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Avatar

An avatar is a visual representation of a user or entity used to personalize UI and communicate identity at a glance. It serves as a compact, recognizable marker of a person or account across interfaces such as navigation bars, comment threads, and user lists.

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Avatar

An avatar is a visual representation of a user or entity used to personalize UI and communicate identity at a glance. It serves as a compact, recognizable marker of a person or account across interfaces such as navigation bars, comment threads, and user lists.

Anatomy

  1. User initials

  2. Tooltip

Variants

  1. Default

  2. Blue

  3. Navy

  4. Teal

  5. Purple

  6. Orange

  7. Turquoise

  8. Pink

  9. Green

  10. Truncated

Size

  1. Default

  2. Medium

Avatar Group


States

  1. Default

  2. Hover

Truncated

  1. Default

  2. Hover

Best Practices

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Critical actions

Avoid using avatars as the sole identifier in critical actions. In destructive or high-stakes flows (e.g., "Delete account for this user?"), always pair the avatar with a text name or email to prevent costly mistakes from visual misidentification. ¹

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Additional Reading

  1. Avatar UI Component: Definition, Examples, Best Practices https://www.uxpin.com/studio/blog/avatar-ui-component/

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