A white LED for a backlight of a liquid crystal display device, comprising: a light emitting element with a light emission peak wavelength equal to or longer than 380 nm and equal to or shorter than 420 nm; and a phosphor layer containing three or more types of phosphors including at least a blue phosphor, a green phosphor, and a red phosphor, wherein the phosphor layer has a first phosphor layer containing a mixture of the green phosphor and the red phosphor contained in a first transparent resin cured product, and a second phosphor layer containing the blue phosphor contained in a second transparent resin cured product and being disposed on an opposite side of a side of the light emitting element of the first phosphor layer; wherein a content of the blue phosphor in an entire phosphor contained in the first phosphor layer is 5 mass% or less, or the blue phosphor is not contained in the first phosphor layer; wherein a content of phosphor other than the blue phosphor in an entire phosphor contained in the second phosphor layer is 5 mass% or less, or no phosphor other than the blue phosphor is contained in the second phosphor layer; and wherein a mass ratio of the content of the green phosphor to the content of the red phosphor in the first phosphor layer is equal to or larger than 0.05 and equal to or smaller than 0.4; characterized in that the red phosphor is an europium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphor having a composition represented by a general formula: (La 1-x-y Eu x My) 2 O 2 S, wherein M is at least one element selected from Sb, Sm, Ga and Sn, and x and y are values fulfilling 0.08 < x < 0.17, 0 ≤ y < 0.003; in that a content of the phosphor in the first phosphor layer is equal to or more than 30 mass% and equal to or less than 80 mass% in a total amount of the first transparent resin cured product and the phosphor which constitute the first phosphor layer; in that a content of the phosphor in the second phosphor layer is equal to or more than 30 mass% and equal to or less than 80 mass% in a total amount of the second transparent resin cured product and the phosphor which constitute the second phosphor layer; and in that a ratio of a thickness of the second phosphor layer to a thickness of the first phosphor layer is equal to or larger than 1 and equal to or smaller than 3. a light emitting element with a light emission peak wavelength equal to or longer than 380 nm and equal to or shorter than 420 nm; and a phosphor layer containing three or more types of phosphors including at least a blue phosphor, a green phosphor, and a red phosphor, wherein the phosphor layer has a first phosphor layer containing a mixture of the green phosphor and the red phosphor contained in a first transparent resin cured product, and a second phosphor layer containing the blue phosphor contained in a second transparent resin cured product and being disposed on an opposite side of a side of the light emitting element of the first phosphor layer; wherein a content of the blue phosphor in an entire phosphor contained in the first phosphor layer is 5 mass% or less, or the blue phosphor is not contained in the first phosphor layer; wherein a content of phosphor other than the blue phosphor in an entire phosphor contained in the second phosphor layer is 5 mass% or less, or no phosphor other than the blue phosphor is contained in the second phosphor layer; and wherein a mass ratio of the content of the green phosphor to the content of the red phosphor in the first phosphor layer is equal to or larger than 0.05 and equal to or smaller than 0.4; characterized in that the red phosphor is an europium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphor having a composition represented by a general formula: (La 1-x-y Eu x My) 2 O 2 S, wherein M is at least one element selected from Sb, Sm, Ga and Sn, and x and y are values fulfilling 0.08 < x < 0.17, 0 ≤ y < 0.003; in that a content of the phosphor in the first phosphor layer is equal to or more than 30 mass% and equal to or less than 80 mass% in a total amount of the first transparent resin cured product and the phosphor which constitute the first phosphor layer; in that a content of the phosphor in the second phosphor layer is equal to or more than 30 mass% and equal to or less than 80 mass% in a total amount of the second transparent resin cured product and the phosphor which constitute the second phosphor layer; and in that a ratio of a thickness of the second phosphor layer to a thickness of the first phosphor layer is equal to or larger than 1 and equal to or smaller than 3.