body {
	background-color: #1d181f; 
	font-size: 16px;	
}


/*-----CONTAINER -----*/
#container {
	background-color: #3B424C; /* Menu Color *//*becomes the nav background color*/
	
 	border: solid #298ED4 4px ; 
 	border-radius: 14px;
 	margin: auto;
 	margin-top: 1em;
 	margin-bottom: 1em;
	min-width: 320px;
	max-width: 1140px;
}

/*-----HEADER -----*/
header {
	font-family: Verdana , arial, sans-serif;
	background-color: #1d181f; 
	padding: .4em;
	border-top-right-radius: 12px;
	border-top-left-radius: 12px;
	/*Ultimate CSS Gradient Generator*/	
	background: #1d181f; /* Old browsers */
}
h1 {
	font-family: Verdana , arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 1.6em;
	color: #dddddd;
	padding: .6em;
	/*border-bottom: solid 3px #298ED4;*/
	text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #3ed;
}



/*----- form ----*/


fieldset {
	font-family: Verdana , arial, sans-serif;
	background-color: #ddd;	
	border-radius: 1em;
	margin: 1.5em;
	border: #298ED4 solid 1px;
	max-width: 90%;
}

legend {
	font-family: Verdana , arial, sans-serif;
	color: #1d181f;
	margin-left: 6%;
	padding: .5em;
	border: #298ED4 solid 1px;
	background-color: #aaa;
	border-radius: .4em;
}

label {
	display:block; /* forces a hard return and allows margin to be assigned*/
	margin: .5em;
	
}


label span {
	font-family: Verdana , arial, sans-serif;
	display:block;
	font-size: 1em;
	color: #1d181f;
	padding-top: .9em;
	padding-bottom: .3em;
}



textarea {
	margin: .5em;
	border: solid 1px #298ED4;
	border-radius: 5px;
	width: 90%;
}
textarea:focus {
	box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #111;	
}


/*where the user enters their information*/
label input {
		background-color: #fff;
		color: #1d181f;
		background-image:url(../images/ico_validation.png);
		background-position:4px -2px; /*shows the grey box*/
		background-repeat: no-repeat;
		padding:.3em .3em .3em 2em;
		border: solid 1px #298ED4;
		border-radius: 5px;
		font-size:.9em;
		width: 90%;
		max-width: 500px;
}
#checkbox label {
	display: inline;
}


#checkbox input {
	display: inline;
	margin-left: 1em;
}



/*The input that currently has the focus*/
input:focus {
	box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #111;	
}

/*identifies all required fields*/
input:required {
	background-position:4px -32px; /*shows the red star*/
}

/*Validation*/
input:focus:invalid {
  background-position:4px -66px; /*shows the yellow circle*/
}

/*Valid*/
input:required:valid {
  background-color: #fff;
  background-position: 4px -100px; /*shows the green check*/
}

.submitBtn {
	color: #fff;
	border: solid 2px #298ED4;
	border-radius:7px;
	width: 60%;
	margin:1% 5%;
	font-size: 1em;
	padding: .6em;
	background: #ff5335; 
	box-shadow: 4px 4px 10px #111;
} /*---  end of form --------------------------------------------------------------   end of form  ---*/