$text-color: #0f3a5c; //dark blue
$heading-color: $text-color;
$text-color-subtle: tint($text-color, 30%);
$text-highlight-color: #f6d564;//yellow

$link-color: #d53777;
$link-color-hover: darken($link-color, 15%);

$highlight-color: #d7df23; //light green
$highlight-color-hover: shade($highlight-color, 10%);

$link-color-reverse: #01bfe1; //light Blue
$link-color-reverse-hover: lighten($link-color-reverse, 10%);
$link-color-reverse-alt: $text-color;

$heading-highlight-color: #dfe0e5;

$border-color: #01bfe1;

$background-color: #fff;
$background-color-subtle: #cbcbcb;
$background-color-alt: #0f3a5c;

$checkbox-bg-color: #daeef5;

$header-bg-color: #010a2b;
$header-border-color: #feca36;
$homepage-featured-background: #92D6ED;
$utility-nav-color: #9cb2bd;
$search-input-bg-color: #0a3f5e;

$footer-color: $text-color;

$search-placeholder-color: $background-color;

// icon color variations - overrides original value with this theme's contextual value

$icon-primary-color: #ffffff;
$icon-secondary-color: #e45362;
$icon-search-color: $text-color;