.c-cb {
    padding-left: 2em;
    position: relative;
    text-align: left;
}

.c-cb > input[type="checkbox"] {
	-moz-appearance: none;
	-webkit-appearance: none;
	appearance: none;
	margin-left: -2em;
	margin-top: .75em;
	opacity: .00001;
	position: relative;
	vertical-align: top;
	z-index: 2;
}

/**
 * Make sure the label is only as wide as the
 * inner text requires it to be.
 * The label should not be a block element
 * or run 100% width of its container.
 * Why would someone expect to click
 * white space on the opposite side of the
 * screen to have a checkbox checked?
 */
.c-cb > label {
	display: inline-block;
	padding: .75em .5em;
	vertical-align: top;
}


/**
 * Note, the :before pseudo-element is the new
 * "bounds" or "box" of the checkbox.
 * It must be the same height, width and
 * position of the native checkbox element.
 */
.c-cb > label:before,
.c-cb > input[type="checkbox"] {
	height: 1.125em;
	left: .125em;
	width: 1.125em;
}

/**
 * Base styles for use on both
 * pseudo elements.
 */
.c-cb > label:before,
.c-cb > label:after {
	border: 1px solid;
	content: " ";
	position: absolute;
	transition:
		border-color .2s ease-in-out,
		box-shadow .2s ease-in-out,
		transform .2s ease-in-out;
}

/**
 * Styles for the custom box boundary.
 */
.c-cb > label:before {
	border-color: #565656;
	border-radius: 2px;
	box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px #565656;
	height: 1.125em;
	left: .125em;
	top: .825em;
	width: 1.125em;
}

/**
 * This recreates the "check" mark.
 */
.c-cb > label:after {
	border: 0;
	border-bottom: 4px solid #565656;
	border-right: 4px solid #565656;
	height: .825em;
	left: .425em;
	top: .825em;
	transform-origin: center center;
	transform: rotate(45deg) scale(0);
	width: .5em;
}


/**
 * ** Defining States **
 */
.c-cb > input:checked ~ label:before {
	border-color: transparent;
	box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px #0d5192;
}

.c-cb > input:focus ~ label:before {
	border-color: transparent;
	box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px #228BEC;
}

.c-cb > input:checked ~ label:after {
	transform: rotate(45deg) scale(1);
}

.c-cb > input:checked:focus ~ label:after {
	border-color: #228BEC;
}

.c-cb > input[disabled] ~ label {
	opacity: .625;
}

/* placeholder design until a better required
   design pattern can be created */
.c-cb [aria-hidden="true"] {
	color: #f00;
}


/* ================= ALTERNATIVE ======================= */

.s-cb input {
    -moz-appearance: none;
    -o-apperance: none;
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    border-radius: 4px;
    border: 2px solid #666;
    font-size: inherit;
    height: 2em;
    line-height: 1;
    margin: .5em 0 0 0;
    position: relative;
    vertical-align: bottom;
    width: 2em;
}

    .s-cb input:before,
    .s-cb input:after {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        transition: transform .2s ease-in-out;
    }

    .s-cb input:before,
    .s-cb input:after {
        border-bottom: 3px solid rgba(34, 139, 236, 1);
        border-right: 3px solid rgba(34, 139, 236, 1);
        bottom: 0;
        height: 1em;
        margin: auto;
        right: .5em;
        top: -.5em;
        transform: rotate(45deg) scale(0);
        width: .625em;
    }

    .s-cb input:checked {
        border-color: #0d5192;
        box-shadow: inset 0 0 20px 3px rgba(34, 139, 236, .05);
    }

        .s-cb input:checked:before {
            transform: rotate(45deg) scale(1);
        }

    .s-cb input:focus {
        box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(34, 139, 236, 1);
        border: 2px solid rgba(34, 139, 236, 1);
        outline: 1px dotted rgba(34, 139, 236, 1);
        outline-offset: 3px;
    }


    /**
 * Disabled styles
 */
    .s-cb input[disabled] {
        opacity: .45
    }

        .s-cb input[disabled] + label {
            opacity: .75;
        }


/* close the whitespace gap between the input and the label
   allow for a required visual indicator to be absolutely positioned
*/
.s-cb label {
    position: relative;
    left: -.25em;
    padding-left: .75em;
}

/* if a checkbox is required, make some space for the
   CSS generated visual indicator. */
.s-cb input[required] + label {
    padding-right: .9em;
}


/**
 * Styling for invalid (aka unchecked required checkbox)
 */
.s-cb input:invalid {
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(20, 20, 20, 1);
    border: 2px solid rgba(20, 20, 20, 1);
}

    .s-cb input:invalid:focus {
        box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(220, 20, 20, 1);
        border-color: rgba(220, 20, 20, 1);
    }


/**
 * Create a visual indicator for the requiredness
 * of this checkbox
 */
.s-cb input[required] + label:after,
.s-cb input[required] + label:before {
    border-left: .35em solid transparent;
    border-right: .35em solid transparent;
    content: " ";
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
}

.s-cb input[required] + label:after {
    border-bottom: .6em solid red;
    top: -.2em;
}

.s-cb input[required] + label:before {
    border-top: .6em solid red;
    top: 0
}

/* when checked, ease up on the "error" feel to the indicator */
.s-cb input[required]:checked + label:after {
    border-bottom-color: rgba(34, 139, 236, .8);
}

.s-cb input[required]:checked + label:before {
    border-top-color: rgba(34, 139, 236, .8);
}



/**
 * IE11 / Edge
 *
 * Note that -ms-check will apply to radio button
 * styles as well.
 */
.s-cb input::-ms-check {
    border-color: rgba(34, 139, 236, 1);
    color: rgba(34, 139, 236, 1);
}