.home-highlights {
  float: left;
  width: 100%;
  background-color: var(--nuvo-slate);
}

.home-highlights .insidewrapper {
  padding-top: 48px;
  padding-bottom: 48px;
}

.home-highlights-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 48px;
  align-items: start;
}

.home-highlights-col h2 {
  padding-bottom: 8px;
  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--qms-accent);
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.home-highlights-viewall {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-top: 20px;
  padding: 10px 20px;
  background-color: var(--qms-darkblue);
  color: #fff;
  font-weight: 700;
  border-radius: 4px;
}

/* Latest News: compact list, round thumbnails */

.newshomeitem {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 64px 1fr;
  gap: 14px;
  align-items: center;
  padding: 10px 0px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(7, 17, 65, 0.1);
}

.newshomeitem:first-child {
  padding-top: 0px;
}

.newshomeitem-image {
  width: 64px;
  height: 64px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #dfe4e6;
}

.newshomeitem-image img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  display: block;
}

.newshomeitem-date {
  display: block;
  color: var(--qms-accent);
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 12px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
  margin-bottom: 2px;
}

.newshomeitem-text h3 {
  padding: 0px;
  font-size: 16px;
  color: var(--qms-darkblue);
}

/* Featured Case Studies: same compact list, square thumbnails + tag */

.casestudyhomeitem {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 64px 1fr;
  gap: 14px;
  align-items: center;
  padding: 10px 0px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(7, 17, 65, 0.1);
}

.casestudyhomeitem:first-child {
  padding-top: 0px;
}

.casestudyhomeitem-image {
  width: 64px;
  height: 64px;
  border-radius: 4px;
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #dfe4e6;
}

.casestudyhomeitem-image img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  display: block;
}

.casestudyhomeitem-tag {
  display: block;
  color: var(--qms-logoblue);
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 12px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
  margin-bottom: 2px;
}

.casestudyhomeitem-text h3 {
  padding: 0px;
  font-size: 16px;
  color: var(--qms-darkblue);
}

.casestudyhomeitem-customer {
  color: var(--qms-darkblue);
  opacity: 0.7;
  font-size: 13px;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 900px) {
  .home-highlights-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 40px;
  }
}

/* Home banner: soft gradient from the bottom so white images don't fade into the page */

.banner::after {
  top: auto;
  bottom: 0px;
  height: 45%;
  background: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(7, 17, 65, 0.45) 0%, rgba(7, 17, 65, 0) 100%);
  z-index: 1;
  pointer-events: none;
}

/* sit the caption lower in the banner */
.banner .captionblock,
.banner .captioncontainer {
  align-items: flex-end;
}

.banner .textinner {
  padding-bottom: 72px; /* clears the slider arrows (24px up, 32px tall) */
}

.banner .caption1 span {
  font-size: 46px !important;
}

.banner .caption2 span {
  font-size: 54px !important;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 1280px) {
  .banner .caption1 span,
  .banner .caption2 span {
    font-size: 36px !important;
  }

  .banner .textinner {
    padding-bottom: 72px;
  }
}

@media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
  .banner .caption1 span,
  .banner .caption2 span {
    font-size: 26px !important;
  }

  .banner .textinner {
    padding-bottom: 72px;
  }
}