diff --git a/src/components/Gravatar.tsx b/src/components/Gravatar.tsx
index 7e123de4..d047b4c4 100644
--- a/src/components/Gravatar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Gravatar.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import md5Hash from 'md5';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
 
 import { isRetina } from '../utils/isRetina';
+import { stringToColor } from '../utils/stringToColor';
 
 interface GravatarProps {
     email: string;
@@ -30,6 +31,19 @@ const StyledImage = styled.img<{ visible: boolean }>`
     `}
 `;
 
+const Circle = styled.div<{ size: number; str: string }>`
+    border-radius: 100%;
+    ${({ size, str }) => {
+        return {
+            width: `${size}px`,
+            height: `${size}px`,
+            background: `linear-gradient(90deg,${stringToColor(str.toLowerCase())},${stringToColor(
+                str.toUpperCase(),
+            )})`,
+        };
+    }};
+`;
+
 export const Gravatar = ({
     size = 50,
     rating = 'g',
@@ -43,6 +57,7 @@ export const Gravatar = ({
     const [modernBrowser, setModernBrowser] = useState(true);
     const [mounted, setMounted] = useState(false);
     const [visible, setVisible] = useState(false);
+    const [isError, setIsError] = useState(false);
     const imgRef = useRef<HTMLImageElement>(null);
 
     useLayoutEffect(() => {
@@ -69,6 +84,7 @@ export const Gravatar = ({
     const onLoadError: React.ReactEventHandler<HTMLImageElement> = useCallback(({ currentTarget }) => {
         currentTarget.onerror = null;
         currentTarget.src = '/anonymous.png';
+        setIsError(true);
     }, []);
 
     let hash;
@@ -93,17 +109,23 @@ export const Gravatar = ({
     }, [imgRef, mounted, modernBrowser, src, retinaSrc]);
 
     return (
-        <StyledImage
-            visible={visible}
-            ref={imgRef}
-            alt={`Gravatar for ${formattedEmail}`}
-            src="/anonymous.png"
-            height={size}
-            width={size}
-            className={className}
-            onClick={onClick}
-            onError={onLoadError}
-        />
+        <>
+            {!isError ? (
+                <StyledImage
+                    visible={visible}
+                    ref={imgRef}
+                    alt={`Gravatar for ${formattedEmail}`}
+                    src="/anonymous.png"
+                    height={size}
+                    width={size}
+                    className={className}
+                    onClick={onClick}
+                    onError={onLoadError}
+                />
+            ) : (
+                <Circle size={size} str={email} />
+            )}
+        </>
     );
 };
 
diff --git a/src/utils/stringToColor.ts b/src/utils/stringToColor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3dae0778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/stringToColor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-bitwise */
+
+export const stringToColor = (str: string) => {
+    let hash = 0;
+    str.split('').forEach((char) => {
+        hash = char.charCodeAt(0) + ((hash << 5) - hash);
+    });
+    let color = '#';
+    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+        const value = (hash >> (i * 8)) & 0xff;
+        color += value.toString(16).padStart(2, '0');
+    }
+    return color;
+};