Heatmap
Weekly Activity Heatmap
Light theme heatmap showing activity by day and hour
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']
hours = [f'{h:02d}:00' for h in range(24)]
data = np.random.gamma(3, 20, (len(days), 24))
colors = ['#1e293b', '#581c87', '#9333ea', '#c084fc', '#f5d0fe']
cmap = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('activity', colors, N=256)
cell_w, cell_h = 0.92, 0.82
for i in range(len(days)):
for j in range(24):
val = data[i, j]
rect = FancyBboxPatch((j - cell_w/2, i - cell_h/2), cell_w, cell_h,
boxstyle="round,pad=0.01,rounding_size=0.08",
facecolor=cmap(val/data.max()), edgecolor='#e2e8f0', linewidth=0.5)
ax.add_patch(rect)
ax.set_xlim(-0.5, 23.5)
ax.set_ylim(-0.5, len(days)-0.5)
ax.set_aspect('equal')
ax.invert_yaxis()
ax.set_xticks(range(0, 24, 2))
ax.set_yticks(range(len(days)))
ax.set_xticklabels([hours[i] for i in range(0, 24, 2)], rotation=45, ha='right', 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, data.max()))
cbar = plt.colorbar(sm, ax=ax, shrink=0.8, pad=0.02)
cbar.set_label('Activity Score', 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 Activity Patterns', fontsize=18, color='#1e293b', fontweight='bold', pad=20)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Heatmaps & Density
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