diff --git a/addon/components/o-s-s/avatar.stories.js b/addon/components/o-s-s/avatar.stories.js
index 950b243d1..aa1de57da 100644
--- a/addon/components/o-s-s/avatar.stories.js
+++ b/addon/components/o-s-s/avatar.stories.js
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 import { hbs } from 'ember-cli-htmlbars';
 
 const SizeTypes = ['xs', 'sm', 'md', 'lg'];
+const SkinType = [
+  'danger',
+  'xtd-orange',
+  'xtd-violet-light',
+  'xtd-violet',
+  'xtd-lime',
+  'primary',
+  'primary-light',
+  'xtd-cyan'
+];
 
 export default {
   title: 'Components/OSS::Avatar',
@@ -41,6 +51,17 @@ export default {
         type: 'text'
       }
     },
+    skin: {
+      description: 'Adjust the skin of the avatar component',
+      table: {
+        type: {
+          summary: SkinType.join(' | ')
+        },
+        defaultValue: { summary: undefined }
+      },
+      options: [undefined, ...SkinType],
+      control: { type: 'select' }
+    },
     loading: {
       description: 'Display loading state',
       table: {
@@ -70,12 +91,13 @@ const defaultArgs = {
   size: 'md',
   image: undefined,
   initials: undefined,
-  loading: false
+  loading: false,
+  skin: undefined
 };
 
 const Template = (args) => ({
   template: hbs`
-    <OSS::Avatar @image={{this.image}} @initials={{this.initials}} @size={{this.size}} @loading={{this.loading}} />
+    <OSS::Avatar @image={{this.image}} @initials={{this.initials}} @size={{this.size}} @loading={{this.loading}} @skin={{this.skin}}/>
   `,
   context: args
 });
diff --git a/addon/components/o-s-s/avatar.ts b/addon/components/o-s-s/avatar.ts
index 1ff489880..b02c93766 100644
--- a/addon/components/o-s-s/avatar.ts
+++ b/addon/components/o-s-s/avatar.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,25 @@ export const SizeDefinition: SizeDefType = {
   lg: 'upf-avatar--lg'
 };
 
+export const AvatarSkins = [
+  'danger',
+  'xtd-orange',
+  'xtd-violet-light',
+  'xtd-violet',
+  'xtd-lime',
+  'primary',
+  'primary-light',
+  'xtd-cyan'
+] as const;
+
+export type SkinType = (typeof AvatarSkins)[number];
+
 export interface OSSAvatarArgs {
   image?: string;
   initials?: string;
   size?: SizeType;
   loading?: boolean;
+  skin?: SkinType;
 }
 
 export const DEFAULT_IMAGE_URL: string = '/@upfluence/oss-components/assets/images/avatar-placeholder.svg';
@@ -37,11 +51,19 @@ export default class OSSAvatar extends Component<OSSAvatarArgs> {
   }
 
   get computedClass(): string {
-    let classes = 'upf-avatar ';
+    const classes = ['upf-avatar'];
     const size: SizeType = this.args.size || 'md';
 
     if (this.args.loading) {
-      classes = classes.concat('upf-avatar--loading ');
+      classes.push('upf-avatar--loading');
+    }
+
+    if (this.args.skin) {
+      assert(
+        `[component][OSS::Avatar] Unknown skin. Available skins are: ${AvatarSkins.join(', ')}`,
+        AvatarSkins.includes(this.args.skin as SkinType)
+      );
+      classes.push('upf-avatar--skin', `upf-avatar--skin-${this.args.skin}`);
     }
 
     assert(
@@ -49,7 +71,8 @@ export default class OSSAvatar extends Component<OSSAvatarArgs> {
       Object.keys(SizeDefinition).includes(size as SizeType)
     );
 
-    return classes.concat(SizeDefinition[size as SizeType]);
+    classes.push(SizeDefinition[size as SizeType])
+    return classes.join(' ')
   }
 
   @action
diff --git a/app/styles/atoms/avatar.less b/app/styles/atoms/avatar.less
index 705b81e45..81c49e15f 100644
--- a/app/styles/atoms/avatar.less
+++ b/app/styles/atoms/avatar.less
@@ -70,4 +70,41 @@
     .upf-skeleton-effect;
     .border-radius-round;
   }
+
+  &--skin {
+    color: var(--color-white);
+    border: 1px solid var(--color-white);
+
+    &-danger {
+      background-color: var(--color-error-400);
+    }
+
+    &-xtd-orange {
+      background-color: var(--color-orange-400);
+    }
+
+    &-xtd-violet-light {
+      background-color: var(--color-violet-400);
+    }
+
+    &-xtd-violet {
+      background-color: var(--color-violet-500);
+    }
+
+    &-xtd-lime {
+      background-color: var(--color-lime-500);
+    }
+
+    &-primary {
+      background-color: var(--color-primary-400);
+    }
+
+    &-primary-light {
+      background-color: var(--color-primary-300);
+    }
+
+    &-xtd-cyan {
+      background-color: var(--color-cyan-500);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/tests/dummy/app/templates/visual.hbs b/tests/dummy/app/templates/visual.hbs
index e6950b2e3..65f43cd82 100644
--- a/tests/dummy/app/templates/visual.hbs
+++ b/tests/dummy/app/templates/visual.hbs
@@ -385,6 +385,15 @@
       <OSS::Avatar @size="sm" />
       <OSS::Avatar @size="md" />
       <OSS::Avatar @size="lg" />
+      <OSS::Avatar @size="lg" @initials="U"/>
+      <OSS::Avatar @size="lg" @skin="danger" @initials="P"/>
+      <OSS::Avatar @size="lg" @skin="xtd-orange" @initials="F"/>
+      <OSS::Avatar @size="lg" @skin="xtd-violet-light" @initials="L"/>
+      <OSS::Avatar @size="lg" @skin="xtd-violet" @initials="U"/>
+      <OSS::Avatar @size="lg" @skin="xtd-lime" @initials="E"/>
+      <OSS::Avatar @size="lg" @skin="primary" @initials="N"/>
+      <OSS::Avatar @size="lg" @skin="primary-light" @initials="C"/>
+      <OSS::Avatar @size="lg" @skin="xtd-cyan" @initials="E"/>
     </div>
   </div>
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/components/o-s-s/avatar-test.ts b/tests/integration/components/o-s-s/avatar-test.ts
index 1339d2478..1590a3932 100644
--- a/tests/integration/components/o-s-s/avatar-test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/components/o-s-s/avatar-test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { module, test } from 'qunit';
 import { setupRenderingTest } from 'ember-qunit';
 import { find, render, setupOnerror, waitFor, waitUntil } from '@ember/test-helpers';
 
-import { SizeDefinition, DEFAULT_IMAGE_URL } from '@upfluence/oss-components/components/o-s-s/avatar';
+import { SizeDefinition, AvatarSkins, DEFAULT_IMAGE_URL } from '@upfluence/oss-components/components/o-s-s/avatar';
 
 module('Integration | Component | o-s-s/avatar', function (hooks) {
   setupRenderingTest(hooks);
@@ -63,6 +63,25 @@ module('Integration | Component | o-s-s/avatar', function (hooks) {
     });
   });
 
+  module('Skins', function () {
+    test('it sets no skin class when skin is not provided', async function (assert) {
+      await render(hbs`<OSS::Avatar />`);
+
+      assert.dom('.upf-avatar').exists();
+      assert.dom('.upf-avatar').hasNoClass(`upf-avatar--skin`);
+    });
+
+    AvatarSkins.forEach((skin) => {
+      test(`it sets the right class when using a supported skin: ${skin}`, async function (assert) {
+        this.skin = skin;
+        await render(hbs`<OSS::Avatar @skin={{this.skin}} />`);
+
+        assert.dom('.upf-avatar').hasClass(`upf-avatar--skin`).hasClass(`upf-avatar--skin-${skin}`);
+      })
+    })
+
+  })
+
   module('Sizes', function () {
     test('it sets the right default class when size is not provided', async function (assert) {
       await render(hbs`<OSS::Avatar />`);
@@ -101,6 +120,17 @@ module('Integration | Component | o-s-s/avatar', function (hooks) {
       await render(hbs`<OSS::Avatar @size="test" />`);
     });
 
+    test('it throws an error if the wrong skin argument is passed', async function (assert: Assert) {
+      setupOnerror((err: Error) => {
+        assert.equal(
+          err.message,
+          `Assertion Failed: [component][OSS::Avatar] Unknown skin. Available skins are: ${AvatarSkins.join(', ')}`
+        );
+      });
+
+      await render(hbs`<OSS::Avatar @skin="test" />`);
+    });
+
     test('it displays the initials when both initials and image are provided and the image fails to load', async function (assert) {
       await render(hbs`<OSS::Avatar @image="/@upfluence/oss-components/assets/images/fail.svg" @initials="TS" />`);
       await waitFor('.upf-avatar span');