diff --git a/src/gui/properties/downloadedpiecesbar.cpp b/src/gui/properties/downloadedpiecesbar.cpp
index 55e05a13d..90e60a153 100644
--- a/src/gui/properties/downloadedpiecesbar.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/properties/downloadedpiecesbar.cpp
@@ -32,9 +32,18 @@
 
 #include <QDebug>
 
+namespace
+{
+    QColor dlPieceColor(const QColor &pieceColor)
+    {
+        const QColor green {Qt::green};
+        return QColor::fromHsl(green.hslHue(), pieceColor.hslSaturation(), pieceColor.lightness());
+    }
+}
+
 DownloadedPiecesBar::DownloadedPiecesBar(QWidget *parent)
     : base {parent}
-    , m_dlPieceColor {0, 0xd0, 0}
+    , m_dlPieceColor {dlPieceColor(pieceColor())}
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/properties/downloadedpiecesbar.h b/src/gui/properties/downloadedpiecesbar.h
index e0621fe0b..42f4bb96f 100644
--- a/src/gui/properties/downloadedpiecesbar.h
+++ b/src/gui/properties/downloadedpiecesbar.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ private:
     QString simpleToolTipText() const override;
 
     // incomplete piece color
-    QColor m_dlPieceColor;
+    const QColor m_dlPieceColor;
     // last used bitfields, uses to better resize redraw
     // TODO: make a diff pieces to new pieces and update only changed pixels, speedup when update > 20x faster
     QBitArray m_pieces;