How do I change the color of my letter avatar?

[Chris]

Currently, my letter avatar is purple with a white C on it.

I would like to change it to a different color to make it easier to distinguish me from my fellow purple teammates.

How do I do that?

[Angélica Luz · Accepted solution]

Hello @Chris,

Thank you for reaching out to Atlassian Community!

The color for avatars is chosen based on an algorithm and it's not possible to change that. There was a feature suggesting that, but it was closed since it's possible to upload your own avatar.

• Users would like the ability to change the First Initial Avatar color however they like

Many thanks for this Suggestion, however this is not something we plan to add to JIRA Agile at this time.

The colour is chosen based on an algorithm using the name, unfortunately in this case the same result is occurring. It may be that this is remedied in the future if the colour palette is extended but we will not be changing this automatic avatar type to have a manual override.

As a workaround, you can generate your own avatar with your initials.

I found the websites below where you can create the avatar and choose the color you prefer: 

• https://ui-avatars.com/

Example: https://ui-avatars.com/api/?background=0D8ABC&color=fff&name=Angelica+Luz

Result:

• https://codepen.io/felipepucinelli/pen/QyVJbM

Example:

Hope this helps!

Regards,
Angélica

[Chris]

Yes, this helps!

The second website generates avatars that are very similar to the ones from Jira, unfortunately it is a CSS generation that can't be saved as an image.

But maybe I can customize the first one, or google other external tools. Thank you!

[Chris]

In case anyone else wants to change their avatar, it seems the default font used for the Jira Avatars is Open Sans Semi Bold :-)

I ended up doing it via Photoshop

[Louis Schoeman]

Is there a real reason for that. Jira falls on so many small details.

For example in this case, half of my team has the same color so on the Gantt its impossible to see right away who's working on what. Why wouldn't you let the user change the background color. 

[Angélica Luz · Accepted solution]

Hello everyone,

Hope you are all safe and well!

I came here to say that now it’s possible to change the avatar color and initials directly on your profile.

The steps I mentioned before still can be used in case you need a more customized color. 

To use this new feature, please, access your profile on  https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/profile-and-visibility.

Click on your Avatar > Create initials avatar.

 

There are seven different colors and you can use up to four characters.

 

Kind regards,
Angélica

[Dean Capp]

Looks like this basic function is not available

[Ollie Guan]

Hello @Chris ,

Account details like your avatar, email address, and password are managed through your Atlassian account.

https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile

https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/view-and-update-your-profile/

[Chris]

I am aware of that page, and it does have the option to upload a new avatar. 

But my question is how can I change the color of the default avatar (Jira seems to create one automatically for a new user using a random colored background and their initials), without uploading anything 🙂

[Caroline Wilson]

I am curious that only one of my team was allocated a colour.  If everyone was randomly allocated an initial colour it would make more sense but why just one person out of a team of 6?