\documentclass[varwidth=false, border=2pt]{standalone} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{nicefrac} \pgfplotsset{every axis legend/.append style={ at={(0,0)}, anchor=north east}} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ axis x line=middle, axis y line=middle, grid = major, width=8cm, height=8cm, grid style={dashed, gray!30}, xmin= 0, % start the diagram at this x-coordinate xmax=10, % end the diagram at this x-coordinate ymin=-5, % start the diagram at this y-coordinate ymax= 5, % end the diagram at this y-coordinate xlabel=$x$, ylabel=$y$, legend cell align=left, legend pos=south east, legend style={draw=none}, tick align=outside, enlargelimits=false] % plot the function \addplot[domain=0:10, red, ultra thick,samples=500] {log2(x)}; \addplot[domain=0:10, green!50!black,dashed,ultra thick,samples=500] {log2(0.5*x)}; \addplot[domain=0:10, blue,dotted, ultra thick,samples=500] {log10(x)}; \legend{$\log_2(x)$,$\log_2(\nicefrac{x}{2})$,$\log_{10}(x)$} \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}