Bar Chart
Progress Bars
Task completion progress with clean styling.
Output
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
# === STYLE CONFIG ===
COLORS = {
'complete': '#10B981',
'remaining': '#E2E8F0',
'background': '#FFFFFF',
'text': '#1E293B',
'text_muted': '#64748B',
}
# === DATA ===
tasks = ['Project A', 'Project B', 'Project C', 'Project D', 'Project E']
progress = [85, 65, 92, 40, 78]
y = np.arange(len(tasks))
# === FIGURE ===
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 5), dpi=100)
ax.set_facecolor(COLORS['background'])
fig.patch.set_facecolor(COLORS['background'])
# === PLOT ===
# Background bars (100%)
ax.barh(y, [100]*len(tasks), height=0.5, color=COLORS['remaining'], zorder=1)
# Progress bars
bars = ax.barh(y, progress, height=0.5, color=COLORS['complete'], alpha=0.9, zorder=2)
# Percentage labels
for bar, pct in zip(bars, progress):
ax.text(bar.get_width() + 2, bar.get_y() + bar.get_height()/2,
f'{pct}%', ha='left', va='center', fontsize=10,
fontweight='bold', color=COLORS['text'])
# === STYLING ===
ax.spines['top'].set_visible(False)
ax.spines['right'].set_visible(False)
ax.spines['left'].set_visible(False)
ax.spines['bottom'].set_visible(False)
ax.tick_params(axis='both', colors=COLORS['text_muted'], labelsize=10, length=0, pad=8)
ax.tick_params(axis='x', labelbottom=False)
ax.set_yticks(y)
ax.set_yticklabels(tasks)
ax.set_xlim(0, 115)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Basic Charts
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