diff --git a/app/common/styles/base/colors.scss b/app/common/styles/base/colors.scss
index 46285c8..405dad4 100644
--- a/app/common/styles/base/colors.scss
+++ b/app/common/styles/base/colors.scss
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 $alert__error: rgb(230, 35, 37);
 $alert__warning: rgb(255, 127, 0);
 $alert__message: rgb(203, 221, 235);
+$alert__danger: #fad3D3;
 
 // Severity
 $critical-lightbg: #e62325;
diff --git a/app/common/styles/base/forms.scss b/app/common/styles/base/forms.scss
index 0957609..73c25c1 100644
--- a/app/common/styles/base/forms.scss
+++ b/app/common/styles/base/forms.scss
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
   border-radius: 0px;
   border: 1px solid $input-border;
   height: 3.1em;
-  margin: 0 0 1em 0;
+  margin: 0;
   background: $white;
   box-shadow: 0 0 0;
   transition: none !important;
   &:focus {
     border-color: $medgrey;
-    box-shadow: 0 -5px $field__focus inset;
+    box-shadow: 0 -3px $field__focus inset;
   }
   &:disabled,
   .disabled {
@@ -43,6 +43,33 @@
   }
 }
 
+//input validation
+.ng-invalid.ng-touched {
+  box-shadow: 0 -3px $error-color inset;
+  &:focus {
+    border-color: $medgrey;
+    box-shadow: 0 -3px $error-color inset;
+  }
+}
+.submitted .ng-invalid {
+  box-shadow: 0 -3px $error-color inset;
+  &:focus {
+    border-color: $medgrey;
+    box-shadow: 0 -3px $error-color inset;
+  }
+}
+
+.form-error {
+  margin-bottom: .7em;
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  color: #c60f13;
+  height:1rem;
+  display: block;
+  visibility: hidden;
+  .visible {
+    visibility: visible;
+  }
+}
 //Foundation overwrite
 [type=color], [type=date], [type=datetime-local], [type=datetime], [type=email], [type=month], [type=number], [type=password], [type=search], [type=tel], [type=text], [type=time], [type=url], [type=week], textarea {
   border-color: $input-border;
diff --git a/app/common/styles/base/foundation.scss b/app/common/styles/base/foundation.scss
index f1bcb2f..a422dec 100644
--- a/app/common/styles/base/foundation.scss
+++ b/app/common/styles/base/foundation.scss
@@ -705,31 +705,6 @@
   height: auto;
   background-image: none; }
 
-.is-invalid-input:not(:focus) {
-  border-color: #c60f13;
-  background-color: #f8e6e7; }
-.is-invalid-input:not(:focus)::-webkit-input-placeholder {
-  color: #c60f13; }
-.is-invalid-input:not(:focus)::-moz-placeholder {
-  color: #c60f13; }
-.is-invalid-input:not(:focus):-ms-input-placeholder {
-  color: #c60f13; }
-.is-invalid-input:not(:focus)::placeholder {
-  color: #c60f13; }
-
-.is-invalid-label {
-  color: #c60f13; }
-
-.form-error {
-  display: none;
-  margin-top: -0.5rem;
-  margin-bottom: 1rem;
-  font-size: 0.75rem;
-  font-weight: bold;
-  color: #c60f13; }
-.form-error.is-visible {
-  display: block; }
-
 .hide {
   display: none !important; }