.bold {
    font-weight: bold;
}
.contact-btn {
    border: 2px solid #fff;
    padding: 10px 20px;
    border-radius: 5px;
}
.subtitle {
    font-size: 2.8em;
    margin: 5px 0 20px 0;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-family: "Montserrat", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji";
}
.ask-paul-section {
    background-color: #1a71b4;
    padding-top: 50px;
    padding-bottom: 50px;
    margin-top: 100px;
}
.ask-paul-container {
    background-color: #fff;
    padding: 60px 40px;
    color: #2c3e50;
    text-align: left;
    border-radius: 10px;
}
.ask-paul-heading {
    font-size: 3.5em;
    font-weight: 800;
    color: #2c3e50;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    line-height: 1.1;
    font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
}
.ask-paul-subheading {
    font-size: 1.8em;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #3498DB;
    margin-bottom: 40px;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
    font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}
.form-group {
    margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
}
.form-control {
    border-radius: 5px;
    border: 1px solid #ced4da;
    padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
    width: 100%;
    font-size: 1rem;
}
.form-control:focus {
    border-color: #3498DB;
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.25rem rgba(52, 152, 219, 0.25);
    outline: 0;
}
label {
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #2c3e50;
    margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
    display: block;
}
.btn-submit {
    background-color: #3498DB;
    color: #fff;
    border: none;
    padding: 1rem 2rem;
    font-size: 1.25rem;
    border-radius: 5px;
    cursor: pointer;
    transition: background-color 0.3s ease;
}
.btn-submit:hover {
    background-color: #2874a6;
}
textarea.form-control {
    height: auto;
}
.response-message {
    border-radius: 5px;
    font-weight: bold;
    word-wrap: break-word;
    padding: 0.5rem 1rem; /* Smaller padding when inline */
    margin-top: 0; /* Ensure no top margin when inline */
    text-align: left; /* Align text left */
    margin-left: 1.5em;
}

/* Responsive adjustment for mobile screens (screens under 576px wide) */
@media (max-width: 575.98px) {
    .response-message {
        width: 100%; /* Forces it to occupy full width, pushing it down */
        margin-top: 1rem !important; /* Adds vertical space above the message */
        margin-left: 0 !important; /* Removes the horizontal margin (like ms-3) */
    }
}

.success {
    background-color: #d4edda;
    color: #155724;
    border: 1px solid #c3e6cb;
}
.error {
    background-color: #f8d7da;
    color: #721c24;
    border: 1px solid #f5c6cb;
}