/* St. Louis Home Care Costs. One narrow column, hairline rules, no cards.
   Every dollar figure is set in mono and underlined, so a page reads like a rate sheet. */
:root{
  --paper:#fbfaf7;
  --ink:#1b1b1b;
  --rule:#d9d4c7;
  --accent:#0f6b57;
  --flag:#a4441f;
  --quiet:#6a6459;
  --col:640px;
}
*{box-sizing:border-box}
html{-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%}
body{
  margin:0;
  background:var(--paper);
  color:var(--ink);
  font-family:"IBM Plex Serif",Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;
  font-weight:400;
  font-size:17px;
  line-height:1.62;
}
.col{max-width:var(--col);margin:0 auto;padding:0 20px}
a{color:var(--accent);text-underline-offset:2px}
a:hover{color:var(--flag)}
.skip{position:absolute;left:-9999px}
.skip:focus{left:20px;top:10px;background:var(--paper);padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid var(--ink)}

/* labels */
.label,.rule-head th,.masthead .stamp,.foot .stamp,.lists-head,.form-head{
  font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Arial,sans-serif;
  font-weight:600;
  font-size:11px;
  letter-spacing:.09em;
  text-transform:uppercase;
  color:var(--quiet);
}

/* numbers, the signature */
.n{font-family:"IBM Plex Mono",ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-weight:500;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;letter-spacing:-.01em}
.money{font-family:"IBM Plex Mono",ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-weight:500;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;border-bottom:1px solid var(--accent);padding-bottom:1px;white-space:nowrap}
.money.flag{border-bottom-color:var(--flag)}

/* masthead */
.masthead{border-bottom:1px solid var(--ink);padding:26px 0 12px;margin-bottom:0}
.masthead .name{font-weight:600;font-size:19px;letter-spacing:-.01em;text-decoration:none;color:var(--ink);display:inline-block}
.masthead .stamp{display:block;margin-top:4px}
.masthead nav{margin-top:14px;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:0 18px;font-size:14px}
.masthead nav a{text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px solid var(--rule)}
.masthead nav a:hover{border-bottom-color:var(--flag)}

/* the rate line, homepage opener */
.rateline{border-bottom:1px solid var(--ink);padding:22px 0 20px}
.rateline .big{font-family:"IBM Plex Mono",ui-monospace,monospace;font-weight:500;font-size:44px;line-height:1;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;border-bottom:2px solid var(--accent);padding-bottom:4px;display:inline-block}
.rateline p{margin:14px 0 0}
.figs{width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:18px}
.figs th,.figs td{padding:6px 0;border-bottom:1px solid var(--rule);vertical-align:baseline}
.figs th{text-align:left;font-weight:400;font-size:15px;color:var(--ink)}
.figs td{text-align:right;font-family:"IBM Plex Mono",ui-monospace,monospace;font-weight:500;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-size:15px;white-space:nowrap}
.figs tr:last-child th,.figs tr:last-child td{border-bottom:0}

h1{font-weight:600;font-size:29px;line-height:1.24;letter-spacing:-.015em;margin:26px 0 8px}
h2{font-weight:600;font-size:20px;line-height:1.3;margin:34px 0 8px}
h3{font-weight:600;font-size:16px;margin:24px 0 6px}
p{margin:0 0 14px}
.dek{color:var(--quiet);font-size:17px;margin-top:0}
.byline{font-size:13px;color:var(--quiet);margin:0 0 8px}
hr.rule{border:0;border-top:1px solid var(--rule);margin:30px 0}
hr.hard{border:0;border-top:1px solid var(--ink);margin:34px 0}

/* bare data tables */
table.data{width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:16px 0 8px;font-size:15px}
table.data caption{caption-side:top;text-align:left;font-family:Inter,-apple-system,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:600;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.09em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--quiet);padding-bottom:8px}
table.data th,table.data td{padding:7px 8px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid var(--rule);text-align:left;vertical-align:baseline}
table.data thead th{font-family:Inter,-apple-system,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:600;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.06em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--quiet);border-bottom:1px solid var(--ink)}
table.data td.f,table.data th.f{text-align:right;padding-right:0;font-family:"IBM Plex Mono",ui-monospace,monospace;font-weight:500;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;white-space:nowrap}
table.data thead th.f{font-family:Inter,-apple-system,Arial,sans-serif}
table.data td.rk{width:2.2em;color:var(--quiet);font-family:"IBM Plex Mono",ui-monospace,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums}
table.data tr.here th,table.data tr.here td{color:var(--flag)}
table.data td.none{color:var(--quiet);font-family:"IBM Plex Serif",Georgia,serif;font-style:italic}
.tablewrap{overflow-x:auto}
.tnote{font-size:13px;color:var(--quiet);margin:6px 0 0}

/* methodology */
.methodology-box{border-top:1px solid var(--ink);border-bottom:1px solid var(--ink);padding:14px 0;margin:26px 0}
.methodology-box h2{margin:0 0 6px;font-size:13px;font-family:Inter,-apple-system,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:.09em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--quiet)}
.methodology-box p{margin:0 0 8px;font-size:15px}
.methodology-box p:last-child{margin-bottom:0}

/* refusal block */
.refusal{border-left:3px solid var(--flag);padding:2px 0 2px 16px;margin:22px 0}
.refusal p{margin:0 0 10px}
.refusal p:last-child{margin:0}

/* hub */
.lists-head{margin:0 0 10px}
.lists a.lists-item,.lists-item{display:block;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid var(--rule);text-decoration:none;color:var(--ink);font-size:17px;font-weight:600}
.lists-item:hover{color:var(--flag)}
.lists-item .why{display:block;font-weight:400;font-size:14px;color:var(--quiet);margin-top:2px}

/* featured slot, hand authored, disclosed */
.featured{border-left:3px solid var(--accent);padding:2px 0 2px 16px;margin:28px 0}
.featured .tag{font-family:Inter,-apple-system,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:600;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.09em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--accent);margin:0 0 4px}
.featured h2{margin:0 0 6px;font-size:19px}
.featured p{margin:0 0 10px;font-size:16px}
.featured .disclosure{font-size:13px;color:var(--quiet);margin:0}

/* form */
.form-wrap{border-top:1px solid var(--ink);padding-top:18px;margin-top:34px}
.form-head{margin:0 0 8px}
form label{display:block;font-family:Inter,-apple-system,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:600;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.04em;color:var(--quiet);margin:14px 0 4px}
form input,form select{width:100%;padding:9px 10px;border:1px solid var(--rule);border-radius:0;background:#fff;color:var(--ink);font-family:"IBM Plex Serif",Georgia,serif;font-size:16px}
form input:focus,form select:focus{outline:2px solid var(--accent);outline-offset:1px;border-color:var(--accent)}
.hp{position:absolute;left:-8000px;width:1px;height:1px;overflow:hidden}
.actions{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;align-items:center;gap:14px;margin-top:18px}
button.send{font-family:Inter,-apple-system,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:.03em;background:var(--accent);color:#fbfaf7;border:0;border-radius:0;padding:12px 22px;cursor:pointer}
button.send:hover{background:#0b5544}
.calls{font-size:15px}
.calls a{font-family:"IBM Plex Mono",ui-monospace,monospace;font-weight:500;white-space:nowrap}
.formnote{font-size:13px;color:var(--quiet);margin:12px 0 0}
.msg{margin-top:14px;font-size:15px}
.msg.bad{color:var(--flag)}

/* related */
.related{font-size:15px}
.related a{display:inline-block;margin-right:14px}

/* footer */
.foot{border-top:1px solid var(--ink);margin-top:40px;padding:18px 0 46px;font-size:13px;color:var(--quiet)}
.foot p{margin:0 0 9px}
.foot a{color:var(--quiet)}
.foot .stamp{margin-bottom:10px}

@media (max-width:520px){
  body{font-size:16px}
  .rateline .big{font-size:36px}
  h1{font-size:25px}
  table.data{font-size:14px}
}

/* engine-generated list pages (lists.py body shape) */
.list-intro{font-size:17px;margin:0 0 18px}
.ranked-list{list-style:none;margin:18px 0 0;padding:0;counter-reset:none}
.list-item{border-bottom:1px solid var(--rule);padding:14px 0}
.list-item:first-child{border-top:1px solid var(--ink)}
.list-item h3{margin:0 0 4px;font-size:17px}
.list-item .list-loc{font-weight:400;color:var(--quiet);font-size:14px}
.list-metric{margin:0 0 4px;font-size:14px;color:var(--quiet)}
.list-metric strong{font-family:"IBM Plex Mono",ui-monospace,monospace;font-weight:500;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;color:var(--ink);border-bottom:1px solid var(--accent)}
.list-item p{margin:0;font-size:15px}
.featured-slot{border-left:3px solid var(--accent);padding:2px 0 2px 16px;margin:28px 0}
.featured-slot .featured-tag{font-family:Inter,-apple-system,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:600;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.09em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--accent);margin:0 0 4px}
.featured-slot .featured-disclosure{font-size:13px;color:var(--quiet)}
ul{padding-left:1.15em;margin:0 0 14px}
li{margin:0 0 6px}

/* QA fix, Sep 10 2026: a bare source URL inside code or a paragraph is one
   unbreakable token, and at 400px it forced the whole document to scroll
   sideways on methodology.html and home-care-payroll-by-county.html.
   Let long tokens break, and never let a data table push past the column. */
code{overflow-wrap:anywhere;word-break:break-word}
.col p,.col dd,.col li,.col td,.col th{overflow-wrap:break-word}
table.data{table-layout:auto;max-width:100%}