Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least one magenta coupler represented by the formula (VIII):

• ##STR78## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a cyano group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic oxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted acyloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted carbamoyloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted silyloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfonyloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted acylamino group, a substituted or unsubstituted anilino group, a substituted or unsubstituted ureido group, a substituted or unsubstituted imido group, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfamoylamino group, a substituted or unsubstituted carbamoylamino grou, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio group, a substituted or unsubstituted arylthio group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic thio group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonylamino group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxycarbonylamino group, a substituted or substituted sulfonamido group, a substituted or unsubstituted carbamoyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted acyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfamoyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfonyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted arylkoxycarbonyl group;
• and X represents a hydrogen atom or a group releasable by coupling with an oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent, R.sup.8, R.sup.8', R.sup.9 and R.sup.9' each represents a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted acylamino group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio group, a substituted or unsubstituted arylthio group, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfonamido group, a substituted or substituted carbamoyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfamoyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted sulfonyl group, with proviso that R.sup.8, R.sup.8', R.sup.9 and R.sup.9' do not simultaneously take the same atom or group unless otherwise represents the hydrogen atom, the cyano group, the halogen atom and the substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group;
• m represents 0 or an integer of from 1 to 5;
• and R.sup.10 represents a substituted or unsubstituted acyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfonyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted carbamoyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted sulfamoyl group, is dispersed in the silver halide emulsion layer in the presence of at least one high-boiling organic solvent represented by one of the formulae (II), (III), (IV) and (V):
• ##STR79## wherein R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group;
• R.sup.6 represents R.sup.3, --OR.sup.3 or --SR.sup.3 is as defined above;
• n represents an integer of from 1 to 5;
• when n is 2 or more each R.sup.6 may be the same or different;
• R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 in the formula (V) may together form an oxirane ring, an oxorane ring or an oxane ring, which may be substituted or form a fused ring;
• and the high boiling point organic solvent has a dielectric constant of not less than 4.00 at 25.degree. C. and 10 KHz.