diff --git a/src/lib/button/_button-base.scss b/src/lib/button/_button-base.scss
index 3fcd61b83efc..f542a4fcc944 100644
--- a/src/lib/button/_button-base.scss
+++ b/src/lib/button/_button-base.scss
@@ -6,16 +6,17 @@
 
 // Flat and raised button standards
 $mat-button-padding: 0 16px !default;
-$mat-button-min-width: 64px !default;
+$mat-button-min-width: 88px !default;
 $mat-button-margin: 0 !default;
 $mat-button-line-height: 36px !default;
-$mat-button-border-radius: 4px !default;
+$mat-button-border-radius: 2px !default;
 $mat-button-focus-transition: opacity 200ms $swift-ease-in-out-timing-function,
                               background-color 200ms $swift-ease-in-out-timing-function !default;
 
+// Stroked Button standards
+$mat-stroked-button-line-height: $mat-button-line-height - 2;
 // Stroked button padding is 1px less horizontally than default/flat/raised
 // button's padding.
-$mat-stroked-button-line-height: $mat-button-line-height - 2;
 $mat-stroked-button-padding: 0 15px;
 
 // Icon Button standards
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ $mat-mini-fab-padding: 8px !default;
 
   &.cdk-keyboard-focused, &.cdk-program-focused {
     .mat-button-focus-overlay {
-      opacity: 0.12;
+      opacity: 1;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/button/_button-theme.scss b/src/lib/button/_button-theme.scss
index 30f648858e1c..bc21f0c91f33 100644
--- a/src/lib/button/_button-theme.scss
+++ b/src/lib/button/_button-theme.scss
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
   $warn: map-get($theme, warn);
 
   &.mat-primary .mat-button-focus-overlay {
-    background-color: mat-color($primary);
+    background-color: mat-color($primary, 0.12);
   }
 
   &.mat-accent .mat-button-focus-overlay {
-    background-color: mat-color($accent);
+    background-color: mat-color($accent, 0.12);
   }
 
   &.mat-warn .mat-button-focus-overlay {
-    background-color: mat-color($warn);
+    background-color: mat-color($warn, 0.12);
   }
 
   &[disabled] .mat-button-focus-overlay {
@@ -91,16 +91,6 @@
     @include _mat-button-ripple-color($theme, default);
   }
 
-  .mat-button-focus-overlay {
-    background: map_get($foreground, base);
-  }
-
-  // Note: this needs a bit extra specificity, because we're not guaranteed the inclusion
-  // order of the theme styles and the button reset may end up resetting this as well.
-  .mat-stroked-button:not(.mat-button-disabled) {
-    border-color: mat-color($foreground, divider);
-  }
-
   .mat-flat-button, .mat-raised-button, .mat-fab, .mat-mini-fab {
     // Default font and background color when not using any color palette.
     color: mat-color($foreground, text);
diff --git a/src/lib/button/button.scss b/src/lib/button/button.scss
index 9160fe2ac03e..c06e44920551 100644
--- a/src/lib/button/button.scss
+++ b/src/lib/button/button.scss
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 // Use the same visual treatment for hover as for focus.
 .mat-button:hover .mat-button-focus-overlay,
 .mat-stroked-button:hover .mat-button-focus-overlay {
-  opacity: 0.04;
+  opacity: 1;
 }
 
 // Disable the hover styles on non-hover devices. Since this is more of a progressive
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 
 .mat-stroked-button {
   @include mat-overridable-elevation(0);
-  border: solid 1px currentColor;
+
+  border: 1px solid currentColor;
   padding: $mat-stroked-button-padding;
   line-height: $mat-stroked-button-line-height;
 }
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
   height: $mat-icon-button-size;
 
   flex-shrink: 0;
+
   line-height: $mat-icon-button-size;
   border-radius: $mat-icon-button-border-radius;
 
@@ -91,6 +93,9 @@
 
 // Element that overlays the button to show focus and hover effects.
 .mat-button-focus-overlay {
+  // The button spec calls for focus on raised buttons (and FABs) to be indicated with a
+  // black, 12% opacity shade over the normal color (for both light and dark themes).
+  background-color: rgba(black, 0.12);
   border-radius: inherit;
   opacity: 0;