diff --git a/core/res/res/values/colors_material.xml b/core/res/res/values/colors_material.xml
index ea6e1f182fbff..a99ba152510e9 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/colors_material.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/colors_material.xml
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
     <item name="secondary_content_alpha_material_dark" format="float" type="dimen">.7</item>
     <item name="secondary_content_alpha_material_light" format="float" type="dimen">0.60</item>
 
-    <item name="highlight_alpha_material_light" format="float" type="dimen">0.10</item>
-    <item name="highlight_alpha_material_dark" format="float" type="dimen">0.10</item>
+    <item name="highlight_alpha_material_light" format="float" type="dimen">0.5</item>
+    <item name="highlight_alpha_material_dark" format="float" type="dimen">0.5</item>
     <item name="highlight_alpha_material_colored" format="float" type="dimen">0.10</item>
 
     <!-- Primary & accent colors -->
diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/RippleDrawable.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/RippleDrawable.java
index 417a27d0f5061..7e2cac15f672d 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/RippleDrawable.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/RippleDrawable.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.PARAMETER;
 import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.SOURCE;
 
 import android.animation.ValueAnimator;
-import android.annotation.ColorInt;
 import android.annotation.IntDef;
 import android.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -983,9 +982,9 @@ public class RippleDrawable extends LayerDrawable {
         RippleShader shader = new RippleShader();
         // Grab the color for the current state and cut the alpha channel in
         // half so that the ripple and background together yield full alpha.
-        final int color = clampAlpha(mMaskColorFilter == null
+        final int color = mMaskColorFilter == null
                 ? mState.mColor.getColorForState(getState(), Color.BLACK)
-                : mMaskColorFilter.getColor());
+                : mMaskColorFilter.getColor();
         final int effectColor = mState.mEffectColor.getColorForState(getState(), Color.MAGENTA);
         final float noisePhase = AnimationUtils.currentAnimationTimeMillis();
         shader.setColor(color, effectColor);
@@ -1008,13 +1007,6 @@ public class RippleDrawable extends LayerDrawable {
         return properties;
     }
 
-    private int clampAlpha(@ColorInt int color) {
-        if (Color.alpha(color) < 128) {
-            return  (color & 0x00FFFFFF) | 0x80000000;
-        }
-        return color;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void invalidateSelf() {
         invalidateSelf(true);
@@ -1229,7 +1221,7 @@ public class RippleDrawable extends LayerDrawable {
 
         // Grab the color for the current state and cut the alpha channel in
         // half so that the ripple and background together yield full alpha.
-        final int color = clampAlpha(mState.mColor.getColorForState(getState(), Color.BLACK));
+        final int color = mState.mColor.getColorForState(getState(), Color.BLACK);
         final Paint p = mRipplePaint;
 
         if (mMaskColorFilter != null) {