# Purp

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/carto.Purp
Source type: Colormap
Type: sequential
Collection: carto
Attribution: CARTOColors (Carto), https://carto.com/carto-colors/
License: CC-BY-4.0
Source: https://carto.com/carto-colors/
Tags: cartocolors, quantitative
Stops: 256

## Summary

Purp is a sequential colormap from the carto collection. Inspect its perceptual lightness, chroma, and hue profile on colorcurio.us.

CARTOColors 'Purp' (7-class anchor stops, tag: quantitative).

## Perceptual profile (OKLCh)

- Lightness: 0.929 → 0.504 (range 0.425, min 0.504, max 0.929); monotonic; midpoint 0.735
- Chroma: min 0.037, max 0.117, mean 0.093
- Hue: 320.4° → 288.9° (span 31.4°), path monotonic-ccw; quadrants: magenta, violet
- Endpoint temperature: neutral → cool
- Perceptual ΔE: total 46.5, mean/step 0.182, max step 0.228, smoothness 0.876, speed 0.182

## Colorblind safety (ΔE under simulated CVD)

- Protanopia: ΔE total 43.9; preserves order: yes
- Deuteranopia: ΔE total 45.5; preserves order: yes
- Tritanopia: ΔE total 46.7; preserves order: yes

## Related

- Family: https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/families/carto
- All colormaps: https://colorcurio.us/colormaps