Avatar

Use the avatar component to display a thumbnail representation of a person.

Ready to use
import {Avatar, Stack} from '@primer/react-brand'

Examples

Default

<Avatar src="/images/avatar-mona.png" alt="Mona profile" />

Sizes

The size of the avatar can be controlled by the size prop.

<Stack direction="horizontal" alignItems="center" justifyContent="center" gap="spacious" style={{height: 200}}>
  <Avatar size={32} src="/images/avatar-mona.png" alt="Mona avatar at 32px" />
  <Avatar size={40} src="/images/avatar-mona.png" alt="Mona avatar at 40px" />
  <Avatar size={48} src="/images/avatar-mona.png" alt="Mona avatar at 48px" />
  <Avatar size={64} src="/images/avatar-mona.png" alt="Mona avatar at 64px" />
  <Avatar size={80} src="/images/avatar-mona.png" alt="Mona avatar at 80px" />
</Stack>

Responsive Sizes

Passing an Object of a particular shape will allow granular control of size at various supported breakpoints.

Supported breakpoints are narrow, regular and wide.

The Object value does not require all properties be passed, but rather operates on the basis of min-width.

E.g. Providing only narrow will apply that value to all larger breakpoints, but not the other way.

<Avatar size={{narrow: 32, regular: 40, wide: 80}} src="/images/avatar-mona.png" alt="Mona avatar at 32px" />

Shapes

The shape of the avatar can be controlled by the shape prop.

<Stack direction="horizontal" alignItems="center" justifyContent="center" gap="spacious" style={{height: 200}}>
  <Avatar size={64} shape="circle" src="/images/avatar-mona.png" alt="A circular avatar picture" />
  <Avatar size={64} shape="square" src="/images/avatar-mona.png" alt="A square avatar picture" />
</Stack>

Component props

Avatar Required

nametypedefaultrequireddescription
altstringtrueThe alt text of the image
classNamestringfalseAvatar custom class
size 32, 40, 48, 64, 8040falseThe size (in pixels) of the image
shape'circle', 'square'circlefalseThe shape of the image
srcstringtrueA url to the person’s image