import matplotlib.image as image
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

im = image.imread('debian-swirl.png')
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.imshow(im, aspect='auto', extent=(0.4, 0.6, .5, .7), zorder=-1)
ax.yaxis.tick_left()
ax.tick_params(axis='y', colors='black', labelsize=15)
ax.tick_params(axis='x', colors='black', labelsize=15)
ax.grid(b=True, which='major', color='#D3D3D3', linestyle='-')
ax.scatter([1,2,3,4,5],[5,4,3,2,1], alpha=1.0)
plt.show()