-cards-slider-outer button.slick-prev.slick-arrow { left: -10px; }
  .sr-cards-slider-outer button.slick-next.slick-arrow { right: -10px; }
}

@media(max-width:767px){
  .sr-cards-slider-outer { padding: 0px 40px; }
  .sr-cards-slider-outer button.slick-prev.slick-arrow { left: 0px; }
  .sr-cards-slider-outer button.slick-next.slick-arrow { right: 0px; }
  .sr-cards-slider-outer button.slick-arrow { padding: 14px; }
}

@media(max-width:540px){
  .sr-cards-slider-outer { padding: 0 30px; }
}

/* --- Container Padding --- */
.card-slider-outer-wrapper .container {
  padding-top: 84px;
  padding-bottom: 96px;
}

.sr-cards-slider-outer { margin-bottom: 0; }

.card-slider-outer-wrapper {
  border-top: 0px none #e5e7ea;
  border-bottom: 0px none #e5e7ea;
}

.sr-spacer-bottom-50 { padding-bottom: 0rem; }

.page-center {
  margin: 0 auto;
  float: none;
  width: 100%;
  position: relative;
  padding-left: 15px;
  padding-right: 15px;
}

@media (min-width: 576px) { .page-center { max-width: 540px; } }
@media (min-width: 768px) { .page-center { max-width: 740px; } }
@media (min-width: 992px) { .page-center { max-width: 960px; } }
@media (min-width: 1200px) { .card-slider-outer-wrapper .page-center { max-width: 1140px; } }