# cmocean

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/cmocean
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://matplotlib.org/cmocean/
Added: 2026-01-04

## Summary

Oceanography colormaps — thermal, haline, dense, and more — each matched to the variable it encodes.

- Resource: [cmocean](https://matplotlib.org/cmocean/)
- By: Kristen Thyng
- Kind: colormaps (tool)
- Level: intermediate
- Tags: color-scales, cartography, data-viz, scientist, gallery, python

## In collections

- [Cartography Essentials](https://colorcurio.us/library/collections/cartography-essentials)
- [Perceptual Colormaps](https://colorcurio.us/library/collections/perceptual-colormaps)

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