TeamBlock

Centred team grid of member cards: an Avatar, the name and the role, plus avatar-size, column and spacing knobs.

Status: stable. Group: structure. Markdown version: /design-system/components/team-block.md

When to use

TeamBlock renders a team/people grid: member cards with an Avatar (photo or initials), name and role, plus avatarSize, column and spacing knobs, under a section title and optional description. sectionTitle defaults to the translated "Team" label (projectTeamLabel); pass an empty string to omit the heading. Rows with fewer members than columns stay centred. A member with link renders as an anchor that keeps the column sizing, opens in a new tab and ends its name with the translated "(opens in a new tab)". No production page renders TeamBlock today; HelsinkiDesignSystemPage imports it without rendering it.

When not to use

The contract records no forbidden uses.

Look-alikes

The contract names no look-alike with a deciding condition.

Props

TeamBlock props
Prop	Type	Default	Description	Required
`members`	`TeamMember[]`	none	Array of team members to display.	Yes
`sectionTitle`	`string`	none	Section title. Defaults to the translated "Team" label (projectTeamLabel); pass "" to omit it.	No
`description`	`React.ReactNode`	none	Optional description or introduction text.	No
`columns`	`2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6`	`5`	Number of columns for desktop layout (2-6)	No
`backgroundColor`	`"transparent" \| "light" \| "white"`	`transparent`	Background color variant.	No
`maxWidth`	`"sm" \| "md" \| "lg" \| "full" \| "xl"`	`lg`	Maximum width constraint.	No
`spacing`	`"compact" \| "default" \| "comfortable" \| "spacious"`	`comfortable`	Spacing variant.	No
`className`	`string`	`""`	Additional CSS class.	No
`as`	`"article" \| "div" \| "section"`	`section`	Semantic HTML element to use.	No
`ariaLabel`	`string`	none	Accessible label for the section; falls back to sectionTitle.	No
`avatarSize`	`string`	none	Avatar diameter as any CSS length (default 7rem)	No

Variants

Allowed columns values: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (default 5).
Allowed backgroundColor values: transparent, light, white (default transparent).
Allowed maxWidth values: sm, md, lg, full, xl (default lg).
Available spacings: compact, default, comfortable, spacious (default comfortable).
Allowed as values: article, div, section (default section).

Invalid combinations

The contract records no invalid combinations.

Keyboard

The contract records no keyboard interaction.

Rules

Every item under When not to use is a MUST NOT. MUST and SHOULD follow RFC 2119.

TeamBlock rules
Level	Rule	How it is checked
MUST	ARIA: The section is named by aria-label from ariaLabel, falling back to sectionTitle (default: the translated projectTeamLabel, "Team" in English).	Not yet verified: no evidence record. WCAG 4.1.2.
MUST	ARIA: Avatars render with alt="" because each member name follows as an h3.	Not yet verified: no evidence record. WCAG 4.1.2.
MUST	Required stories produce no axe violations at the configured severity.	Automated by `npm run test:stories:matrix:ci`. WCAG 2.5.8.
MUST	The accessibility tree (role, name, state) matches the committed snapshot for every required story.	Automated by `npm run test:stories:matrix:ci`. WCAG 1.3.1, 4.1.2.
MUST	The component remains legible and operable under a real browser forced-colors: active pass.	Automated by `npm run test:stories:hc`.
MUST	A human completed an end-to-end accessibility review of this component.	Manual review, last on 2026-11-04.
MUST NOT	Maintainers: Do not bypass design tokens or skip forced-colors verification at beta.	Release review; not machine-checked.

Install and import

In-repo only. TeamBlock is not exported from @digitaltableteur/react, so there is no public import path.