# React Avatar Component API

> Explore the API reference for the React Avatar component and discover how to effectively utilize its props for customization.

## CAvatar

```jsx
import { CAvatar } from '@coreui/react-pro'
```

### Props

| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `ariaStatusLabel` | `string` | - | Names the status indicator for assistive technologies. The indicator is a few pixels of color and nothing else, so a state that carries meaning has to be named; without this the indicator stays decorative. |
| `className` | `string` | - | A string of all className you want applied to the component. |
| `color` | `'primary' \| 'secondary' \| 'success' \| 'danger' \| 'warning' \| 'info' \| 'inverse' \| string` | - | Sets the color context of the component to one of CoreUI’s themed colors. |
| `shape` | `'rounded' \| 'rounded-top' \| 'rounded-end' \| 'rounded-bottom' \| 'rounded-start' \| 'rounded-circle' \| 'rounded-pill' \| 'rounded-0' \| 'rounded-1' \| 'rounded-2' \| 'rounded-3' \| string` | - | Select the shape of the component. |
| `size` | `"xs" \| "sm" \| "md" \| "lg" \| "xl"` | - | Size the component extra small to extra large. |
| `src` | `string` | - | The src attribute for the img element. |
| `status` | `'primary' \| 'secondary' \| 'success' \| 'danger' \| 'warning' \| 'info' \| 'inverse' \| string` | - | Sets the color context of the status indicator to one of CoreUI’s themed colors. |
| `theme` | `'primary' \| 'secondary' \| 'success' \| 'danger' \| 'warning' \| 'info' \| 'inverse' \| string` | - | Sets the color context of the component to one of CoreUI’s themed colors. |
| `variant` | `"subtle"` | - | Set the avatar variant. The default is solid. |