An organic electroluminescent element having a structure in which a plurality of light emitting units (21, 22, 23) each including a light emitting layer made of at least an organic compound are stacked one on top of another between a cathode and an anode and a charge generating layer (31, 32) is sandwiched between each pair of the adjacent light emitting units (21, 22, 23), the organic electroluminescent element capable of providing white light by causing the plurality of light emitting units (21, 22, 23) to emit light, comprising: a first light emitting unit including a light emitting layer formed of a red phosphorescent light emitting layer which emits red light with one peak wavelength in a red wavelength band and a green phosphorescent light emitting layer which emits green light with one peak wavelength in a green wavelength band; a second light emitting unit including a light emitting layer formed of a blue fluorescent light emitting layer which emits blue light with one or two peak wavelengths in a blue wavelength band; and a third light emitting unit including a light emitting layer formed of a blue fluorescent light emitting layer which emits blue light with one or two peak wavelengths in the blue wavelength band, wherein the organic electroluminescent element has a structure in which: the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit are stacked one on top of the other with a first charge generating layer sandwiched therebetween and the second light emitting unit and the third light emitting unit are stacked one on top of the other with a second charge generating layer sandwiched therebetween; and the anode, the third light emitting unit, the second charge generating layer, the second light emitting unit, the first charge generating layer, the first light emitting unit, and the cathode are stacked one on top of another in this order, and the white light provided by light emission of the first light emitting unit, the second light emitting unit, and the third light emitting unit has an emission spectrum continuous over a wavelength band of at least 380 nm to 780 nm and the emission spectrum has one peak wavelength in a red wavelength band of 590 nm to 640 nm, one peak wavelength in a green wavelength band of 500 nm to 550 nm, one or two peak wavelengths in a blue wavelength band of 440 nm to 490 nm, wherein the emission spectrum has one local minimum emission intensity at one bottom wavelength in the range of 500 to 520nm between two adjacent peak wavelengths in a blue wavelength band and a green wavelength band characterized in that the emission intensity at the one bottom wavelength is lower than the local minimum emission intensities between two adjacent peak wavelengths in any one of the red, green or blue wavelength bands. a first light emitting unit including a light emitting layer formed of a red phosphorescent light emitting layer which emits red light with one peak wavelength in a red wavelength band and a green phosphorescent light emitting layer which emits green light with one peak wavelength in a green wavelength band; a second light emitting unit including a light emitting layer formed of a blue fluorescent light emitting layer which emits blue light with one or two peak wavelengths in a blue wavelength band; and a third light emitting unit including a light emitting layer formed of a blue fluorescent light emitting layer which emits blue light with one or two peak wavelengths in the blue wavelength band, wherein the organic electroluminescent element has a structure in which: the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit are stacked one on top of the other with a first charge generating layer sandwiched therebetween and the second light emitting unit and the third light emitting unit are stacked one on top of the other with a second charge generating layer sandwiched therebetween; and the anode, the third light emitting unit, the second charge generating layer, the second light emitting unit, the first charge generating layer, the first light emitting unit, and the cathode are stacked one on top of another in this order, and the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit are stacked one on top of the other with a first charge generating layer sandwiched therebetween and the second light emitting unit and the third light emitting unit are stacked one on top of the other with a second charge generating layer sandwiched therebetween; and the anode, the third light emitting unit, the second charge generating layer, the second light emitting unit, the first charge generating layer, the first light emitting unit, and the cathode are stacked one on top of another in this order, and the white light provided by light emission of the first light emitting unit, the second light emitting unit, and the third light emitting unit has an emission spectrum continuous over a wavelength band of at least 380 nm to 780 nm and the emission spectrum has one peak wavelength in a red wavelength band of 590 nm to 640 nm, one peak wavelength in a green wavelength band of 500 nm to 550 nm, one or two peak wavelengths in a blue wavelength band of 440 nm to 490 nm, wherein the emission spectrum has one local minimum emission intensity at one bottom wavelength in the range of 500 to 520nm between two adjacent peak wavelengths in a blue wavelength band and a green wavelength band characterized in that the emission intensity at the one bottom wavelength is lower than the local minimum emission intensities between two adjacent peak wavelengths in any one of the red, green or blue wavelength bands.