diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java b/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
index 5cd79024f7ad4..7ad4b49a6f3c9 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
@@ -9930,7 +9930,7 @@ public class TextView extends View implements ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener
                 // Fallback on the default highlight color when the first span does not provide one
                 mSuggestionRangeSpan.setBackgroundColor(mHighlightColor);
             } else {
-                final float BACKGROUND_TRANSPARENCY = 0.3f;
+                final float BACKGROUND_TRANSPARENCY = 0.4f;
                 final int newAlpha = (int) (Color.alpha(underlineColor) * BACKGROUND_TRANSPARENCY);
                 mSuggestionRangeSpan.setBackgroundColor(
                         (underlineColor & 0x00FFFFFF) + (newAlpha << 24));
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/styles.xml b/core/res/res/values/styles.xml
index b6e213c79f279..13de1c95b64e5 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ please see styles_device_defaults.xml.
     </style>
 
     <style name="TextAppearance.EasyCorrectSuggestion" parent="TextAppearance.Suggestion">
-        <item name="android:textUnderlineColor">#ff888888</item>
+        <item name="android:textUnderlineColor">#ffC8C8C8</item>
     </style>
 
     <style name="TextAppearance.MisspelledSuggestion" parent="TextAppearance.Suggestion">