Heatmap

Weekly Activity Heatmap

Light theme heatmap showing activity by day and hour

Output
Weekly Activity Heatmap
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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