diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/branches_controller.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/branches_controller.go
index 1c3d9e35061..88c84c0ef36 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/branches_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/branches_controller.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/context"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/presentation"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/presentation/icons"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/style"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/types"
@@ -251,42 +252,12 @@ func stateText(state string) string {
 func coloredStateText(state string) string {
 	if icons.IsIconEnabled() {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s%s",
-			withPrFgColor(state, ""),
-			withPrBgColor(state, style.FgWhite.Sprint(stateText(state))),
-			withPrFgColor(state, ""))
+			presentation.WithPrColor(state, "", false),
+			presentation.WithPrColor(state, color.RGB(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, false).Sprint(stateText(state)), true),
+			presentation.WithPrColor(state, "", false))
 	}
 
-	return withPrFgColor(state, stateText(state))
-}
-
-func withPrFgColor(state string, text string) string {
-	switch state {
-	case "OPEN":
-		return style.FgGreen.Sprint(text)
-	case "CLOSED":
-		return style.FgRed.Sprint(text)
-	case "MERGED":
-		return style.FgMagenta.Sprint(text)
-	case "DRAFT":
-		return color.RGB(0x66, 0x66, 0x66, false).Sprint(text)
-	default:
-		return style.FgDefault.Sprint(text)
-	}
-}
-
-func withPrBgColor(state string, text string) string {
-	switch state {
-	case "OPEN":
-		return style.BgGreen.Sprint(text)
-	case "CLOSED":
-		return style.BgRed.Sprint(text)
-	case "MERGED":
-		return style.BgMagenta.Sprint(text)
-	case "DRAFT":
-		return color.RGB(0x66, 0x66, 0x66, true).Sprint(text)
-	default:
-		return style.BgDefault.Sprint(text)
-	}
+	return presentation.WithPrColor(state, stateText(state), false)
 }
 
 func (self *BranchesController) viewUpstreamOptions(selectedBranch *models.Branch) error {
diff --git a/pkg/gui/presentation/branches.go b/pkg/gui/presentation/branches.go
index f406547bc82..995d0208d83 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/presentation/branches.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/presentation/branches.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/gookit/color"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/git_commands"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/config"
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ func getBranchDisplayStrings(
 		} else {
 			prIcon = "●"
 		}
-		coloredPrIcon = prColor(pr.State).Sprint(prIcon)
+		coloredPrIcon = WithPrColor(pr.State, prIcon, false)
 	}
 	res = append(res, coloredPrIcon)
 
@@ -271,17 +272,17 @@ func SetCustomBranches(customBranchColors map[string]string, isRegex bool) {
 	}
 }
 
-func prColor(state string) style.TextStyle {
+func WithPrColor(state string, text string, isBg bool) string {
 	switch state {
 	case "OPEN":
-		return style.FgGreen
+		return color.RGB(0x43, 0x84, 0x40, isBg).Sprint(text)
 	case "CLOSED":
-		return style.FgRed
+		return color.RGB(0xC9, 0x45, 0x3C, isBg).Sprint(text)
 	case "MERGED":
-		return style.FgMagenta
+		return color.RGB(0x82, 0x59, 0xDD, isBg).Sprint(text)
 	case "DRAFT":
-		return style.FgBlackLighter
+		return color.RGB(0x67, 0x6C, 0x75, isBg).Sprint(text)
 	default:
-		return style.FgDefault
+		return lo.Ternary(isBg, style.BgDefault, style.FgDefault).Sprint(text)
 	}
 }