# matplotlib

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/families/matplotlib
Source type: Colormap family

> All 23 matplotlib colormaps (19 sequential, 1 multi-sequential, 2 diverging, and 1 cyclic) with side-by-side OKLCh diagnostics for lightness, chroma, hue, and colorblind safety.

- [AFM Hot](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.afmhot): sequential. Lightness rises monotonically from 0.00 to 1.00, hue sweeps 68° from red to yellow, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Bone](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.bone): sequential. Lightness rises monotonically from 0.00 to 1.00, hue sweeps 76° from violet to magenta, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [BRG](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.brg): sequential. Lightness spans 0.39–0.87, hue sweeps 238° from blue to green, and order breaks under protan, deutan, and tritan simulation.
- [Cividis](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.cividis): sequential. Lightness rises monotonically from 0.26 to 0.92, hue sweeps 176° from blue to chartreuse, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Copper](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.copper): sequential. Lightness rises monotonically from 0.00 to 0.86, hue sweeps 73° from orange to yellow, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Cubehelix](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.cubehelix): sequential. Lightness rises monotonically from 0.00 to 1.00, hue sweeps 360° from magenta to rose, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Gist Earth](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.gist_earth): sequential. Lightness rises monotonically from 0.00 to 0.98, hue sweeps 360° from blue to yellow, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Gist NCAR](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.gist_ncar): sequential. Lightness spans 0.27–0.98, hue sweeps 281° from blue to rose, and order breaks under protan, deutan, and tritan simulation.
- [Gist Stern](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.gist_stern): multi-sequential. Lightness rises monotonically from 0.00 to 0.97, hue sweeps 142° from red to chartreuse, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Gnuplot](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.gnuplot): sequential. Lightness spans 0.00–0.97, hue sweeps 178° from rose to chartreuse, and order breaks under protan, deutan, and tritan simulation.
- [Gnuplot2](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.gnuplot2): sequential. Lightness spans 0.00–0.97, hue sweeps 206° from blue to chartreuse, and order breaks under protan, deutan, and tritan simulation.
- [Hot](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.hot): sequential. Lightness rises monotonically from 0.00 to 1.00, hue sweeps 110° from red to chartreuse, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Inferno](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.inferno): sequential. Lightness rises monotonically from 0.05 to 0.98, hue sweeps 190° from violet to chartreuse, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Magma](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.magma): sequential. Lightness rises monotonically from 0.05 to 0.98, hue sweeps 188° from violet to chartreuse, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [NIPY Spectral](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.nipy_spectral): sequential. Lightness spans 0.00–0.92, hue sweeps 360° from magenta to red, and order breaks under protan, deutan, and tritan simulation.
- [Ocean](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.ocean): sequential. Lightness rises monotonically from 0.00 to 1.00, hue sweeps 127° from azure to blue, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Pink](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.pink): sequential. Lightness rises monotonically from 0.00 to 0.95, hue sweeps 108° from red to chartreuse, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Plasma](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.plasma): sequential. Lightness rises monotonically from 0.29 to 0.94, hue sweeps 205° from blue to chartreuse, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [RdBu](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.RdBu): diverging. Two arms meet at a pivot of lightness 0.97, hue sweeps 241° from red to blue, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Spectral](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.Spectral): diverging. Two arms meet at a pivot of lightness 0.98, hue sweeps 281° from red to violet, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Terrain](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.terrain): sequential. Lightness spans 0.39–1.00, hue sweeps 276° from violet to orange, and order breaks under protan, deutan, and tritan simulation.
- [Twilight](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.twilight): cyclic. Lightness spans 0.25–0.89, hue sweeps 192° from azure to orange, and order breaks under protan simulation.
- [Viridis](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/matplotlib.viridis): sequential. Lightness rises monotonically from 0.29 to 0.92, hue sweeps 216° from magenta to chartreuse, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.