diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/_variables.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/_variables.scss
index 4c10de5..f24c579 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/_variables.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/_variables.scss
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ $base-border-radius: em(5);
 
 $red: #de8650;
 $green: darken(#68cc90, 10);
-$blue: darken(#0A8FC8, 10);
+$blue: #3379A9;
 $gold: #FFD700;
 
-$dark-blue: darken(#0072A6, 10);
-$deep-blue: darken(#12526E, 10);
+$dark-blue: darken($blue, 15);
+$deep-blue: darken($dark-blue, 15);
 $dark-gray: #21262A;
 
 $medium-gray: #2F383D;
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ $light-green: #1f7f5c;
 $base-body-color: white;
 $base-font-color: $dark-gray;
 $base-accent-color: $blue;
-$base-link-color: #285258;
-$hover-link-color: darken($base-accent-color, 15);
+$base-link-color: $base-accent-color;
+$hover-link-color: lighten($base-accent-color, 15);
 $base-border-color: $light-gray;
 
 $error-color: $light-red;
@@ -75,14 +75,6 @@ $notice-color: $light-yellow;
 $success-color: $light-green;
 
 $background-primary: $medium-gray;
-$background-secondary: #ece9e1;
-$background-tertiary: #e2dfd8;
-
-$text-primary: #232323;
-$text-secondary: #888888;
-$text-tertiary: #666666;
-
-$link-primary: #285258;
 
 $navbar-primary: $blue;
 $navbar-secondary: $light-blue;
@@ -104,12 +96,6 @@ $input-border-colour: darken($light-gray, 10%);
 $input-padding: em(11);
 $input-border-radius: $base-border-radius;
 
-$input-dark-background-colour: $medium-gray;
-$input-dark-border-colour: $light-gray;
-$input-dark-border-width: em(2);
-$input-dark-border-hover-colour: $blue;
-$input-dark-border-focus-colour: $green;
-
 $button-primary: $blue;
 $button-secondary: $green;
 $button-text: white;
@@ -118,4 +104,4 @@ $button-text: white;
   Shadows
 */
 
-$content-shadow: 0px 5px 20px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
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+$content-shadow: 0px 5px 20px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_flashes.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_flashes.scss
index d290069..53658ce 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_flashes.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_flashes.scss
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 .flash {
   @include span-columns(12);
   margin-bottom: em(20);
+  font-weight: 600;
 
   &.notice {
     @include flash;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_forms.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_forms.scss
index 1fa46d2..cb991ba 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_forms.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_forms.scss
@@ -209,39 +209,6 @@ form {
   }
 }
 
-form.dark {
-  .fields {
-    input {
-      color: white;
-      background: $input-dark-background-colour;
-      border: $input-dark-border-colour solid $input-dark-border-width;
-
-      &:hover {
-        border: $input-dark-border-width solid $input-dark-border-hover-colour;
-      }
-
-      &:focus {
-        border: $input-dark-border-width solid $input-dark-border-focus-colour;
-      }
-
-      &:-webkit-autofill {
-        -webkit-text-fill-color: white !important;
-        -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 0px 1000px $input-dark-background-colour inset;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-
-  .controls {
-    margin-bottom: 20px;
-
-    button,
-    input {
-      background-color: $dark-blue;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 form.square {
   @include span-columns(12);
   margin: em(20) 0;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/layout/_navigation.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/layout/_navigation.scss
index d2be986..6f9497c 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/layout/_navigation.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/layout/_navigation.scss
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ ul.navigation {
       margin-top: - em(2);
     }
 
+    a {
+      font-weight: 400;
+    }
+
     > a {
       width: 100%;
       color: white;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/layout/_sidebar.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/layout/_sidebar.scss
index f51e053..5918c59 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/layout/_sidebar.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/layout/_sidebar.scss
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
       padding: em(12) em(24);
       margin: 0 -20px;
       margin-bottom: em(12);
+      font-weight: 600;
 
       a {
         color: white;
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@
 
     .bar {
       display: block;
-      background: $green;
+      background: $blue;
       height: 10px;
     }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/layout/_typography.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/layout/_typography.scss
index c22dd1f..c3624ce 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/layout/_typography.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/layout/_typography.scss
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ p {
 a {
   color: $base-link-color;
   text-decoration: none;
+  font-weight: 600;
   @include transition(color 0.1s linear);
 
   &:hover {