.ripple-radio-checkbox {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  -moz-appearance: none;
  -ms-appearance: none;
  -o-appearance: none;
  appearance: none;
  position: relative; 
  top:0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  height: 25px !important;
  width: 25px !important;
  transition: all 0.15s ease-out 0s;
  background: #cbd1d8; /* light gray */ 
  border: none;
  color: #fff;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: inline-block;
  margin-right: 0.5rem;
  outline: none;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2; /* when changing to absolute below, it covers the checkbox area and puts css graphics over the top orig: 1000 */
  border:1px solid #07C9F3;
}
.ripple-radio-checkbox:hover {
  background: #9faab7; /* darker gray */
}
.ripple-radio-checkbox:checked {
  background: #3DC0E1; /* light blue */ 
}
.ripple-radio-checkbox:checked::before {
  height: 25px !important;
  width: 25px !important;
  position: absolute;
  content: '✔'; /* utf-8 for checkmark */
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: 20.66667px !important;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 25px !important;
  font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica", "Roboto", "Arial", sans-serif !important;
}
.ripple-radio-checkbox:checked::after { 
  background: #3DC0E1;
  content: '';
  display: block;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 100;
} 
 .ripple-radio-checkbox.radio.topmargin { 
   top: 8px;  
}
 .ripple-radio-checkbox.radio.topmargin2 { /* use this one if there are 2 lines next to a radio*/
   top: 15px;  
} 
.ripple-radio-checkbox.checkbox.topmargin {
   top: 13.33333px;  
}
.ripple-radio-checkbox.checkbox.topmargin2 { /* use this one if there are 2 lines next to a checkbox */
   top: 21.33333px;  
}
.ripple-radio-checkbox.radio {
  border-radius: 50%;
}
.ripple-radio-checkbox.radio::after {
  border-radius: 50%;
} 
/* now for a smaller checkbox, same thing as above but for smaller boxes */ 
.ripple-radio-checkbox-sm {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  -moz-appearance: none;
  -ms-appearance: none;
  -o-appearance: none;
  appearance: none;
  position: relative; 
  top:0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  height: 17px !important;
  width: 17px !important;
  transition: all 0.15s ease-out 0s;
  background: #cbd1d8; /* light gray */ 
  border: none;
  color: #fff;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: inline-block;
  margin-right: 0.1rem;
  outline: none;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2; /* when changing to absolute below, it covers the checkbox area and puts css graphics over the top orig: 1000 */
  border:1px solid #07C9F3;
  padding:0 !important;
}
.ripple-radio-checkbox-sm:hover {
  background: #9faab7; /* darker gray */
}
.ripple-radio-checkbox-sm:checked {
  background: #3DC0E1; /* light blue */ 
}
.ripple-radio-checkbox-sm:checked::before {
  height: 17px !important;
  width: 17px !important;
  position: absolute;
  content: '✔'; /* utf-8 for checkmark */
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: 12.4px !important;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 17px !important;
  font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica", "Roboto", "Arial", sans-serif !important;
}
.ripple-radio-checkbox-sm:checked::after { 
  background: #3DC0E1;
  content: '';
  display: block;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 100;
} 
 .ripple-radio-checkbox-sm.radio.topmargin { 
   top: 5px;  
}
 .ripple-radio-checkbox-sm.radio.topmargin2 { /* use this one if there are 2 lines next to a radio*/
   top: 9px;  
} 
.ripple-radio-checkbox-sm.checkbox.topmargin {
   top: 7.9999px;  
}
.ripple-radio-checkbox-sm.checkbox.topmargin2 { /* use this one if there are 2 lines next to a checkbox */
   top: 12.7999px;  
}
.ripple-radio-checkbox-sm.radio {
  border-radius: 50%;
}
.ripple-radio-checkbox-sm.radio::after {
  border-radius: 50%;
}