Heatmap
Fitness Activity Heatmap
Light theme heatmap showing workout intensity by day
Output
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap
from matplotlib.patches import FancyBboxPatch
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(14, 6), facecolor='#ffffff')
ax.set_facecolor('#ffffff')
np.random.seed(42)
days = ['Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun']
weeks = [f'W{i+1}' for i in range(12)]
activity = np.random.gamma(3, 30, (len(days), len(weeks)))
colors = ['#1e293b', '#065f46', '#10b981', '#34d399', '#a7f3d0']
cmap = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('fitness', colors, N=256)
cell_w, cell_h = 0.88, 0.82
for i in range(len(days)):
for j in range(len(weeks)):
val = activity[i, j]
rect = FancyBboxPatch((j - cell_w/2, i - cell_h/2), cell_w, cell_h,
boxstyle="round,pad=0.02,rounding_size=0.12",
facecolor=cmap(val/activity.max()), edgecolor='#e2e8f0', linewidth=1.5)
ax.add_patch(rect)
ax.set_xlim(-0.5, len(weeks)-0.5)
ax.set_ylim(-0.5, len(days)-0.5)
ax.set_aspect('equal')
ax.invert_yaxis()
ax.set_xticks(range(len(weeks)))
ax.set_yticks(range(len(days)))
ax.set_xticklabels(weeks, color='#64748b', fontsize=9, fontweight='500')
ax.set_yticklabels(days, color='#1e293b', fontsize=10, fontweight='500')
sm = plt.cm.ScalarMappable(cmap=cmap, norm=plt.Normalize(0, activity.max()))
cbar = plt.colorbar(sm, ax=ax, shrink=0.8, pad=0.02)
cbar.set_label('Active Minutes', color='#1e293b', fontsize=11)
cbar.outline.set_edgecolor('#e2e8f0')
plt.setp(plt.getp(cbar.ax.axes, 'yticklabels'), color='#64748b')
for spine in ax.spines.values(): spine.set_visible(False)
ax.tick_params(length=0)
ax.set_title('Weekly Fitness Activity Tracker', fontsize=18, color='#1e293b', fontweight='bold', pad=20)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Heatmaps & Density
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