To obtain a red luminescence good in color purity.

In an organic electroluminescent (EL) element in which an organic layer comprising an organic compound including a luminescent layer between a pair of electrodes at least one of them is transparent, the luminescent layer comprises a layer containing a compound expressed by formula 1 [R1 to R10 are each independently H, a halogen, cyano, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy, a monosubstituted or disubstituted amino, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle, and adjacent substituents may form a substituted or unsubstituted ring; and M is a monovalent metal].