Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a liquid crystal panel that is configured to include a liquid crystal layer held between a pair of substrates;
• and
• an optical compensation element that optically compensates retardation of the liquid crystal layer in a predetermined display state in which a voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer,
• wherein an image is displayed by varying a birefringence amount due to liquid crystal molecules included in the liquid crystal layer by the voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer,
• the optical compensation element includes at least a first phase plate and a second phase plate, which have retardation in a front-plane direction, and
• when a value Δn/Δnλ is set by normalizing a retardation amount Δn·d relating to light of each of wavelengths (Δn=ne−no (ne:
• extraordinary-ray refractive index, no:
• ordinary-ray refractive index), and d is thickness) by a retardation amount Δnλ·d relating to light of a predetermined wavelength λ,
• a normalized value Δn/Δnλ in the first phase plate is greater than a normalized value Δn/Δnλ in the liquid crystal layer, and a normalized value Δn/Δnλ in the second phase plate is less than the normalized value Δn/Δnλ in the liquid crystal layer, with respect to light of wavelengths other than the predetermined wavelength.