diff --git modules/rdf/rdf.test modules/rdf/rdf.test
index cd9c2d1..9a88e38 100644
--- modules/rdf/rdf.test
+++ modules/rdf/rdf.test
@@ -361,7 +361,8 @@ class RdfMappingDefinitionTestCase extends TaxonomyWebTestCase {
     $account_uri = url('user/' . $user2->uid);
     $person_uri = url('user/' . $user2->uid, array('fragment' => 'me'));
 
-    $user2_profile_about = $this->xpath('//div[@class="profile" and @typeof="sioc:UserAccount" and @about=:account-uri]', array(
+    $user2_profile_about = $this->xpath('//div[contains(@class,:class) and @typeof="sioc:UserAccount" and @about=:account-uri]', array(
+      ':class' => 'profile',
       ':account-uri' => $account_uri,
     ));
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($user2_profile_about), t('RDFa markup found on user profile page'));
diff --git modules/user/user-profile.tpl.php modules/user/user-profile.tpl.php
index 5d06827..314cf06 100644
--- modules/user/user-profile.tpl.php
+++ modules/user/user-profile.tpl.php
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@
  * @see template_preprocess_user_profile()
  */
 ?>
-<div class="profile"<?php print $attributes; ?>>
+<div class="<?php print $classes; ?>"<?php print $attributes; ?>>
   <?php print render($user_profile); ?>
 </div>
diff --git modules/user/user.css modules/user/user.css
index f246b93..dc5f60f 100644
--- modules/user/user.css
+++ modules/user/user.css
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ div.password-confirm {
   clear: both;
   margin: 1em 0;
 }
+.profile-banned {
+  background-color: #fff4f4;
+}
 .profile .user-picture {
   float: right; /* LTR */
   margin: 0 1em 1em 0; /* LTR */
diff --git modules/user/user.pages.inc modules/user/user.pages.inc
index 284b433..6199e41 100644
--- modules/user/user.pages.inc
+++ modules/user/user.pages.inc
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ function template_preprocess_user_profile(&$variables) {
     $variables['user_profile'][$key] = $variables['elements'][$key];
   }
 
+  $variables['classes_array'][] = 'profile';
+  $variables['classes_array'][] = 'profile-' . ($account->status ? 'active' : 'banned');
+
   // Preprocess fields.
   field_attach_preprocess('user', $account, $variables['elements'], $variables);
 }