diff --git a/api/index.js b/api/index.js
index 34824ba658a1ff..88bd3c2e3e7ead 100644
--- a/api/index.js
+++ b/api/index.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export default async (req, res) => {
     include_all_commits,
     line_height,
     title_color,
+    ring_color,
     icon_color,
     text_color,
     text_bold,
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ export default async (req, res) => {
         include_all_commits: parseBoolean(include_all_commits),
         line_height,
         title_color,
+        ring_color,
         icon_color,
         text_color,
         text_bold: parseBoolean(text_bold),
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index e18efc80f73b96..bfe042fcc20323 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ You can provide multiple comma-separated values in the bg_color option to render
 -   `custom_title` - Sets a custom title for the card. Default:  `<username> GitHub Stats`.
 -   `text_bold` - Use bold text _(boolean)_. Default: `true`.
 -   `disable_animations` - Disables all animations in the card _(boolean)_. Default: `false`.
+-   `ring_color` - Color of the rank circle _(hex color)_. Defaults to the theme ring color if it exists and otherwise the title color.
 
 > **Note**
 > When hide_rank=`true`, the minimum card width is 270 px + the title length and padding.
diff --git a/src/cards/stats-card.js b/src/cards/stats-card.js
index 782ff069674bbb..b078728ea54c33 100644
--- a/src/cards/stats-card.js
+++ b/src/cards/stats-card.js
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ const renderStatsCard = (stats = {}, options = { hide: [] }) => {
     include_all_commits = false,
     line_height = 25,
     title_color,
+    ring_color,
     icon_color,
     text_color,
     text_bold = true,
@@ -104,13 +105,14 @@ const renderStatsCard = (stats = {}, options = { hide: [] }) => {
   const lheight = parseInt(String(line_height), 10);
 
   // returns theme based colors with proper overrides and defaults
-  const { titleColor, textColor, iconColor, bgColor, borderColor } =
+  const { titleColor, iconColor, textColor, bgColor, borderColor, ringColor } =
     getCardColors({
       title_color,
-      icon_color,
       text_color,
+      icon_color,
       bg_color,
       border_color,
+      ring_color,
       theme,
     });
 
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ const renderStatsCard = (stats = {}, options = { hide: [] }) => {
   const progress = 100 - rank.score;
   const cssStyles = getStyles({
     titleColor,
+    ringColor,
     textColor,
     iconColor,
     show_icons,
diff --git a/src/common/utils.js b/src/common/utils.js
index 43c7587fc29322..a0fbf3dabade76 100644
--- a/src/common/utils.js
+++ b/src/common/utils.js
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ function isValidGradient(colors) {
  * @returns {string | string[]} The gradient or color.
  */
 function fallbackColor(color, fallbackColor) {
-  let colors = color.split(",");
   let gradient = null;
 
+  let colors = color ? color.split(",") : [];
   if (colors.length > 1 && isValidGradient(colors)) {
     gradient = colors;
   }
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ function getCardColors({
   icon_color,
   bg_color,
   border_color,
+  ring_color,
   theme,
   fallbackTheme = "default",
 }) {
@@ -221,6 +222,13 @@ function getCardColors({
     title_color || selectedTheme.title_color,
     "#" + defaultTheme.title_color,
   );
+
+  // get the color provided by the user else the theme color
+  // finally if both colors are invalid we use the titleColor
+  const ringColor = fallbackColor(
+    ring_color || selectedTheme.ring_color,
+    titleColor,
+  );
   const iconColor = fallbackColor(
     icon_color || selectedTheme.icon_color,
     "#" + defaultTheme.icon_color,
@@ -239,7 +247,7 @@ function getCardColors({
     "#" + defaultBorderColor,
   );
 
-  return { titleColor, iconColor, textColor, bgColor, borderColor };
+  return { titleColor, iconColor, textColor, bgColor, borderColor, ringColor };
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/getStyles.js b/src/getStyles.js
index 79692e8579035a..f7b90f4adc7b4c 100644
--- a/src/getStyles.js
+++ b/src/getStyles.js
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ const getStyles = ({
   titleColor,
   textColor,
   iconColor,
+  ringColor,
   show_icons,
   progress,
 }) => {
@@ -105,13 +106,13 @@ const getStyles = ({
     }
 
     .rank-circle-rim {
-      stroke: ${titleColor};
+      stroke: ${ringColor};
       fill: none;
       stroke-width: 6;
       opacity: 0.2;
     }
     .rank-circle {
-      stroke: ${titleColor};
+      stroke: ${ringColor};
       stroke-dasharray: 250;
       fill: none;
       stroke-width: 6;
diff --git a/tests/__snapshots__/renderWakatimeCard.test.js.snap b/tests/__snapshots__/renderWakatimeCard.test.js.snap
index 416ead953e4596..cc6129272f51e6 100644
--- a/tests/__snapshots__/renderWakatimeCard.test.js.snap
+++ b/tests/__snapshots__/renderWakatimeCard.test.js.snap
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ exports[`Test Render Wakatime Card should render correctly with compact layout 1
     }
 
     .rank-circle-rim {
-      stroke: #2f80ed;
+      stroke: undefined;
       fill: none;
       stroke-width: 6;
       opacity: 0.2;
     }
     .rank-circle {
-      stroke: #2f80ed;
+      stroke: undefined;
       stroke-dasharray: 250;
       fill: none;
       stroke-width: 6;
diff --git a/tests/api.test.js b/tests/api.test.js
index f77a7175b43d7d..e1830858be0636 100644
--- a/tests/api.test.js
+++ b/tests/api.test.js
@@ -248,4 +248,39 @@ describe("Test /api/", () => {
       ),
     );
   });
+
+  it("should allow changing ring_color", async () => {
+    const { req, res } = faker(
+      {
+        username: "anuraghazra",
+        hide: "issues,prs,contribs",
+        show_icons: true,
+        hide_border: true,
+        line_height: 100,
+        title_color: "fff",
+        ring_color: "0000ff",
+        icon_color: "fff",
+        text_color: "fff",
+        bg_color: "fff",
+      },
+      data,
+    );
+
+    await api(req, res);
+
+    expect(res.setHeader).toBeCalledWith("Content-Type", "image/svg+xml");
+    expect(res.send).toBeCalledWith(
+      renderStatsCard(stats, {
+        hide: ["issues", "prs", "contribs"],
+        show_icons: true,
+        hide_border: true,
+        line_height: 100,
+        title_color: "fff",
+        ring_color: "0000ff",
+        icon_color: "fff",
+        text_color: "fff",
+        bg_color: "fff",
+      }),
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/renderStatsCard.test.js b/tests/renderStatsCard.test.js
index 69708137b334cf..288048670f20b7 100644
--- a/tests/renderStatsCard.test.js
+++ b/tests/renderStatsCard.test.js
@@ -239,6 +239,39 @@ describe("Test renderStatsCard", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("should render custom ring_color properly", () => {
+    const customColors = {
+      title_color: "5a0",
+      ring_color: "0000ff",
+      icon_color: "1b998b",
+      text_color: "9991",
+      bg_color: "252525",
+    };
+
+    document.body.innerHTML = renderStatsCard(stats, { ...customColors });
+
+    const styleTag = document.querySelector("style");
+    const stylesObject = cssToObject(styleTag.innerHTML);
+
+    const headerClassStyles = stylesObject[":host"][".header "];
+    const statClassStyles = stylesObject[":host"][".stat "];
+    const iconClassStyles = stylesObject[":host"][".icon "];
+    const rankCircleStyles = stylesObject[":host"][".rank-circle "];
+    const rankCircleRimStyles = stylesObject[":host"][".rank-circle-rim "];
+
+    expect(headerClassStyles.fill.trim()).toBe(`#${customColors.title_color}`);
+    expect(statClassStyles.fill.trim()).toBe(`#${customColors.text_color}`);
+    expect(iconClassStyles.fill.trim()).toBe(`#${customColors.icon_color}`);
+    expect(rankCircleStyles.stroke.trim()).toBe(`#${customColors.ring_color}`);
+    expect(rankCircleRimStyles.stroke.trim()).toBe(
+      `#${customColors.ring_color}`,
+    );
+    expect(queryByTestId(document.body, "card-bg")).toHaveAttribute(
+      "fill",
+      "#252525",
+    );
+  });
+
   it("should render icons correctly", () => {
     document.body.innerHTML = renderStatsCard(stats, {
       show_icons: true,
diff --git a/tests/utils.test.js b/tests/utils.test.js
index b6e4a3be3f9f97..5f6231cceff2d7 100644
--- a/tests/utils.test.js
+++ b/tests/utils.test.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ describe("Test utils.js", () => {
     let colors = getCardColors({
       title_color: "f00",
       text_color: "0f0",
+      ring_color: "0000ff",
       icon_color: "00f",
       bg_color: "fff",
       border_color: "fff",
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ describe("Test utils.js", () => {
       titleColor: "#f00",
       textColor: "#0f0",
       iconColor: "#00f",
+      ringColor: "#0000ff",
       bgColor: "#fff",
       borderColor: "#fff",
     });
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ describe("Test utils.js", () => {
       titleColor: "#2f80ed",
       textColor: "#0f0",
       iconColor: "#00f",
+      ringColor: "#2f80ed",
       bgColor: "#fff",
       borderColor: "#e4e2e2",
     });
@@ -87,11 +90,31 @@ describe("Test utils.js", () => {
     expect(colors).toStrictEqual({
       titleColor: "#fff",
       textColor: "#9f9f9f",
+      ringColor: "#fff",
       iconColor: "#79ff97",
       bgColor: "#151515",
       borderColor: "#e4e2e2",
     });
   });
+
+  it("getCardColors: should return ring color equal to title color if not ring color is defined", () => {
+    let colors = getCardColors({
+      title_color: "f00",
+      text_color: "0f0",
+      icon_color: "00f",
+      bg_color: "fff",
+      border_color: "fff",
+      theme: "dark",
+    });
+    expect(colors).toStrictEqual({
+      titleColor: "#f00",
+      textColor: "#0f0",
+      iconColor: "#00f",
+      ringColor: "#f00",
+      bgColor: "#fff",
+      borderColor: "#fff",
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe("wrapTextMultiline", () => {