:root {
  --blue-color: #000080;
  --yellow-color: #ffc700;
  --white-color: #fff;
  --black-color: #000;
  --font-league-spartan: "League Spartan", sans-serif;
  --font-anton: "Anton", sans-serif;
}

.steps-section {
  width: 100%;
  padding: 100px 0px 0px 0px;
  background-color: var(--blue-color);
  color: white;
}

/* Header Styling (Red Box) */
.header-section {
  padding: 80px 10% 20px 10%;
  position: relative;
}

.steps-main-title {
  font-size: 3.5rem;
  font-weight: 900;
  line-height: 1.1;
  margin: 0;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
}

.sub-title {
  color: var(--yellow-color);
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  margin-top: 10px;
}

.as-steps {
  position: relative;
  margin-top: 100px;
}

.einstein-img {
  position: absolute;
  right: 25%;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translate(50%, -80%) !important;
  width: 200px;
  z-index: 0;
  /* position: absolute;
    right: 10%;
    top: -65px;
    z-index: 0; */
  /* width: 200px; */
}

@media screen and (max-width: 1599px) {
  .einstein-img {
    right: 30%;
    top: 45px;
    width: 200px;
  }
  .steps-main-title {
  font-size: 2.5rem;
  font-weight: 900;
  line-height: 1.1;
  margin: 0;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
}

}
@media screen and (max-width: 1440px) {
  .einstein-img {
    right: 30%;
    top: -30px;
    width: 200px;
  }
}
@media screen and (max-width: 1360px) {
  .einstein-img {
    right: 25%;
    top: -30px;
    width: 200px;
  }
}
@media screen and (max-width: 1240px) {
  .einstein-img {
    right: 25%;
    top: -30px;
    width: 200px;
  }
}

@media screen and (max-width: 1024px) {
  .einstein-img {
    top: 50%;
    right: 30%;
    width: 150px;
    transform: translate(50%, -33%) !important;
  }
  .as-steps {
    margin-top: 0px;
  }
  .astext {
    width: 95% !important;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 50px 0px 0;
  }
}

@media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
  .einstein-img {
    top: 50%;
    width: 100px;
    right: 20%;
    transform: translate(60px, 12px) !important;
  }
  .as-steps {
    margin-top: 0px;
  }
  .astext {
    width: 90%;
    margin: 0px auto;
    padding: 50px 5px 0;
  }
}

/* Staircase Logic (Bottom Section) */
.staircase-container {
  display: flex;
  width: 100%;
  margin-top: 40px;
  border-bottom: 2px solid white;
  /* Bottom closing line */
}

.lead-line {
  width: 10%;
  border-right: 2px solid white;
  border-top: 2px solid white;
  margin-top: 50px;
}

.step {
  flex: 1;
  border-right: 2px solid white;
  position: relative;
  padding: 20px 15px 100px 15px;
}

.step::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 2px;
  background: white;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 991px) {
  .step::before {
    display: none;
  }
  .step {
    border-right: 0px;
  }
  .steps-main-title {
    font-size: 2rem !important;
  }
  .step {
    padding: 20px !important;
  }
}

.s1 {
  margin-top: 50px;
}

.s2 {
  margin-top: 100px;
}

.s3 {
  margin-top: 150px;
}

.s4 {
  margin-top: 200px;
}

.s5 {
  margin-top: 250px;
}

.exit-line {
  width: 10%;
  border-top: 2px solid white;
  margin-top: 300px;
}

.step-num {
  position: absolute;
  top: -35px;
  right: 10px;
  font-weight: 900;
  font-size: 1.3rem;
}

.step-heading {
  color: var(--yellow-color);
  font-weight: 900;
  /* font-size: 1.6rem; */
  text-transform: uppercase;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.step-content {
  /* font-size: 0.95rem; */
  line-height: 1.5;
}

.step-content b {
  font-weight: 800;
}

@media (max-width: 992px) {
  .staircase-container {
    flex-direction: column;
  }
  .lead-line,
  .exit-line {
    display: none !important;
  }
  .steps-section {
    padding: 50px 0px 0px 0px;
  }

  .step {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
    border-top: 2px solid var(--white-color);
  }

  .lead-line,
    .exit-line,
    /* .einstein-img {
        display: none;
    } */

    .step-num {
    position: static;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .steps-section {
    padding: 0px 0px 60px 0px;
  }
  .header-section {
    padding: 80px 5% 20px 5%;
  }
  /* .einstein-img{
        top: 5px;
        width: 140px;
    } */
}
.thumbs-up-gif {
  width: 120px;
  height: auto;
  margin-top: 20px;
  border: 5px solid var(--white-color);
  border-radius: 10px;
  position: absolute;
  top: -40px;
  right: 27%;
}