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+# Onboarding Flow Hover States
+
+This document captures the hover-state refinements applied to the onboarding flow so the registration experience better matches the global Drips Wave theme.
+
+## Updated surfaces
+
+- Registration form inputs now lift slightly on hover, brighten to white, and use Pluto border and shadow accents.
+- The primary onboarding CTA now uses Pluto theme hover, focus, and active feedback instead of a flat black-only treatment.
+- Secondary onboarding links now transition to Pluto accent tones for a more consistent navigation affordance.
+- The onboarding progress tracker now uses Pluto-tinted container, step, and badge hover states while preserving completion and error semantics.
+
+## Theme alignment
+
+- Reused the existing `pluto` Tailwind color scale already defined in [frontend/tailwind.config.js](/Users/marvellous/Desktop/Stellar_Payment_API/frontend/tailwind.config.js).
+- Kept the existing monochrome foundation, then layered Pluto hover accents so the change feels consistent with the current Drips Wave visual language.
+- Preserved keyboard focus visibility and active-state feedback for accessible non-mouse interaction.
+
+## Verification
+
+- Added Playwright coverage in [frontend/tests/e2e/onboarding-hover.spec.ts](/Users/marvellous/Desktop/Stellar_Payment_API/frontend/tests/e2e/onboarding-hover.spec.ts).
+- Verified the new hover behavior against the register onboarding flow on both desktop and mobile Playwright projects.
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export default function RegisterPage() {
return (
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Onboarding
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Join PLUTO
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- Create your merchant profile to start accepting modern payments and managing assets on the PLUTO infrastructure.
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+ Onboarding
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+
+ Join PLUTO
+
+
+ Create your merchant profile to start accepting modern payments and
+ managing assets on the PLUTO infrastructure.
+