Silver halide photographic emulsion

A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide grains contained in said silver halide emulsion layer have a silver chloride content of 50 mol % or more, 30% or more of the surface area of the grains comprise a (111) face, and the silver halide grains are formed in the presence of at least one compound represented by formula (I) and contain a hexacyano complex represented by formula (II) such that the outermost layer of the grains has a hexacyano complex concentration of at least 1.times.10.sup.-4 mol/mol-Ag:

• ##STR4## wherein in formula (I), R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aralkyl group, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of substitution, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 or R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 may be condensed to form a ring, provided that at least one of R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 is an aryl group and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each include no pyridinium group, and X.sup.- represents a counter anion;
• and
• in formula (II), M is selected from the group consisting of transition metals belonging to Group V-A, Group VI-A, Group VII-A and Group VIII of Periods 4, 5 and 6 in the Periodic Table, and n represents 3 or 4;
• wherein said outermost layer of the grains is defined by a ratio of shell part to total grain volume, wherein said ratio varies from 3 to 30%.