The present invention provides a liquid crystal display including: a
liquid crystal panel; and a lighting device disposed on one side of the
liquid crystal panel, the liquid crystal panel including: a liquid
crystal cell; a first polarizer disposed on one side of the liquid
crystal cell; a second polarizer disposed on the other side of the liquid
crystal cell; and a first optical element disposed between the liquid
crystal cell and the first polarizer; the absorption axis direction of
the first polarizer being substantially perpendicular to the absorption
axis direction of the second polarizer, the first optical element having
an optical indicatrix having a relationship of nx.gtoreq.nz>ny, the
lighting device having: a maximum value of luminance in the wavelength
range of 550.+-.50 nm; and a relative luminance at a wavelength of 450 nm
is 0.28 or less.