$draco-loading-color: var(--token-color-palette-neutral-500);
$draco-loading-space-ratio: 1;

@keyframes draco-loading-blink {
  0% {
    opacity: 0.2;
  }

  20% {
    opacity: 1;
  }

  100% {
    opacity: 0.2;
  }
}

.draco-loading {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  position: relative;

  // Assuming SCALES and theme are defined elsewhere (e.g., in variables or functions)
  // Replace these with actual values or functions
  font-size: scale-font(1); // Example function usage
  width: scale-width(1, 100%); // Example function usage
  height: scale-height(1, 100%); // Example function usage
  min-height: 1em;
  padding: scale-pt(0) scale-pr(0) scale-pb(0) scale-pl(0);
  margin: scale-mt(0) scale-mr(0) scale-mb(0) scale-ml(0);
  background-color: transparent; // Make background transparent

  i {
    width: 0.25em;
    height: 0.25em;
    border-radius: 50%;
    background-color: $draco-loading-color;
    margin: 0 calc(0.25em / 2 * $draco-loading-space-ratio);
    display: inline-block;
    animation: draco-loading-blink 1.4s infinite both;

    &:nth-child(2) {
      animation-delay: 0.2s;
    }

    &:nth-child(3) {
      animation-delay: 0.4s;
    }
  }
}

// Example usage (replace with your actual theme and scaling functions)
@function scale-font($scale) {
  @return 1rem * $scale; // Example implementation
}

@function scale-width($scale, $percentage) {
  @return $percentage; // Example implementation
}

@function scale-height($scale, $percentage) {
  @return $percentage; // Example implementation
}

@function scale-pt($scale) {
  @return 0; // Example implementation
}

@function scale-pr($scale) {
  @return 0; // Example implementation
}

@function scale-pb($scale) {
  @return 0; // Example implementation
}

@function scale-pl($scale) {
  @return 0; // Example implementation
}

@function scale-mt($scale) {
  @return 0; // Example implementation
}

@function scale-mr($scale) {
  @return 0; // Example implementation
}

@function scale-mb($scale) {
  @return 0; // Example implementation
}

@function scale-ml($scale) {
  @return 0; // Example implementation
}

@function theme-color($color-name) {
  @return gray; // Example implementation
}