: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)
}



 



html {
    font-size: 10px;
}

* {
    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;
  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;
}

.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: 1rem;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--text-color);
  font-size: 3rem;
  font-weight: 300;
  text-align: center;
  width: 700px;
}

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