# Avatar

> A face or initials for one person, with an optional presence status. One token contract, every theme. Catalog id avatar.

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Last Updated: 2026-11-13

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[Components](https://texuli.com/component-pages/) Avatar

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`avatar`

A face or initials for one person, with an optional presence status.

**One token contract, every theme.** Display components take color, radius, density and state styling from the --tx-* token contract — the same variables the theme strip below overrides — so a theme swap re-colors them without per-component fixes.

## Live examples

### Named person

### Named person

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## In your theme

This page renders in the site theme, `enterprise-neutral`. Every one of the **210** library themes re-colors every component through the `--tx-*` contract. The three below carry real token values from the library, rendered at build — no island, no extra requests.

- Violetlight mode · AA contrast`background`
- `surface`
- `primary`
- `accent`
- `border`

[Open Theme Studio](https://texuli.com/theme-studio/)
- Monochromelight mode · AA contrast`background`
- `surface`
- `primary`
- `accent`
- `border`

[Open Theme Studio](https://texuli.com/theme-studio/)
- Accessible Dark Contrastdark mode · AAA contrast`background`
- `surface`
- `primary`
- `accent`
- `border`

[Open Theme Studio](https://texuli.com/theme-studio/)

## Props

Public props for Avatar

| Name | Kind | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | yes | — | — |
| `src` | `string` | no | — | — |
| `srcTrust` | `enum` (developer, untrusted) | no | `"untrusted"` | — |
| `srcset` | `string` | no | — | — |
| `sizes` | `string` | no | — | — |
| `size` | `enum` (xs, sm, md, lg) | no | `"md"` | — |
| `tone` | `enum` (primary, success, warning, destructive, info, neutral) | no | — | — |
| `color` | `enum` (none, chart-1, chart-2, chart-3, chart-4, chart-5, chart-6, chart-7, chart-8) | no | `"none"` | — |
| `shape` | `enum` (circle, square) | no | — | — |
| `status` | `enum` (online, away, busy, offline) | no | — | — |
| `decorative` | `boolean` | no | `false` | — |
| `delayMs` | `number` | no | `0` | — |
| `initials` | `string` | no | — | — |
| `class` | `string` | no | — | — |

## Keyboard

Keyboard behavior for Avatar

| Key | Action |
| --- | --- |
| `—` | See accessibility notes for keyboard behavior. |

## Accessibility

- Named by the person unless decorative.
- Image URLs pass the untrusted image policy.

## Evidence for avatar

Latest committed gates for `avatar` (as of 2026-10-23). Static snapshot — not live CI.

### Behavior

checked scenario `avatar`

3 checks

Rows in tests/behavior/scenarios/avatar.spec.ts, held to the WAI-ARIA APG pattern, run on Chromium and WebKit, and its touch rows on the Pixel 7.

### Size (gzip)

`@texuli/primitives/avatar · budget 4.00 KiB`

Budget from texuli.budgets.json; re-measure with `pnpm size --filter <entry>`.

### Axe

documented

- `tests/e2e/site-component-pages.spec.ts`
- `docs/quality (a11y-*)`

Site component pages axe gate; package-level a11y docs under docs/quality when present.

### Browsers

- `chromium`
- `webkit`
- `mobile`

Playwright projects: Desktop Chrome, Desktop Safari, Pixel 7. Firefox is a known gap on this host.

## When to use

### Use when

- Show who wrote a message, who owns a task, or who is in a thread

### Don’t use when

Prefer another component

- A group of faces in one circle (use avatar-group-grid)

## Related

- [`avatar-group-grid`](https://texuli.com/component-pages/avatar-group-grid/)
- [`list-item`](https://texuli.com/component-pages/list-item/)

## For agents

The live preview, prop editor and copyable code run in the browser. The component manifest holds the same props, events, examples and guidance as data. The live parts run in the browser and are not in this Markdown; the operations below do the same work through the read-only MCP server at https://texuli.com/mcp (no sign-in; see https://texuli.com/auth.md).

MCP operations ([reference](https://github.com/DailybotHQ/texuli/blob/main/packages/tools/docs/ops.md#operations)):

- `component.get`: Read a component manifest with `{"id":"avatar"}`.
- `example.search`: Find component examples.
- `catalog.search`: Search the component catalog.

Docs:

- [avatar component doc (Markdown)](https://texuli.com/llms/components/avatar.md)
- [Component docs for agents (llms.txt)](https://texuli.com/llms/llms.txt)
- [Catalog manifest snapshot (JSON)](https://texuli.com/catalog/catalog.json)
- [texuli README](https://github.com/DailybotHQ/texuli/blob/main/packages/texuli/README.md)
- [@texuli/catalog README](https://github.com/DailybotHQ/texuli/blob/main/packages/catalog/README.md)