In a list of colleagues, “BH” identifies someone and a grey outline of a head does not. Most people in an internal tool have no photo, so the fallback is the common path.
BHR?SD
In a list
BHBudi HermawanAdmin
RRianEngineer
SDSari DewiDesigner
Guidance
Use it when
Identifying a person in a dense list, next to their name.
src when there is a photo — it falls back to initials on load failure.
Reach for something else when
As the only identifier. Two colleagues can share initials; always pair it with the name.
Large sizes for decoration. This is a wayfinding aid, not a portrait.
The image is decorative — alt="" — because the name is already in the row beside it. Announcing it twice is noise.