Recording medium

A recording medium comprising:

• an ab sorb ent substrate;
• and
• an ink receiving layer provided on the absorbent substrate and containing an inorganic particle and a binder,
• wherein a dry coating amount of the ink receiving layer is 6.0 g/m2 or more to 11.0 g/m2 or less,
• wherein an arithmetic average roughness Ra1 (μm) of a surface of the absorbent substrate defined by ISO 4287:1997 satisfies a relationship of Expression (1) below,
• wherein the arithmetic average roughness Ra1 and an arithmetic average roughness Ra2 (μm) of a surface of the ink receiving layer defined by ISO 4287:1997 satisfy a relationship of Expression (2) below,
• wherein an average length RSm1 (mm) of a roughness curve element of the surface of the absorbent substrate defined by ISO 4287:1997 and an average length RSm2 (mm) of a roughness curve element of the surface of the ink receiving layer defined by ISO 4287:1997 satisfy a relationship of Expression (3) below, and
• wherein the arithmetic average roughness Ra2 satisfies a relationship of Expression (8) below:
• Ra1≥5.0 μm (1);
• Ra2/Ra1≥0.87 (2);
• RSm2/RSm1≤1.40 (3);
• and
• 4.4 μm≤Ra2≤10.5 μm (8).