diff --git a/scss/_variables.scss b/scss/_variables.scss
index db9c202ff6bd..dd342fdd5ac7 100644
--- a/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -328,11 +328,11 @@ $input-border-radius-lg:         $border-radius-lg !default;
 $input-border-radius-sm:         $border-radius-sm !default;
 
 $input-bg-focus:                 $input-bg;
-$input-border-focus:             #66afe9 !default;
-$input-box-shadow-focus:         rgba(102,175,233,.6) !default;
+$input-border-focus:             lighten($brand-primary, 25%) !default;
+$input-box-shadow-focus:         rgba($input-border-focus, .6) !default;
 $input-color-focus:              $input-color;
 
-$input-color-placeholder:        #999 !default;
+$input-color-placeholder:        $gray-light !default;
 
 $input-padding-x-sm:             .5rem !default;
 $input-padding-y-sm:             .25rem !default;
@@ -361,22 +361,22 @@ $custom-control-indicator-bg-size:    50% 50% !default;
 $custom-control-indicator-box-shadow: inset 0 .25rem .25rem rgba(0,0,0,.1) !default;
 
 $custom-control-disabled-cursor:             $cursor-disabled !default;
-$custom-control-disabled-indicator-bg:       #eee !default;
-$custom-control-disabled-description-color:  #767676 !default;
+$custom-control-disabled-indicator-bg:       $gray-lighter !default;
+$custom-control-disabled-description-color:  $gray-light !default;
 
 $custom-control-checked-indicator-color:      #fff !default;
-$custom-control-checked-indicator-bg:         #0074d9 !default;
+$custom-control-checked-indicator-bg:         $brand-primary !default;
 $custom-control-checked-indicator-box-shadow: none !default;
 
-$custom-control-focus-indicator-box-shadow: 0 0 0 .075rem #fff, 0 0 0 .2rem #0074d9 !default;
+$custom-control-focus-indicator-box-shadow: 0 0 0 .075rem $body-bg, 0 0 0 .2rem $brand-primary !default;
 
 $custom-control-active-indicator-color:      #fff !default;
-$custom-control-active-indicator-bg:         #84c6ff !default;
+$custom-control-active-indicator-bg:         lighten($brand-primary, 35%) !default;
 $custom-control-active-indicator-box-shadow: none !default;
 
 $custom-checkbox-radius: $border-radius !default;
 $custom-checkbox-checked-icon: url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 8 8'%3E%3Cpath fill='%23fff' d='M6.564.75l-3.59 3.612-1.538-1.55L0 4.26 2.974 7.25 8 2.193z'/%3E%3C/svg%3E") !default;
-$custom-checkbox-indeterminate-bg: #0074d9 !default;
+$custom-checkbox-indeterminate-bg: $brand-primary !default;
 $custom-checkbox-indeterminate-icon: url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 4 4'%3E%3Cpath stroke='%23fff' d='M0 2h4'/%3E%3C/svg%3E") !default;
 $custom-checkbox-indeterminate-box-shadow: none !default;
 
@@ -385,9 +385,9 @@ $custom-radio-checked-icon: url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg xmlns='h
 
 $custom-select-padding-x:          .75rem  !default;
 $custom-select-padding-y:          .375rem !default;
-$custom-select-indicator-padding:  1rem !default; // Extra padding to account for the presence of the background-image based indicator
-$custom-select-color:          $input-color !default;
-$custom-select-disabled-color: $gray-light !default;
+$custom-select-indicator-padding:   1rem !default; // Extra padding to account for the presence of the background-image based indicator
+$custom-select-color:               $input-color !default;
+$custom-select-disabled-color:      $gray-light !default;
 $custom-select-bg:            #fff !default;
 $custom-select-disabled-bg:   $gray-lighter !default;
 $custom-select-bg-size:       8px 10px !default; // In pixels because image dimensions
@@ -396,27 +396,27 @@ $custom-select-border-width:  $input-btn-border-width !default;
 $custom-select-border-color:  $input-border-color !default;
 $custom-select-border-radius: $border-radius !default;
 
-$custom-select-focus-border-color: #51a7e8 !default;
-$custom-select-focus-box-shadow:   inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .075), 0 0 5px rgba(81, 167, 232, .5) !default;
+$custom-select-focus-border-color: lighten($brand-primary, 25%) !default;
+$custom-select-focus-box-shadow:   inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .075), 0 0 5px rgba($custom-select-focus-border-color, .5) !default;
 
-$custom-select-sm-padding-y: .2rem !default;
-$custom-select-sm-font-size: 75% !default;
+$custom-select-sm-padding-y:  .2rem !default;
+$custom-select-sm-font-size:  75% !default;
 
 $custom-file-height:           2.5rem !default;
 $custom-file-width:            14rem !default;
-$custom-file-focus-box-shadow: 0 0 0 .075rem #fff, 0 0 0 .2rem #0074d9 !default;
+$custom-file-focus-box-shadow: 0 0 0 .075rem #fff, 0 0 0 .2rem $brand-primary !default;
 
 $custom-file-padding-x:     .5rem !default;
 $custom-file-padding-y:     1rem !default;
 $custom-file-line-height:   1.5 !default;
-$custom-file-color:         #555 !default;
+$custom-file-color:         $gray !default;
 $custom-file-bg:            #fff !default;
 $custom-file-border-width:  $border-width !default;
-$custom-file-border-color:  #ddd !default;
+$custom-file-border-color:  $input-border-color !default;
 $custom-file-border-radius: $border-radius !default;
 $custom-file-box-shadow:    inset 0 .2rem .4rem rgba(0,0,0,.05) !default;
 $custom-file-button-color:  $custom-file-color !default;
-$custom-file-button-bg:     #eee !default;
+$custom-file-button-bg:     $gray-lighter !default;
 $custom-file-text: (
   placeholder: (
     en: "Choose file..."
@@ -443,12 +443,12 @@ $dropdown-margin-top:            2px !default;
 $dropdown-bg:                    #fff !default;
 $dropdown-border-color:          rgba(0,0,0,.15) !default;
 $dropdown-border-width:          $border-width !default;
-$dropdown-divider-bg:            #e5e5e5 !default;
+$dropdown-divider-bg:            $gray-lighter !default;
 $dropdown-box-shadow:            0 6px 12px rgba(0,0,0,.175) !default;
 
 $dropdown-link-color:            $gray-dark !default;
 $dropdown-link-hover-color:      darken($gray-dark, 5%) !default;
-$dropdown-link-hover-bg:         #f5f5f5 !default;
+$dropdown-link-hover-bg:         $gray-lightest !default;
 
 $dropdown-link-active-color:     $component-active-color !default;
 $dropdown-link-active-bg:        $component-active-bg !default;
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ $card-border-width:        1px !default;
 $card-border-radius:       $border-radius !default;
 $card-border-color:        rgba(0,0,0,.125) !default;
 $card-border-radius-inner: calc(#{$card-border-radius} - #{$card-border-width}) !default;
-$card-cap-bg:              #f5f5f5 !default;
+$card-cap-bg:              $gray-lightest !default;
 $card-bg:                  #fff !default;
 
 $card-link-hover-color:    #fff !default;
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ $modal-content-sm-up-box-shadow: 0 5px 15px rgba(0,0,0,.5) !default;
 
 $modal-backdrop-bg:           #000 !default;
 $modal-backdrop-opacity:      .5 !default;
-$modal-header-border-color:   #e5e5e5 !default;
+$modal-header-border-color:   $gray-lightest !default;
 $modal-footer-border-color:   $modal-header-border-color !default;
 $modal-header-border-width:   $modal-content-border-width !default;
 $modal-footer-border-width:   $modal-header-border-width !default;
@@ -709,8 +709,8 @@ $alert-danger-border:         $state-danger-border !default;
 
 // Progress bars
 
-$progress-bg:                 #eee !default;
-$progress-bar-color:          #0074d9 !default;
+$progress-bg:                 $gray-lightest !default;
+$progress-bar-color:          $brand-primary !default;
 $progress-border-radius:      $border-radius !default;
 $progress-box-shadow:         inset 0 .1rem .1rem rgba(0,0,0,.1) !default;
 
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ $list-group-border-color:       #ddd !default;
 $list-group-border-width:       $border-width !default;
 $list-group-border-radius:      $border-radius !default;
 
-$list-group-hover-bg:           #f5f5f5 !default;
+$list-group-hover-bg:           $gray-lightest !default;
 $list-group-active-color:       $component-active-color !default;
 $list-group-active-bg:          $component-active-bg !default;
 $list-group-active-border:      $list-group-active-bg !default;
@@ -738,9 +738,9 @@ $list-group-disabled-color:      $gray-light !default;
 $list-group-disabled-bg:         $gray-lighter !default;
 $list-group-disabled-text-color: $list-group-disabled-color !default;
 
-$list-group-link-color:         #555 !default;
+$list-group-link-color:         $gray !default;
 $list-group-link-hover-color:   $list-group-link-color !default;
-$list-group-link-heading-color: #333 !default;
+$list-group-link-heading-color: $gray-dark !default;
 
 $list-group-item-padding-x:             1.25rem !default;
 $list-group-item-padding-y:             .75rem !default;
@@ -817,13 +817,13 @@ $close-text-shadow:           0 1px 0 #fff !default;
 $code-font-size:              90% !default;
 $code-padding-x:              .4rem !default;
 $code-padding-y:              .2rem !default;
-$code-color:                  #bd4147 !default;
-$code-bg:                     #f7f7f9 !default;
+$code-color:                  $brand-danger !default;
+$code-bg:                     $gray-lightest !default;
 
 $kbd-color:                   #fff !default;
-$kbd-bg:                      #333 !default;
+$kbd-bg:                      $gray-dark !default;
 
-$pre-bg:                      #f7f7f9 !default;
+$pre-bg:                      $gray-lightest !default;
 $pre-color:                   $gray-dark !default;
 $pre-border-color:            #ccc !default;
 $pre-scrollable-max-height:   340px !default;