To cite viridis/viridisLite in publications use:

Simon Garnier, Noam Ross, Robert Rudis, Antônio P. Camargo, Marco Sciaini, and Cédric Scherer (2026). viridis(Lite) - Colorblind-Friendly Color Maps for R. viridisLite package version 0.4.3.

Corresponding BibTeX entry:

  @Manual{,
    title = {{viridis(Lite)} - Colorblind-Friendly Color Maps for R},
    author = {{Garnier} and {Simon} and {Ross} and {Noam} and {Rudis}
      and {Robert} and {Camargo} and Antônio Pedro and {Sciaini} and
      {Marco} and {Scherer} and {Cédric}},
    year = {2026},
    note = {viridisLite package version 0.4.3},
    url = {https://sjmgarnier.github.io/viridis/},
    doi = {10.5281/zenodo.4678326},
  }