Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display element using same

A liquid crystal composition comprising one or more compounds represented by general formula (i) below, one or more compounds represented by general formula (ii) below, compounds represented by general formula (XI-1), formula (2.2), and formula (1.3) below, and at least one compound selected from compounds represented by formula (10.1), formula (11.1), and formula (15.1) below, wherein one or more compounds selected from compounds represented by general formulae (ii-1) to (ii-4) below are contained as the one or more compounds represented by general formula (ii) and wherein a total content of the compounds represented by any of general formula (i) and general formula (ii) relative to a total amount of the composition is 13% by mass or more and 28% by mass or less:

• (In the formulae, Ri1, Ri2, and Rii1 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms where one —CH2— or two or more nonadjacent —CH2— in the alkyl group represented by Rii1 may each be independently substituted with —CH═CH—, —O—, —CO—, —COO—, or —OCO— and a hydrogen atom in the alkyl group represented by Rii1 may be substituted with a fluorine atom or a chlorine atom;
• Xi1, Xi2, Xi3, Xi4, Xii1, and Xii2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom;
• Aii1, Aii2, and Aii3 each independently represent a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group or a 1,4-phenylene group which may have a hydrogen atom substituted with a fluorine atom or a chlorine atom;
• in formula (ii-1), R10 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• in formula (ii-2), R10 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• in formula (ii-3), R10 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
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• in formula (ii-4), R10 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.)
• (In the formula, R11 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.)