diff --git a/lms/static/sass/discussion/utilities/_variables-v1.scss b/lms/static/sass/discussion/utilities/_variables-v1.scss
index 79879c6058..c513267663 100644
--- a/lms/static/sass/discussion/utilities/_variables-v1.scss
+++ b/lms/static/sass/discussion/utilities/_variables-v1.scss
@@ -2,33 +2,33 @@
 // ====================
 
 // base color variables
-$forum-color-primary: $blue !default;
+$forum-color-primary: rgb(0, 117, 180) !default;
 $forum-color-copy-light: rgb(65, 65, 65) !default;
 $forum-color-background-light: rgb(245, 245, 245) !default;
 
 // contextual color variables
 $forum-color-background: $white;
 $forum-color-active-thread: $forum-color-primary !default;
-$forum-color-hover: $action-primary-bg !default;
+$forum-color-hover: rgb(6, 86, 131) !default;
 $forum-color-active-text: $white !default;
-$forum-color-pinned: $pink !default;
-$forum-color-reported: $pink !default;
+$forum-color-pinned: rgb(152, 44, 98) !default;
+$forum-color-reported: rgb(152, 44, 98) !default;
 $forum-color-closed: $black !default;
 $forum-color-following: $forum-color-primary !default;
 $forum-color-staff: $forum-color-primary !default;
-$forum-color-community-ta: $green-d1 !default;
-$forum-color-marked-answer: $green-d1 !default;
-$forum-color-border: $gray-l3 !default;
-$forum-color-error: $red !default;
+$forum-color-community-ta: rgb(0, 129, 0) !default;
+$forum-color-marked-answer: rgb(0, 129, 0) !default;
+$forum-color-border: rgb(217, 217, 217) !default;
+$forum-color-error: rgb(203, 7, 18) !default;
 $forum-color-hover-thread: $forum-color-background-light !default;
 $forum-color-reading-thread: $forum-color-background-light !default;
-$forum-color-read-post: $gray-d3 !default;
+$forum-color-read-post: $forum-color-copy-light !default;
 $forum-color-never-read-post: $forum-color-primary !default;
-$forum-color-editor-preview-label: $gray-d2 !default;
-$forum-color-response-count: $gray-d2 !default;
+$forum-color-editor-preview-label: $forum-color-copy-light !default;
+$forum-color-response-count: $forum-color-copy-light !default;
 $forum-color-navigation-bar: $forum-color-background-light !default;
-$forum-color-count: $gray-d3 !default;
-$forum-color-background-label:  $gray-d2 !default;
+$forum-color-count: $forum-color-copy-light !default;
+$forum-color-background-label: rgb(65, 65, 65) !default;
 
 // post images
 $post-image-dimension: ($baseline*3) !default;  // image size  + margin
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ $forum-small-font-size: 12px;
 $forum-border-radius: 3px;
 
 // btn colors
-$uxpl-primary-blue: $blue !default;
+$uxpl-primary-blue: rgb(0, 117, 180) !default;
 $btn-default-background-color: $white;
diff --git a/lms/templates/discussion/_discussion_inline.html b/lms/templates/discussion/_discussion_inline.html
index c23c460ac6..cb6b9706d5 100644
--- a/lms/templates/discussion/_discussion_inline.html
+++ b/lms/templates/discussion/_discussion_inline.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from openedx.core.djangolib.js_utils import js_escaped_string
         <h3 class="discussion-module-title">${_(display_name)}</h3>
         <div class="inline-discussion-topic"><span class="inline-discussion-topic-title">${_("Topic:")}</span> ${discussion_category} / ${discussion_target}</div>
     </div>
-    <button class="discussion-show btn btn-brand" data-discussion-id="${discussion_id}">
+    <button class="discussion-show btn" data-discussion-id="${discussion_id}">
         <span class="button-text">${_("Show Discussion")}</span>
     </button>
 </div>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8d16e8734d..ae711e54f2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "backbone.paginator": "~2.0.3",
     "backbone-validation": "~0.11.5",
     "coffee-script": "1.6.1",
-    "edx-pattern-library": "0.17.1",
+    "edx-pattern-library": "0.18.0",
     "edx-ui-toolkit": "1.5.0",
     "jquery": "~2.2.0",
     "jquery-migrate": "^1.4.1",