Organic electroluminescent device, display device, and illumination device

An organic electroluminescent device having a structure in which a plurality of light emitting units each including a light emitting layer made of at least an organic compound are stacked one on top of another between a first electrode and a second electrode with a charge generating layer sandwiched between each pair of the adjacent light emitting units, the organic electroluminescent device capable of providing white light through a substrate adjacent to the first electrode or the second electrode by causing the plurality of light emitting units to emit light, wherein

• the white light produced by light emission of the plurality of light emitting units is formed of red light, green light, and blue light,
• distribution characteristics of light emitted into the substrate are such that a luminance of the white light takes a maximum in an angle range of 0 to 15 degrees with respect to an axis perpendicular to a plane direction of the substrate, and
• a spectral radiance at a maximum emission wavelength of the blue light takes a maximum in an angle range of 0 to 20 degrees with respect to the axis perpendicular to the plane direction of the substrate.