diff --git a/res/values/styles.xml b/res/values/styles.xml
index 23ea9cf20f..526a30fe1b 100644
--- a/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <item name="workspaceStatusBarScrim">@drawable/workspace_bg</item>
         <item name="widgetsTheme">@style/WidgetContainerTheme</item>
         <item name="folderDotColor">?android:attr/colorPrimary</item>
-        <item name="folderFillColor">?android:attr/colorBackground</item>
+        <item name="folderFillColor">?android:attr/colorBackgroundFloating</item>
         <item name="folderIconBorderColor">?android:attr/colorPrimary</item>
         <item name="folderTextColor">?android:attr/textColorPrimary</item>
         <item name="isFolderDarkText">true</item>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     </style>
 
     <style name="LauncherTheme.DarkMainColor" parent="@style/LauncherTheme">
-        <item name="folderFillColor">#FF3C4043</item> <!-- 100% GM2 800 -->
+        <item name="folderFillColor">?android:attr/colorBackgroundFloating</item>
         <item name="folderTextColor">?attr/workspaceTextColor</item>
         <item name="isFolderDarkText">?attr/isWorkspaceDarkText</item>
         <item name="folderHintColor">@color/folder_hint_text_color_dark</item>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         <item name="isWorkspaceDarkText">true</item>
         <item name="workspaceStatusBarScrim">@null</item>
         <item name="folderDotColor">#FF464646</item>
-        <item name="folderFillColor">#CDFFFFFF</item>
+        <item name="folderFillColor">?android:attr/colorBackgroundFloating</item>
         <item name="folderIconBorderColor">#FF80868B</item>
         <item name="folderTextColor">?attr/workspaceTextColor</item>
         <item name="isFolderDarkText">true</item>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
         <item name="popupColorTertiary">@color/popup_color_tertiary_dark</item>
         <item name="widgetsTheme">@style/WidgetContainerTheme.Dark</item>
         <item name="folderDotColor">?android:attr/colorPrimary</item>
-        <item name="folderFillColor">?android:attr/colorBackground</item>
+        <item name="folderFillColor">?android:attr/colorBackgroundFloating</item>
         <item name="folderIconBorderColor">?android:attr/colorPrimary</item>
         <item name="folderTextColor">?android:attr/textColorPrimary</item>
         <item name="isFolderDarkText">false</item>
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
     </style>
 
     <style name="LauncherTheme.Dark.DarkMainColor" parent="@style/LauncherTheme.Dark">
-        <item name="folderFillColor">#FF3C4043</item> <!-- 100% GM2 800 -->
+        <item name="folderFillColor">?android:attr/colorBackgroundFloating</item>
         <item name="folderTextColor">@android:color/white</item>
         <item name="isFolderDarkText">false</item>
         <item name="folderHintColor">@color/folder_hint_text_color_light</item>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 
     <style name="LauncherTheme.Dark.DarkText" parent="@style/LauncherTheme.Dark">
         <item name="android:colorControlHighlight">#19212121</item>
-        <item name="folderFillColor">#CDFFFFFF</item>
+        <item name="folderFillColor">?android:attr/colorBackgroundFloating</item>
         <item name="folderTextColor">?attr/workspaceTextColor</item>
         <item name="isFolderDarkText">?attr/isWorkspaceDarkText</item>
         <item name="folderHintColor">@color/folder_hint_text_color_dark</item>
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/folder/PreviewBackground.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/folder/PreviewBackground.java
index 5ddf84f99f..4eab63e54f 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/folder/PreviewBackground.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/folder/PreviewBackground.java
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ public class PreviewBackground extends CellLayout.DelegatedCellDrawing {
     private static final float ACCEPT_COLOR_MULTIPLIER = 1.5f;
 
     // Expressed on a scale from 0 to 255.
-    private static final int BG_OPACITY = 160;
-    private static final int MAX_BG_OPACITY = 225;
+    private static final int BG_OPACITY = 255;
+    private static final int MAX_BG_OPACITY = 255;
     private static final int SHADOW_OPACITY = 40;
 
     private ValueAnimator mScaleAnimator;