Which package to use to match atlassian design in Custom UI?

In Forge UI Kit @forge/react works great out of the box. But when I tried to use it with Custom UI it just didn’t work. Same with @forge/ui. After some digging on the internet found that they never supposed to work with Custom UI (zero mentions in the docs btw)

Another package that might help me was @atlaskit but it needs react 16.

What is preferred way to use atlassian’s design code in Custom UI?

Atlaskit is the correct one for Custom UI. It does need React 16, yes.