Avatar

Avatars are found throughout material design with uses in everything from tables to dialog menus.

Image avatars

Image avatars can be created by passing standard img props src or srcSet to the component.

<Avatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/static/images/avatar/1.jpg" />
<Avatar alt="Travis Howard" src="/static/images/avatar/2.jpg" />
<Avatar alt="Cindy Baker" src="/static/images/avatar/3.jpg" />

Letter avatars

Avatars containing simple characters can be created by passing a string as children.

<Avatar>H</Avatar>
<Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: deepOrange[500] }}>N</Avatar>
<Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: deepPurple[500] }}>OP</Avatar>

You can use different background colors for the avatar. The following demo generates the color based on the name of the person.

<Avatar {...stringAvatar('Kent Dodds')} />
<Avatar {...stringAvatar('Jed Watson')} />
<Avatar {...stringAvatar('Tim Neutkens')} />

Sizes

You can change the size of the avatar with the height and width CSS properties.

<Avatar
  alt="Remy Sharp"
  src="/static/images/avatar/1.jpg"
  sx={{ width: 24, height: 24 }}
/>
<Avatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/static/images/avatar/1.jpg" />
<Avatar
  alt="Remy Sharp"
  src="/static/images/avatar/1.jpg"
  sx={{ width: 56, height: 56 }}
/>

Icon avatars

Icon avatars are created by passing an icon as children.

<Avatar>
  <FolderIcon />
</Avatar>
<Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: pink[500] }}>
  <PageviewIcon />
</Avatar>
<Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: green[500] }}>
  <AssignmentIcon />
</Avatar>

Variants

If you need square or rounded avatars, use the variant prop.

<Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: deepOrange[500] }} variant="square">
  N
</Avatar>
<Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: green[500] }} variant="rounded">
  <AssignmentIcon />
</Avatar>

Fallbacks

If there is an error loading the avatar image, the component falls back to an alternative in the following order:

the provided children
the first letter of the alt text
a generic avatar icon

<Avatar
  sx={{ bgcolor: deepOrange[500] }}
  alt="Remy Sharp"
  src="/broken-image.jpg"
>
  B
</Avatar>
<Avatar
  sx={{ bgcolor: deepOrange[500] }}
  alt="Remy Sharp"
  src="/broken-image.jpg"
/>
<Avatar src="/broken-image.jpg" />

Grouped

AvatarGroup renders its children as a stack.

<AvatarGroup max={4}>
  <Avatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/static/images/avatar/1.jpg" />
  <Avatar alt="Travis Howard" src="/static/images/avatar/2.jpg" />
  <Avatar alt="Cindy Baker" src="/static/images/avatar/3.jpg" />
  <Avatar alt="Agnes Walker" src="/static/images/avatar/4.jpg" />
  <Avatar alt="Trevor Henderson" src="/static/images/avatar/5.jpg" />
</AvatarGroup>

With badge

<StyledBadge
  overlap="circular"
  anchorOrigin={{ vertical: 'bottom', horizontal: 'right' }}
  variant="dot"
>
  <Avatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/static/images/avatar/1.jpg" />
</StyledBadge>
<Badge
  overlap="circular"
  anchorOrigin={{ vertical: 'bottom', horizontal: 'right' }}
  badgeContent={
    <SmallAvatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/static/images/avatar/1.jpg" />
  }
>
  <Avatar alt="Travis Howard" src="/static/images/avatar/2.jpg" />
</Badge>