diff --git a/site/src/components/AuditLog/ActionCell.stories.tsx b/site/src/components/AuditLog/ActionCell.stories.tsx
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+import { ComponentMeta, Story } from "@storybook/react"
+import React from "react"
+import { ActionCell, ActionCellProps } from "./ActionCell"
+
+export default {
+  title: "AuditLog/Cells/ActionCell",
+  component: ActionCell,
+} as ComponentMeta<typeof ActionCell>
+
+const Template: Story<ActionCellProps> = (args) => <ActionCell {...args} />
+
+export const Success = Template.bind({})
+Success.args = {
+  action: "create",
+  statusCode: 200,
+}
+
+export const Failure = Template.bind({})
+Failure.args = {
+  action: "create",
+  statusCode: 500,
+}
diff --git a/site/src/components/AuditLog/ActionCell.test.tsx b/site/src/components/AuditLog/ActionCell.test.tsx
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+import { ActionCell, ActionCellProps, LANGUAGE } from "./ActionCell"
+import React from "react"
+import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react"
+
+namespace Helpers {
+  export const Props: ActionCellProps = {
+    action: "create",
+    statusCode: 200,
+  }
+  export const Component: React.FC<ActionCellProps> = (props) => <ActionCell {...props} />
+}
+
+describe("ActionCellProps", () => {
+  it.each<[ActionCellProps, ActionCellProps, boolean]>([
+    [{ action: "Create", statusCode: 200 }, { action: "Create", statusCode: 200 }, false],
+    [{ action: " Create ", statusCode: 400 }, { action: "Create", statusCode: 400 }, false],
+    [{ action: "", statusCode: 200 }, { action: "", statusCode: 200 }, true],
+  ])(`validate(%p) throws: %p`, (props, expected, throws) => {
+    const validate = () => {
+      return ActionCellProps.validate(props)
+    }
+
+    if (throws) {
+      expect(validate).toThrowError()
+    } else {
+      expect(validate()).toStrictEqual(expected)
+    }
+  })
+  it.each<[number, boolean]>([
+    // success cases
+    [200, true],
+    [201, true],
+    [302, true],
+    // failure cases
+    [400, false],
+    [404, false],
+    [500, false],
+  ])(`isSuccessStatus(%p) returns %p`, (statusCode, expected) => {
+    expect(ActionCellProps.isSuccessStatus(statusCode)).toBe(expected)
+  })
+})
+
+describe("ActionCell", () => {
+  // action cases
+  it("renders the action", () => {
+    // Given
+    const props = Helpers.Props
+
+    // When
+    render(<Helpers.Component {...props} />)
+
+    // Then
+    expect(screen.getByText(props.action)).toBeDefined()
+  })
+  it("throws when action is an empty string", () => {
+    // Given
+    const props: ActionCellProps = {
+      ...Helpers.Props,
+      action: "",
+    }
+
+    // When
+    const shouldThrow = () => {
+      render(<Helpers.Component {...props} />)
+    }
+
+    // Then
+    expect(shouldThrow).toThrowError()
+  })
+
+  // statusCode cases
+  it.each<[number, string]>([
+    // Success cases
+    [200, LANGUAGE.statusCodeSuccess],
+    [201, LANGUAGE.statusCodeSuccess],
+    [302, LANGUAGE.statusCodeSuccess],
+    // Failure cases
+    [400, LANGUAGE.statusCodeFail],
+    [404, LANGUAGE.statusCodeFail],
+    [500, LANGUAGE.statusCodeFail],
+  ])("renders %p when statusCode is %p", (statusCode, expected) => {
+    // Given
+    const props: ActionCellProps = {
+      ...Helpers.Props,
+      statusCode,
+    }
+
+    // When
+    render(<Helpers.Component {...props} />)
+
+    // Then
+    expect(screen.getByText(expected)).toBeDefined()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/site/src/components/AuditLog/ActionCell.tsx b/site/src/components/AuditLog/ActionCell.tsx
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+import Box from "@material-ui/core/Box"
+import Typography from "@material-ui/core/Typography"
+import makeStyles from "@material-ui/core/styles/makeStyles"
+import React from "react"
+
+export const LANGUAGE = {
+  statusCodeFail: "failure",
+  statusCodeSuccess: "success",
+}
+
+export interface ActionCellProps {
+  action: string
+  statusCode: number
+}
+export namespace ActionCellProps {
+  /**
+   * validate that the received props are valid
+   *
+   * @throws Error if invalid
+   */
+  export const validate = (props: ActionCellProps): ActionCellProps => {
+    const sanitizedAction = props.action.trim()
+
+    if (!sanitizedAction) {
+      throw new Error(`invalid action: '${props.action}'`)
+    }
+
+    return {
+      action: sanitizedAction,
+      statusCode: props.statusCode,
+    }
+  }
+
+  export const isSuccessStatus = (statusCode: ActionCellProps["statusCode"]): boolean => {
+    return statusCode >= 100 && statusCode < 400
+  }
+}
+
+const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
+  statusText: (isSuccess: boolean) => ({
+    color: isSuccess ? theme.palette.primary.main : theme.palette.error.main,
+  }),
+}))
+
+/**
+ * ActionCell is a single cell in an audit log table row that contains
+ * information about an action that was taken on a resource.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ *
+ * Some common actions are CRUD, Open, signing in etc.
+ */
+export const ActionCell: React.FC<ActionCellProps> = (props) => {
+  const { action, statusCode } = ActionCellProps.validate(props)
+  const isSuccess = ActionCellProps.isSuccessStatus(statusCode)
+  const styles = useStyles(isSuccess)
+
+  return (
+    <Box alignItems="center" display="flex" flexDirection="column">
+      <Typography color="textSecondary" variant="h6">
+        {action}
+      </Typography>
+      <Typography className={styles.statusText} variant="caption">
+        {isSuccess ? LANGUAGE.statusCodeSuccess : LANGUAGE.statusCodeFail}
+      </Typography>
+    </Box>
+  )
+}