diff --git a/core/palette.py b/core/palette.py
index 4ab5177942ec95cef0df00f707257e2ad68ec4a9..6398e9812dadc93cb25b8fbc16e8e274a09f2359 100644
--- a/core/palette.py
+++ b/core/palette.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 # Python modules
 import itertools
+from typing import Tuple
 
 # Material 2014 color scheme from
 # https://material.io/design/color/the-color-system.html#tools-for-picking-colors
@@ -328,6 +329,8 @@ BW = [
     "#FFFFFF",  # White
 ]
 
+FG = BW  # Foreground
+
 COLOR_PALETTES = [
     RED50,
     PINK50,
@@ -370,3 +373,34 @@ def get_avatar_bg_color(n: int) -> str:
     #
     i = n * _AC_PRIME % len(AVATAR_COLORS)
     return AVATAR_COLORS[i]
+
+
+def split_rgb(color: str) -> Tuple[int, int, int]:
+    """
+    Split color #RRGGBB to a tuple of (R, G, B)
+    :param color:
+    :return:
+    """
+    return int(color[1:3], 16), int(color[3:5], 16), int(color[5:], 16)
+
+
+def get_fg_color(color: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Return contrast foreground color
+    :param color:
+    :return:
+    """
+
+    def distance(c1: Tuple[int, int, int], c2: Tuple[int, int, int]):
+        return abs(c1[0] - c2[0]) + abs(c1[1] - c2[1]) + abs(c1[2] - c2[2])
+
+    bg_rgb = split_rgb(color)
+    best_fg = FG[0]
+    best_distance = distance(split_rgb(best_fg), bg_rgb)
+    for fg in FG[1:]:
+        dist = distance(split_rgb(fg), bg_rgb)
+        if dist <= best_distance:
+            continue
+        best_fg = fg
+        best_distance = dist
+    return best_fg
diff --git a/services/ui/models/me.py b/services/ui/models/me.py
index 5fb22e6e5ca6aa75ff2f0aab871ba163acb8e961..072dc27b506f1980317ccba31d20c57294b5ae91 100644
--- a/services/ui/models/me.py
+++ b/services/ui/models/me.py
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ class MeResponse(BaseModel):
     avatar_label: str = Field(
         title="Avatar Label", description="Letters to be used when avatar is missed or empty"
     )
+    avatar_label_fg: str = Field(
+        title="Avatar Label Foreground",
+        description="CSS background to be used along with avatar_label",
+    )
     avatar_label_bg: str = Field(
         title="Avatar Label Background",
         description="CSS background to be used along with avatar_label",
diff --git a/services/ui/paths/me.py b/services/ui/paths/me.py
index 73ac8e75821bcb1bbfbf900ff68a9f81508351dd..e6d6a705ceeba19e0e94e046604bdbe6c2b04982 100644
--- a/services/ui/paths/me.py
+++ b/services/ui/paths/me.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
 from noc.config import config
 from noc.aaa.models.user import User
 from noc.core.service.deps.user import get_current_user
-from noc.core.palette import get_avatar_bg_color
+from noc.core.palette import get_avatar_bg_color, get_fg_color
 from ..models.me import MeResponse, GroupItem
 
 router = APIRouter()
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ router = APIRouter()
 
 @router.get("/api/ui/me", response_model=MeResponse, tags=["ui"])
 def get_me(user: User = Depends(get_current_user)):
+    label_bg = get_avatar_bg_color(user.id)
     return MeResponse(
         id=str(user.id),
         username=user.username,
@@ -30,5 +31,6 @@ def get_me(user: User = Depends(get_current_user)):
         language=user.preferred_language or config.language,
         avatar_url=user.avatar_url,
         avatar_label=user.avatar_label,
-        avatar_label_bg=get_avatar_bg_color(user.id),
+        avatar_label_fg=get_fg_color(label_bg),
+        avatar_label_bg=label_bg,
     )
diff --git a/tests/test_palette.py b/tests/test_palette.py
index d7fbfe1eb7ac40715d0230bcc2e33494de4bab0b..253d6f9ebfddc9f9b484b5c4bc6839cc098fef5d 100644
--- a/tests/test_palette.py
+++ b/tests/test_palette.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Python modules
-from typing import Set, List
+from typing import Set, List, Tuple
 import re
 
 # Third-party modules
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@ from noc.core.palette import (
     COLOR_PALETTES,
     TONE_PALETTES,
     BW,
+    FG,
     AVATAR_COLORS,
     get_avatar_bg_color,
+    split_rgb,
+    get_fg_color,
 )
 
 ALL_COLORS: Set[str] = set()
@@ -62,3 +65,21 @@ def test_get_avatar_bg_color():
     # Check repeatability
     round1r = [get_avatar_bg_color(i) for i in range(1, n + 1)]
     assert round1 == round1r
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("color", ALL_COLORS)
+def test_split_rgb(color: str):
+    r, g, b = split_rgb(color)
+    assert color[0] == "#"
+    assert color[1:3] == "%02X" % r
+    assert color[3:5] == "%02X" % g
+    assert color[5:] == "%02X" % b
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("color", [c for c in ALL_COLORS if c not in FG])
+def test_get_fg_color(color: str):
+    def distance(c1: Tuple[int, int, int], c2: Tuple[int, int, int]):
+        return abs(c1[0] - c2[0]) + abs(c1[1] - c2[1]) + abs(c1[2] - c2[2])
+
+    fg = get_fg_color(color)
+    assert distance(split_rgb(color), split_rgb(fg)) >= 3 * 128