.approach-hero,
.approach-method {
  color: var(--white);
  background: var(--navy-950);
}

.approach-hero {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding-block: clamp(4.6rem, 8.4vw, 7.5rem);
  background:
    radial-gradient(ellipse at 79% 45%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--page-accent) 8%, transparent), transparent 33%),
    var(--navy-950);
}

.approach-hero-layout,
.approach-why-layout,
.approach-iteration-layout {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.05fr) minmax(21rem, 0.95fr);
  align-items: center;
  gap: clamp(3rem, 7vw, 7rem);
}

.approach-hero-copy {
  max-width: 43rem;
}

.approach-hero h1 {
  max-width: 12ch;
  margin-bottom: 1.35rem;
  font-size: clamp(3rem, 5.5vw, 4.8rem);
  line-height: 1.02;
}

.approach-hero-lede {
  max-width: 40rem;
  margin-bottom: 1.8rem;
  color: rgb(238 245 248 / 80%);
  font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 1.4vw, 1.2rem);
  line-height: 1.7;
}

.approach-hero .hero-actions {
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.approach-context {
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 1.65rem 1.6rem 1.4rem 1.8rem;
  border: 1px solid rgb(255 255 255 / 19%);
  background: rgb(255 255 255 / 3%);
}

.approach-context figcaption,
.approach-contrast figcaption,
.approach-method-map figcaption,
.approach-feedback figcaption {
  color: rgb(224 237 242 / 68%);
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  font-weight: 720;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  line-height: 1.5;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.approach-context figcaption {
  margin-bottom: 1.35rem;
}

.approach-context-list {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  gap: 0;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

.approach-context-list::before {
  position: absolute;
  top: 1.25rem;
  bottom: 1.25rem;
  left: 1.02rem;
  width: 1px;
  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--page-accent) 48%, transparent);
  content: "";
}

.approach-context-list li {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 2.1rem minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 0.9rem;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 5rem;
}

.context-marker {
  z-index: 1;
  display: grid;
  width: 2.05rem;
  height: 2.05rem;
  place-items: center;
  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--page-accent) 65%, transparent);
  border-radius: var(--radius-panel);
  color: var(--page-accent);
  background: var(--navy-950);
  font-size: 0.65rem;
  font-weight: 740;
}

.approach-context-list li > span:last-child {
  display: grid;
  gap: 0.15rem;
}

.approach-context-list small {
  color: rgb(224 237 242 / 60%);
  font-size: 0.68rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.09em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.approach-context-list strong {
  color: var(--white);
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 620;
  line-height: 1.4;
}

.approach-context-note {
  margin: 1.1rem 0 0;
  padding-top: 1rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgb(255 255 255 / 14%);
  color: rgb(224 237 242 / 61%);
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

.approach-why {
  background: var(--white);
}

.approach-why-layout {
  align-items: center;
}

.approach-why-copy h2,
.approach-iteration-copy h2 {
  max-width: 14ch;
  margin-bottom: 1.2rem;
  font-size: clamp(2.1rem, 3.7vw, 3.2rem);
  line-height: 1.1;
}

.approach-why-copy .body-lede,
.approach-iteration-copy .body-lede {
  max-width: 40rem;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

.approach-contrast {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 1.5rem 1.7rem 1.35rem;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--canvas);
}

.approach-contrast figcaption {
  margin-bottom: 1.15rem;
  color: #536878;
}

.contrast-row {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 2.3rem minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 0.9rem;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 4.8rem;
  padding-block: 0.75rem;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.contrast-index {
  color: #347e7c;
  font-size: 0.7rem;
  font-weight: 760;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}

.contrast-row p {
  display: grid;
  gap: 0.18rem;
  margin: 0;
}

.contrast-row small {
  color: #536878;
  font-size: 0.7rem;
  font-weight: 710;
  letter-spacing: 0.09em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.contrast-row strong {
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 650;
  line-height: 1.4;
}

.contrast-connector {
  display: flex;
  height: 1.15rem;
  align-items: center;
  margin-left: 1.06rem;
  border-left: 1px solid #72b9b1;
}

.contrast-connector span {
  width: 1.15rem;
  height: 1px;
  background: #72b9b1;
}

.contrast-row-recovery .contrast-index {
  color: #0b6971;
}

.contrast-note {
  margin: 0.5rem 0 0 3.2rem;
  color: var(--muted-ink);
  font-size: 0.83rem;
}

.approach-method {
  padding-block: var(--section-space);
  background:
    radial-gradient(ellipse at 85% 16%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--page-accent) 6%, transparent), transparent 32%),
    var(--navy-900);
  scroll-margin-top: 6.5rem;
}

.approach-method-heading {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(18rem, 0.8fr);
  align-items: end;
  gap: clamp(2rem, 6vw, 6rem);
  margin-bottom: 2.5rem;
}

.approach-method-heading h2 {
  max-width: 13ch;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--white);
  font-size: clamp(2.3rem, 4vw, 3.5rem);
  line-height: 1.08;
}

.approach-method-heading > p {
  max-width: 36rem;
  margin: 0 0 0.25rem;
  color: rgb(235 244 247 / 74%);
  font-size: 1rem;
}

.approach-method-map {
  margin: 0 0 2.1rem;
  padding: 1.15rem 0.25rem 0.65rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgb(255 255 255 / 14%);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(255 255 255 / 14%);
}

.approach-method-map svg {
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  overflow: visible;
}

.approach-method-map figcaption {
  margin: 0.2rem 0 0.1rem;
  text-align: center;
  text-transform: none;
  letter-spacing: 0.01em;
}

.approach-flow-path {
  fill: none;
  stroke: var(--page-accent);
  stroke-width: 2;
}

.motion-ready .approach-method-map:not(.is-visible) .approach-flow-path {
  stroke-dasharray: 1;
  stroke-dashoffset: 1;
}

.motion-ready .approach-method-map.is-visible .approach-flow-path {
  stroke-dasharray: 1;
  stroke-dashoffset: 0;
  transition: stroke-dashoffset var(--motion-flow) var(--ease-out) 120ms;
}

.approach-return-path {
  fill: none;
  stroke: color-mix(in srgb, var(--page-accent) 58%, transparent);
  stroke-dasharray: 4 7;
  stroke-width: 1.4;
}

.method-map-node circle {
  fill: var(--navy-900);
  stroke: var(--page-accent);
  stroke-width: 2;
  transition: fill 180ms ease, stroke-width 180ms ease;
}

.motion-ready .approach-method-map.is-visible .method-map-node circle {
  animation: method-node-arrive 450ms var(--ease-out) both;
}

.motion-ready .approach-method-map.is-visible .method-map-node:nth-of-type(1) circle { animation-delay: 180ms; }
.motion-ready .approach-method-map.is-visible .method-map-node:nth-of-type(2) circle { animation-delay: 340ms; }
.motion-ready .approach-method-map.is-visible .method-map-node:nth-of-type(3) circle { animation-delay: 500ms; }
.motion-ready .approach-method-map.is-visible .method-map-node:nth-of-type(4) circle { animation-delay: 660ms; }
.motion-ready .approach-method-map.is-visible .method-map-node:nth-of-type(5) circle { animation-delay: 820ms; }
.motion-ready .approach-method-map.is-visible .method-map-node:nth-of-type(6) circle { animation-delay: 980ms; }

@keyframes method-node-arrive {
  from { opacity: 0.55; transform: scale(0.82); transform-box: fill-box; transform-origin: center; }
  to { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1); transform-box: fill-box; transform-origin: center; }
}

.method-map-node:first-of-type circle,
.method-map-node-test circle {
  fill: #12394a;
}

.method-map-node text {
  fill: rgb(232 243 247 / 64%);
  font-family: inherit;
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 720;
  text-anchor: middle;
}

.method-map-node text:last-child {
  fill: var(--white);
  font-size: 18px;
  font-weight: 650;
}

.method-map-feedback {
  fill: #9ce6dc;
  font-family: inherit;
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 720;
  letter-spacing: 1.8px;
  text-anchor: middle;
}

.approach-stage-list {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
  counter-reset: method-stage;
}

.approach-stage-list::before {
  position: absolute;
  top: 1rem;
  bottom: 1rem;
  left: 1.08rem;
  width: 2px;
  transform: scaleY(1);
  transform-origin: top center;
  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--page-accent) 42%, transparent);
  content: "";
}

.motion-ready .approach-stage-list:not(.is-visible)::before {
  transform: scaleY(0);
}

.motion-ready .approach-stage-list.is-visible::before {
  transform: scaleY(1);
  transition: transform var(--motion-flow) var(--ease-out) 120ms;
}

.approach-stage {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 3.2rem minmax(12rem, 0.48fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 1.2rem;
  align-items: baseline;
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 1.35rem 0 1.45rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgb(255 255 255 / 12%);
  transition: border-color 180ms ease;
}

.approach-stage:hover {
  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--page-accent) 38%, rgb(255 255 255 / 12%));
  background: transparent;
}

.approach-stage-number {
  z-index: 1;
  display: grid;
  width: 2.2rem;
  height: 2.2rem;
  place-items: center;
  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--page-accent) 62%, transparent);
  border-radius: var(--radius-panel);
  color: var(--page-accent);
  background: var(--navy-900);
  font-size: 0.68rem;
  font-weight: 750;
}

.approach-stage h3 {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--white);
  font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 2.1vw, 1.65rem);
  letter-spacing: -0.03em;
  line-height: 1.3;
}

.approach-stage p {
  max-width: 43rem;
  margin: 0;
  color: rgb(235 244 247 / 74%);
  font-size: 0.98rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
}

.approach-scope-note {
  margin: 1.35rem 0 0;
  padding-top: 1rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgb(255 255 255 / 14%);
  color: rgb(235 244 247 / 62%);
  font-size: 0.82rem;
}

.approach-iteration {
  background: var(--surface);
  scroll-margin-top: 6.5rem;
}

.approach-iteration-layout {
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 0.95fr) minmax(23rem, 1.05fr);
}

.approach-iteration-note {
  max-width: 39rem;
  margin: 1.2rem 0 0;
  padding-left: 1rem;
  border-left: 2px solid #348e89;
  color: var(--muted-ink);
  font-size: 0.9rem;
}

.approach-feedback {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 1.7rem 1.6rem 1.4rem;
  border: 1px solid #d2dee4;
  background: rgb(255 255 255 / 62%);
}

.approach-feedback figcaption {
  margin-bottom: 1.6rem;
  color: #536878;
}

.feedback-track {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 2.5rem minmax(0, 1fr) 2.5rem minmax(0, 1fr);
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.4rem;
}

.feedback-point {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  min-height: 7rem;
  place-items: center;
  padding: 1rem 0.7rem;
  border: 1px solid #bdcdd5;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: var(--white);
  text-align: center;
}

.feedback-point::before {
  position: absolute;
  top: -0.38rem;
  left: calc(50% - 0.38rem);
  width: 0.76rem;
  height: 0.76rem;
  border: 1px solid #348e89;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--white);
  content: "";
}

.feedback-point span {
  font-size: 0.88rem;
  font-weight: 680;
  line-height: 1.4;
}

.feedback-point-center {
  border-color: #348e89;
  background: #f4fbfa;
}

.feedback-point-end {
  border-color: #9cafb9;
}

.feedback-link {
  position: relative;
  height: 1px;
  background: #77aaa5;
}

.feedback-link::before,
.feedback-link::after {
  position: absolute;
  top: -0.2rem;
  width: 1px;
  height: 0.4rem;
  background: #77aaa5;
  content: "";
}

.feedback-link::before {
  left: 0;
}

.feedback-link::after {
  right: 0;
}

.feedback-return {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.55rem;
  margin: 1.15rem 0 0;
  padding-top: 0.85rem;
  border-top: 1px dashed #9caeb8;
  color: #496779;
  font-size: 0.83rem;
}

.feedback-return span {
  color: #347e7c;
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  line-height: 1;
}

.approach-cta {
  padding-block: 0 var(--section-space);
  background: var(--canvas);
}

.approach-cta-panel {
  display: flex;
  min-height: 18rem;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 3rem;
  padding: clamp(2rem, 5.5vw, 4.5rem);
  color: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid rgb(255 255 255 / 10%);
  border-radius: var(--radius-panel);
  background:
    radial-gradient(ellipse at 88% 15%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--page-accent) 7%, transparent), transparent 28%),
    var(--navy-950);
  box-shadow: none;
}

.approach-cta-panel > div {
  max-width: 44rem;
}

.approach-cta-panel h2 {
  max-width: 16ch;
  margin: 0 0 0.9rem;
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 3.7vw, 3rem);
  line-height: 1.1;
}

.approach-cta-panel p:not(.eyebrow) {
  max-width: 38rem;
  margin: 0;
  color: rgb(235 244 247 / 75%);
}

.approach-cta-panel .button {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
}

.approach-method,
.approach-why,
.approach-iteration,
.approach-cta {
  scroll-margin-top: 6.5rem;
}

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .approach-hero-layout,
  .approach-why-layout,
  .approach-iteration-layout {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 2.8rem;
  }

  .approach-hero-copy {
    max-width: 48rem;
  }

  .approach-context,
  .approach-contrast,
  .approach-feedback {
    width: min(100%, 48rem);
  }

  .approach-method-heading {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 1.1rem;
  }

  .approach-method-heading > p {
    max-width: 47rem;
  }

  .approach-method-map {
    display: none;
  }

  .approach-stage {
    grid-template-columns: 3.2rem minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 0.5rem 1.1rem;
    align-items: start;
    padding-block: 1.2rem 1.35rem;
  }

  .approach-stage-number {
    grid-row: 1 / span 2;
  }

  .approach-stage h3 {
    padding-top: 0.2rem;
  }

  .approach-stage p {
    grid-column: 2;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .approach-hero {
    padding-block: 3.8rem 4.2rem;
  }

  .approach-hero h1 {
    max-width: 11.5ch;
    font-size: clamp(2.55rem, 10vw, 3.5rem);
  }

  .approach-hero .hero-actions {
    align-items: stretch;
    flex-direction: column;
  }

  .approach-hero .hero-actions .button-primary {
    width: 100%;
  }

  .approach-context {
    padding: 1.25rem 1.05rem 1.1rem;
  }

  .approach-why-copy h2,
  .approach-iteration-copy h2 {
    max-width: 15ch;
    font-size: clamp(2rem, 8vw, 2.7rem);
  }

  .approach-contrast {
    padding: 1.2rem 1rem 1rem;
  }

  .approach-method-heading h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.1rem, 8vw, 2.8rem);
  }

  .approach-stage-list::before {
    left: 0.96rem;
  }

  .approach-stage {
    grid-template-columns: 2.7rem minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 0.5rem 0.9rem;
  }

  .approach-stage-number {
    width: 2rem;
    height: 2rem;
  }

  .approach-stage p {
    font-size: 0.94rem;
  }

  .approach-feedback {
    padding: 1.25rem 0.85rem 1rem;
  }

  .feedback-track {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 1rem minmax(0, 1fr) 1rem minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 0.3rem;
  }

  .feedback-point {
    min-height: 6.5rem;
    padding-inline: 0.35rem;
  }

  .feedback-point span {
    font-size: 0.74rem;
  }

  .feedback-return {
    align-items: flex-start;
    font-size: 0.77rem;
  }

  .approach-cta-panel {
    min-height: 0;
    align-items: flex-start;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 1.7rem;
    padding: 2rem 1.4rem;
  }

  .approach-cta-panel h2 {
    max-width: 14ch;
    font-size: clamp(2rem, 8vw, 2.7rem);
  }

  .approach-cta-panel > a {
    width: 100%;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 390px) {
  .approach-hero h1 {
    font-size: 2.45rem;
  }

  .approach-context-list strong {
    font-size: 0.93rem;
  }

  .feedback-track {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 0.65rem minmax(0, 1fr) 0.65rem minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 0.2rem;
  }

  .feedback-point {
    padding-inline: 0.25rem;
  }

  .feedback-point span {
    font-size: 0.69rem;
  }

  .approach-cta-panel {
    padding-inline: 1.2rem;
  }
}