# PurpOr

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/carto.PurpOr
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

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

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

## Perceptual profile (OKLCh)

- Lightness: 0.920 → 0.423 (range 0.496, min 0.423, max 0.920); monotonic; midpoint 0.686
- Chroma: min 0.031, max 0.143, mean 0.109
- Hue: 25.0° → 297.6° (span 87.4°), path monotonic-ccw; quadrants: red, rose, magenta, violet
- Endpoint temperature: warm → cool
- Perceptual ΔE: total 62.8, mean/step 0.246, max step 0.335, smoothness 0.915, speed 0.246

## Colorblind safety (ΔE under simulated CVD)

- Protanopia: ΔE total 56.0; preserves order: yes
- Deuteranopia: ΔE total 58.0; preserves order: yes
- Tritanopia: ΔE total 64.1; preserves order: yes

## Related

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