Cosmic Distance Ladder

digraph dl {
  rankdir=BT;
  graph [bgcolor=transparent];
  node [shape=box, style="rounded,filled", fontname=Inter, fontsize=10];

  Par [label="Parallax\n~few kpc", fillcolor="#dcfce7"];
  MS [label="Main-sequence fitting\n~tens of kpc", fillcolor="#dcfce7"];
  Ceph [label="Cepheid variables\n~tens of Mpc", fillcolor="#fef3c7"];
  TRGB [label="Tip of red-giant branch\n~tens of Mpc", fillcolor="#fef3c7"];
  TF [label="Tully-Fisher\n~100s of Mpc", fillcolor="#dbeafe"];
  SN [label="Type Ia supernovae\n~Gpc", fillcolor="#fce7f3"];
  Hubble [label="Hubble flow\n~beyond", fillcolor="#fee2e2"];

  Par -> MS -> Ceph -> TF -> SN -> Hubble;
  Par -> TRGB -> SN;
}