diff --git a/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar.imageset/Contents.json b/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar-1024.imageset/Contents.json
similarity index 68%
rename from Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar.imageset/Contents.json
rename to Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar-1024.imageset/Contents.json
index 731480b4c..8ffbcdfbb 100644
--- a/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar.imageset/Contents.json
+++ b/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar-1024.imageset/Contents.json
@@ -2,17 +2,15 @@
   "images" : [
     {
       "idiom" : "universal",
-      "filename" : "profile-28@1x.png",
+      "filename" : "contact-avatar-1024.png",
       "scale" : "1x"
     },
     {
       "idiom" : "universal",
-      "filename" : "profile-28@2x.png",
       "scale" : "2x"
     },
     {
       "idiom" : "universal",
-      "filename" : "profile-28@3x.png",
       "scale" : "3x"
     }
   ],
diff --git a/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar-1024.imageset/contact-avatar-1024.png b/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar-1024.imageset/contact-avatar-1024.png
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index 000000000..e4c5a734a
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diff --git a/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar-84.imageset/Contents.json b/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar-84.imageset/Contents.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d347f46e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar-84.imageset/Contents.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "images" : [
+    {
+      "idiom" : "universal",
+      "filename" : "contact-avatar-84.png",
+      "scale" : "1x"
+    },
+    {
+      "idiom" : "universal",
+      "scale" : "2x"
+    },
+    {
+      "idiom" : "universal",
+      "scale" : "3x"
+    }
+  ],
+  "info" : {
+    "version" : 1,
+    "author" : "xcode"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar-84.imageset/contact-avatar-84.png b/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar-84.imageset/contact-avatar-84.png
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index 000000000..8a0e5924b
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diff --git a/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar.imageset/profile-28@1x.png b/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar.imageset/profile-28@1x.png
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index 6064b87bc..000000000
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diff --git a/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar.imageset/profile-28@2x.png b/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar.imageset/profile-28@2x.png
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index 82223704a..000000000
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diff --git a/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar.imageset/profile-28@3x.png b/Signal/Images.xcassets/contact-avatar.imageset/profile-28@3x.png
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index 6cc4daf05..000000000
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diff --git a/SignalMessaging/utils/OWSContactAvatarBuilder.m b/SignalMessaging/utils/OWSContactAvatarBuilder.m
index 450b33adf..2a3528148 100644
--- a/SignalMessaging/utils/OWSContactAvatarBuilder.m
+++ b/SignalMessaging/utils/OWSContactAvatarBuilder.m
@@ -100,9 +100,8 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
 - (nullable UIImage *)buildDefaultImage
 {
-    UIImage *_Nullable cachedAvatar = nil;
-    [OWSContactAvatarBuilder.contactsManager.avatarCache imageForKey:self.cacheKey
-                                                            diameter:(CGFloat)self.diameter];
+    UIImage *_Nullable cachedAvatar =
+        [OWSContactAvatarBuilder.contactsManager.avatarCache imageForKey:self.cacheKey diameter:(CGFloat)self.diameter];
     if (cachedAvatar) {
         return cachedAvatar;
     }
@@ -135,10 +134,18 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
     if (initials.length == 0) {
         // We don't have a name for this contact, so we can't make an "initials" image.
 
-        UIImage *icon = [UIImage imageNamed:@"contact-avatar"];
-        // The contact-avatar asset is designed for the kStandardAvatarSize.
+        UIImage *icon;
+        if (self.diameter > kStandardAvatarSize) {
+            icon = [UIImage imageNamed:@"contact-avatar-1024"];
+        } else {
+            icon = [UIImage imageNamed:@"contact-avatar-84"];
+        }
+        CGFloat assetWidthPixels = CGImageGetWidth(icon.CGImage);
+        // The contact-avatar asset is designed to be 28pt if the avatar is kStandardAvatarSize.
         // Adjust its size to reflect the actual output diameter.
-        CGFloat scaling = self.diameter / (CGFloat)kStandardAvatarSize;
+        // We use an oversize 1024px version of the asset to ensure quality results for larger avatars.
+        CGFloat scaling = (self.diameter / (CGFloat)kStandardAvatarSize) * (28 / assetWidthPixels);
+
         CGSize iconSize = CGSizeScale(icon.size, scaling);
         image =
             [OWSAvatarBuilder avatarImageWithIcon:icon iconSize:iconSize backgroundColor:color diameter:self.diameter];