diff --git a/res/layout/sliding_tab_indicator_view.xml b/res/layout/sliding_tab_indicator_view.xml
index c5f61db571b..b594c8b2dcf 100644
--- a/res/layout/sliding_tab_indicator_view.xml
+++ b/res/layout/sliding_tab_indicator_view.xml
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@
     android:id="@+id/sliding_tab_selected_indicator"
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="@dimen/pager_tabs_selected_indicator_height"
-    android:background="@color/accent_color_lighter"/>
+    android:background="?android:attr/colorAccent"
+    android:theme="@*android:style/ThemeOverlay.DeviceDefault.Accent" />
diff --git a/res/values/colors.xml b/res/values/colors.xml
index b2d043f6a88..ccc521c2c80 100644
--- a/res/values/colors.xml
+++ b/res/values/colors.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@
     <color name="importance_disabled_tint">#4d000000</color>
 
     <!-- Accessibility SUW colors -->
-    <color name="material_blue_400">#5e97f6</color>
     <color name="material_blue_500">#4285F4</color>
     <color name="material_blue_700">#3367D6</color>
 
@@ -125,11 +124,7 @@
 
     <color name="card_background_grey">#eeeeee</color>
 
-    <color name="primary_color">@color/material_blue_grey_900</color>
-    <color name="primary_dark_color">@color/material_blue_grey_950</color>
     <color name="secondary_color">#ff37474f</color>
-    <color name="accent_color">@color/accent_material_light</color>
-    <color name="accent_color_lighter">#ff7fcac3</color>
 
     <!-- Gestures settings -->
     <color name="gestures_setting_backgroud_color">#f5f5f5</color>
diff --git a/res/values/themes.xml b/res/values/themes.xml
index 70c51467ab9..1268e4d42f2 100644
--- a/res/values/themes.xml
+++ b/res/values/themes.xml
@@ -129,9 +129,7 @@
          layouts against a remote context using our local theme colors. Due to the implementation
          details of Theme, we can't reference any local resources and MUST instead use the values
          directly. So use #ff263238 instead of @color/theme_primary and so on. -->
-    <style name="Theme.SettingsBase" parent="@android:style/Theme.Material.Settings">
-        <item name="android:colorPrimary">@color/primary_color</item>
-        <item name="android:colorAccent">@color/accent_color</item>
+    <style name="Theme.SettingsBase" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.Settings">
         <item name="colorSecondary">@color/secondary_color</item>
     </style>
 
@@ -195,8 +193,7 @@
         <item name="android:contentInsetStart">@dimen/actionbar_subsettings_contentInsetStart</item>
     </style>
 
-    <style name="ThemeOverlay.SwitchBar.Settings" parent="@android:style/ThemeOverlay.Material.Dark.ActionBar">
-        <item name="android:colorAccent">@color/accent_color_lighter</item>
+    <style name="ThemeOverlay.SwitchBar.Settings" parent="@*android:style/ThemeOverlay.DeviceDefault.Dark.ActionBar.Accent">
         <item name="switchBarMarginStart">@dimen/switchbar_subsettings_margin_start</item>
         <item name="switchBarMarginEnd">@dimen/switchbar_subsettings_margin_end</item>
         <item name="switchBarBackgroundColor">?attr/colorSecondary</item>
@@ -208,9 +205,7 @@
         <item name="switchBarBackgroundColor">?attr/colorSecondary</item>
     </style>
 
-    <style name="Theme.DialogWhenLarge" parent="@*android:style/Theme.Material.Settings.DialogWhenLarge">
-        <item name="android:colorPrimary">@color/primary_color</item>
-        <item name="android:colorAccent">@color/accent_color</item>
+    <style name="Theme.DialogWhenLarge" parent="@*android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.Settings.DialogWhenLarge">
         <item name="colorSecondary">@color/secondary_color</item>
         <!-- Redefine the ActionBar style for contentInsetStart -->
         <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/Theme.ActionBar</item>
@@ -242,8 +237,7 @@
         <item name="android:windowSoftInputMode">adjustResize</item>
     </style>
 
-    <style name="Theme.AlertDialog" parent="@*android:style/Theme.Material.Settings.Dialog.Alert">
-        <item name="android:colorAccent">@color/accent_color</item>
+    <style name="Theme.AlertDialog" parent="@*android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.Settings.Dialog.Alert">
         <item name="android:windowSoftInputMode">adjustResize</item>
 
         <!-- Redefine the ActionBar style for contentInsetStart -->
@@ -263,9 +257,7 @@
         <item name="confirmDeviceCredentialsTopMargin">16dp</item>
     </style>
 
-    <style name="Theme.ConfirmDeviceCredentialsDark" parent="@android:style/Theme.Material">
-        <item name="android:colorPrimary">@color/primary_color</item>
-        <item name="android:colorAccent">@color/accent_color_lighter</item>
+    <style name="Theme.ConfirmDeviceCredentialsDark" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault">
         <item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
         <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
         <item name="android:windowBackground">?android:attr/colorPrimary</item>
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/applications/LinearColorBar.java b/src/com/android/settings/applications/LinearColorBar.java
index 53b6ab6f6fe..b637671f731 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/applications/LinearColorBar.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/applications/LinearColorBar.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 package com.android.settings.applications;
 
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.LinearGradient;
 import android.graphics.Paint;
@@ -13,9 +12,9 @@ import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.Shader;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
-import android.util.TypedValue;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;
+import com.android.settings.Utils;
 
 public class LinearColorBar extends LinearLayout {
 
@@ -71,11 +70,7 @@ public class LinearColorBar extends LinearLayout {
                 ? 2 : 1;
         mEdgeGradientPaint.setStrokeWidth(mLineWidth);
         mEdgeGradientPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
-
-        Resources.Theme theme = context.getTheme();
-        TypedValue typedValue = new TypedValue();
-        theme.resolveAttribute(android.R.attr.colorAccent, typedValue, true);
-        mLeftColor = mMiddleColor = context.getColor(typedValue.resourceId);
+        mLeftColor = mMiddleColor = Utils.getColorAccent(context);
     }
 
     public void setOnRegionTappedListener(OnRegionTappedListener listener) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/applications/RunningProcessesView.java b/src/com/android/settings/applications/RunningProcessesView.java
index 6ab3eeaa582..7ba83c253b8 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/applications/RunningProcessesView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/applications/RunningProcessesView.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import android.app.Dialog;
 import android.app.Fragment;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
-import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.SystemClock;
 import android.os.UserHandle;
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ import android.text.BidiFormatter;
 import android.text.format.DateUtils;
 import android.text.format.Formatter;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
-import android.util.TypedValue;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
@@ -44,6 +42,7 @@ import android.widget.TextView;
 import com.android.internal.util.MemInfoReader;
 import com.android.settings.R;
 import com.android.settings.SettingsActivity;
+import com.android.settings.Utils;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -451,13 +450,8 @@ public class RunningProcessesView extends FrameLayout
         mListView.addHeaderView(mHeader, null, false /* set as not selectable */);
         mColorBar = (LinearColorBar)mHeader.findViewById(R.id.color_bar);
         final Context context = getContext();
-
-        Resources.Theme theme = context.getTheme();
-        TypedValue typedValue = new TypedValue();
-        theme.resolveAttribute(android.R.attr.colorAccent, typedValue, true);
-
         mColorBar.setColors(context.getColor(R.color.running_processes_system_ram),
-                context.getColor(typedValue.resourceId),
+                Utils.getColorAccent(context),
                 context.getColor(R.color.running_processes_free_ram));
         mBackgroundProcessPrefix = (TextView)mHeader.findViewById(R.id.freeSizePrefix);
         mAppsProcessPrefix = (TextView)mHeader.findViewById(R.id.appsSizePrefix);
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/fingerprint/FingerprintLocationAnimationView.java b/src/com/android/settings/fingerprint/FingerprintLocationAnimationView.java
index cc1d4fd04df..a26883a04b9 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/fingerprint/FingerprintLocationAnimationView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/fingerprint/FingerprintLocationAnimationView.java
@@ -19,17 +19,18 @@ package com.android.settings.fingerprint;
 import android.animation.Animator;
 import android.animation.AnimatorListenerAdapter;
 import android.animation.ValueAnimator;
+import android.annotation.ColorInt;
 import android.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Paint;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
-import android.util.TypedValue;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils;
 import android.view.animation.Interpolator;
 
 import com.android.settings.R;
+import com.android.settings.Utils;
 
 /**
  * View which plays an animation to indicate where the sensor is on the device.
@@ -61,13 +62,11 @@ public class FingerprintLocationAnimationView extends View implements
                 R.fraction.fingerprint_sensor_location_fraction_x, 1, 1);
         mFractionCenterY = getResources().getFraction(
                 R.fraction.fingerprint_sensor_location_fraction_y, 1, 1);
-        TypedValue typedValue = new TypedValue();
-        context.getTheme().resolveAttribute(android.R.attr.colorAccent, typedValue, true);
-        int color = getResources().getColor(typedValue.resourceId, null);
+        @ColorInt int colorAccent = Utils.getColorAccent(context);
         mDotPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
         mPulsePaint.setAntiAlias(true);
-        mDotPaint.setColor(color);
-        mPulsePaint.setColor(color);
+        mDotPaint.setColor(colorAccent);
+        mPulsePaint.setColor(colorAccent);
         mLinearOutSlowInInterpolator = AnimationUtils.loadInterpolator(context,
                 android.R.interpolator.linear_out_slow_in);
         mFastOutSlowInInterpolator = AnimationUtils.loadInterpolator(context,
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/notification/ImportanceSeekBarPreference.java b/src/com/android/settings/notification/ImportanceSeekBarPreference.java
index 90a3a50e60b..0617df94409 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/notification/ImportanceSeekBarPreference.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/notification/ImportanceSeekBarPreference.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.android.settings.notification;
 
-import android.content.res.Resources;
-import android.util.TypedValue;
 import com.android.settings.R;
 import com.android.settings.SeekBarPreference;
 
@@ -33,6 +31,7 @@ import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.SeekBar;
 import android.widget.TextView;
+import com.android.settings.Utils;
 
 /**
  * A slider preference that controls notification importance.
@@ -57,10 +56,7 @@ public class ImportanceSeekBarPreference extends SeekBarPreference implements
             int defStyleRes) {
         super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr, defStyleRes);
         setLayoutResource(R.layout.preference_importance_slider);
-        Resources.Theme theme = context.getTheme();
-        TypedValue typedValue = new TypedValue();
-        theme.resolveAttribute(android.R.attr.colorAccent, typedValue, true);
-        mActiveSliderTint = ColorStateList.valueOf(context.getColor(typedValue.resourceId));
+        mActiveSliderTint = ColorStateList.valueOf(Utils.getColorAccent(context));
         mInactiveSliderTint = ColorStateList.valueOf(
                 context.getColor(R.color.importance_disabled_slider_color));
         mHandler = new Handler();