
    body {
      background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e0ebff, #f8fbff); /* soft light background */
      font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif;
      height: 100vh;
      margin: 0;
      display: flex;
      justify-content: center;
      align-items: center;
      flex-direction: column;
      color: #333;
      overflow-x: hidden;
    }

        /* Attractive animated heading */
    h2 {
      font-size: 2rem;
      font-weight: 700;
      background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2563eb, #3b82f6, #60a5fa);
      -webkit-background-clip: text;
      -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
      text-align: center;
      letter-spacing: 1px;
      margin-bottom: 20px;
      animation: fadeSlide 1s ease-in-out;
    }

    @keyframes fadeSlide {
      0% {
        opacity: 0;
        transform: translateY(-15px);
      }
      100% {
        opacity: 1;
        transform: translateY(0);
      }
    }

    .login-box {
      width: 90%;
      max-width: 380px;
      background: #1e293b; /* darker box */
      border-radius: 16px;
      padding: 30px 25px;
      color: #f1f1f1;
      box-shadow: 0 8px 25px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
      transition: all 0.3s ease;
    }

    .login-box:hover {
      transform: translateY(-3px);
      box-shadow: 0 12px 35px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
    }

    .login-logo {
      font-size: 1.6rem;
      font-weight: 600;
      color: #fff;
      margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
      text-align: center;
    }

    .form-control {
      border-radius: 25px;
      border: none;
      height: 48px;
      padding-left: 45px;
      background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.15);
      color: #fff;
      font-size: 15px;
      transition: 0.3s;
    }

    .form-control:focus {
      background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);
      outline: none;
      box-shadow: none;
      color: #d3d3d3;
    }

    .form-control::placeholder {
      color: #d3d3d3;
    }

/* Styled dropdown to match your login inputs */
select.form-control {
  appearance: none;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  -moz-appearance: none;
  border-radius: 25px;
  border: none;
  height: 48px;
  padding: 0 45px 0 45px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.15);
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 15px;
  transition: 0.3s;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' fill='%23ccc' viewBox='0 0 16 16'%3E%3Cpath d='M1.5 5.5l6 6 6-6H1.5z'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: right 15px center;
  background-size: 14px 14px;
  cursor: pointer;
}

/* Hover + focus glow */
select.form-control:hover,
select.form-control:focus {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.4);
  outline: none;
}

/* Option styling (for dropdown list) */
select.form-control option {
  background-color: #1e293b;
  color: #f1f1f1;
  font-size: 15px;
  padding: 8px 10px;
  border: none;
  cursor: pointer;
}

/* Hovered/selected options */
select.form-control option:hover,
select.form-control option:checked {
  background-color: #3b82f6;
  color: #fff;
}






    .input-group-text {
      background: transparent;
      border: none;
      position: absolute;
      left: 15px;
      top: 12px;
      color: #ccc;
      font-size: 15px;
    }

    #togglePassword {
      position: absolute;
      right: 15px;
      top: 12px;
      cursor: pointer;
      color: #ccc;
      font-size: 15px;
    }

    .btn-primary {
      border-radius: 25px;
      background: #3b82f6;
      border: none;
      font-weight: 500;
      font-size: 16px;
      height: 45px;
      transition: 0.3s;
    }

    .btn-primary:hover {
      background: #2563eb;
      transform: scale(1.02);
    }

    .icheck-primary label {
      font-size: 14px;
    }

    .extra-links a {
      color: #93c5fd;
      font-size: 14px;
      text-decoration: underline;
      transition: 0.3s;
    }

    .extra-links a:hover {
      color: #fff;
    }

       
    
    .footer {
      position: fixed;
      bottom: 0;
      left: 0;
      width: 100%;
      background: transparent;
      text-align: center;
      font-size: 13px;
      color: #666;
      padding: 10px 0;
    }

    .footer a {
     color: #3b82f6;
    }

    /* Mobile Optimization */
    @media (max-width: 480px) {
      h2 {
        font-size: 1.4rem;
      }
      .login-box {
        padding: 22px 18px;
        border-radius: 12px;
      }

      .login-logo {
        font-size: 1.3rem;
      }

      .form-control {
        height: 44px;
        font-size: 14px;
      }

      .btn-primary {
        font-size: 15px;
        height: 44px;
      }

      .extra-links a {
        font-size: 13px;
      }

      .footer {
        font-size: 12px;
      } 
      h2 {
        display: none;
      }
    }
