diff --git a/core/res/res/values/colors_material.xml b/core/res/res/values/colors_material.xml
index 04131009b141d..f8a77f8f1c325 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/colors_material.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/colors_material.xml
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@
     <item name="secondary_content_alpha_material_dark" format="float" type="dimen">.7</item>
     <item name="secondary_content_alpha_material_light" format="float" type="dimen">0.54</item>
 
-    <item name="highlight_alpha_material_light" format="float" type="dimen">0.12</item>
-    <item name="highlight_alpha_material_dark" format="float" type="dimen">0.20</item>
-    <item name="highlight_alpha_material_colored" format="float" type="dimen">0.26</item>
+    <item name="highlight_alpha_material_light" format="float" type="dimen">0.16</item>
+    <item name="highlight_alpha_material_dark" format="float" type="dimen">0.32</item>
+    <item name="highlight_alpha_material_colored" format="float" type="dimen">0.48</item>
 
     <!-- Primary & accent colors -->
     <eat-comment />
diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/RippleBackground.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/RippleBackground.java
index dea194e4ffde6..4571553d4d4e0 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/RippleBackground.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/RippleBackground.java
@@ -16,17 +16,12 @@
 
 package android.graphics.drawable;
 
-import android.animation.Animator;
-import android.animation.AnimatorSet;
 import android.animation.ObjectAnimator;
 import android.animation.TimeInterpolator;
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
-import android.graphics.CanvasProperty;
 import android.graphics.Paint;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.util.FloatProperty;
-import android.view.DisplayListCanvas;
-import android.view.RenderNodeAnimator;
 import android.view.animation.LinearInterpolator;
 
 /**
@@ -78,8 +73,8 @@ class RippleBackground extends RippleComponent {
 
     private void onStateChanged(boolean animateChanged) {
         float newOpacity = 0.0f;
-        if (mHovered) newOpacity += 1.0f;
-        if (mFocused) newOpacity += 1.0f;
+        if (mHovered) newOpacity += .25f;
+        if (mFocused) newOpacity += .75f;
         if (mAnimator != null) {
             mAnimator.cancel();
             mAnimator = null;
diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/RippleDrawable.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/RippleDrawable.java
index 734cff542c518..b883656d784ad 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/RippleDrawable.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/RippleDrawable.java
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ public class RippleDrawable extends LayerDrawable {
         }
 
         setRippleActive(enabled && pressed);
-
         setBackgroundActive(hovered, focused);
+
         return changed;
     }
 
@@ -879,22 +879,18 @@ 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 = mState.mColor.getColorForState(getState(), Color.BLACK);
-        final int halfAlpha = (Color.alpha(color) / 2) << 24;
         final Paint p = mRipplePaint;
 
         if (mMaskColorFilter != null) {
             // The ripple timing depends on the paint's alpha value, so we need
             // to push just the alpha channel into the paint and let the filter
             // handle the full-alpha color.
-            final int fullAlphaColor = color | (0xFF << 24);
-            mMaskColorFilter.setColor(fullAlphaColor);
-
-            p.setColor(halfAlpha);
+            mMaskColorFilter.setColor(color | 0xFF000000);
+            p.setColor(color & 0xFF000000);
             p.setColorFilter(mMaskColorFilter);
             p.setShader(mMaskShader);
         } else {
-            final int halfAlphaColor = (color & 0xFFFFFF) | halfAlpha;
-            p.setColor(halfAlphaColor);
+            p.setColor(color);
             p.setColorFilter(null);
             p.setShader(null);
         }