Optical recording medium

An optical recording medium comprising a light-transparent substrate, a light-absorbing layer having a thickness of about 30 to 900 nm disposed on said substrate, and a light-reflecting layer disposed on said light-absorbing layer,

• wherein said light-absorbing layer contains a first cyanine dye and a second cyanine dye, and said first cyanine dye has a light absorption band in a wavelength region of recording or reproducing light, and said second cyanine dye has light absorption band in wavelength range shorter than said first cyanine dye and has smaller light absorption in said wavelength region of recording or reproducing light, and said second cyanine dye is present in said light-absorbing layer in an amount greater than said first cyanine dye, and wherein said first cyanine dye and said second cyanine dye are present in said light absorbing layer in a weight ratio range of 1:1.5 to 1:3, respectively, and wherein information is recorded or reproduced in said light-absorbing layer in a wavelength region of about 780-830 nm.