diff --git a/ionic/components/button/button.scss b/ionic/components/button/button.scss
index 4d89275a31..09836b457e 100644
--- a/ionic/components/button/button.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/button/button.scss
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ button,
   &[outline] {
     background: none;
 
-    &.activated {
-      opacity: 0.3 !important;
-    }
-
     &[full] {
       border-radius: 0;
       border-right-width: 0;
@@ -199,7 +195,7 @@ a[button] {
 
     &.activated {
       color: white;
-      background-color: rgb(red($fg-color), green($fg-color), blue($fg-color));//, 0.15);
+      background-color: rgb(red($fg-color), green($fg-color), blue($fg-color));
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/ionic/components/button/extensions/material.scss b/ionic/components/button/extensions/material.scss
index 2a5c4eac44..d55942b7a4 100644
--- a/ionic/components/button/extensions/material.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/button/extensions/material.scss
@@ -89,7 +89,16 @@ $button-material-border-radius:            3px !default;
         }
 
         &.activated {
+
+          @if lightness(get-color($color, base)) > 90 {
+            $fg-color: get-color($color, inverse);
+          } @else {
+            $fg-color: get-color($color, base);
+          }
+
           opacity: 1;
+          background: transparent;
+          color: $fg-color;
         }
       }
 
@@ -98,12 +107,31 @@ $button-material-border-radius:            3px !default;
 
         &:hover,
         &.hover {
-          background-color: rgba(158, 158, 158, 0.2);
+          background-color: rgba(158, 158, 158, 0.1);
         }
         &.activated {
-          background-color: rgba(158, 158, 158, 0.4);
+          background-color: rgba(158, 158, 158, 0.2);
         }
       }
+
+      &[round] {
+        border-radius: $button-round-border-radius;
+        padding: $button-round-padding;
+      }
+
+      &[large] {
+        padding: 0 $button-large-padding;
+        min-width: ($button-large-padding * 4);
+        min-height: $button-large-height;
+        font-size: $button-large-font-size;
+      }
+
+      &[small] {
+        padding: 0 $button-small-padding;
+        min-width: ($button-small-padding * 3);
+        min-height: $button-small-height;
+        font-size: $button-small-font-size;
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/ionic/components/icon/icon.scss b/ionic/components/icon/icon.scss
index 482da9f2e1..c185128755 100644
--- a/ionic/components/icon/icon.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/icon/icon.scss
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 icon {
   display: inline-block;
-  font-size: 1.8em;
+  font-size: 1.2em;
 }
 
 icon[small] {