A phthalocyanine compound represented by the following general formula (I) and the mixture thereof, and an optical recording medium containing the compound/mixture in its recording layer. ##STR00001## wherein in formula (I), M is two hydrogen atoms, a divalent metal atom, a mono-substituted trivalent metal atom, a di-substituted tetravalent metal atom, or an oxymetal, and L.sup.1, L.sup.2, L.sup.3 and L.sup.4 are each independently formula (a), formula (b), or formula (c): ##STR00002## wherein X, Y, Z and R are defined.