The present invention provides a complex compound, etc., which has superior moisture- and heat-resistances, etc. and is used for an optical recording medium, including: a compound represented by Formula (I) below [in the formula, R1 represents an alkyl group which may have one or more substituents, etc., R2 represents a cyano group, etc., R3 represents an alkyl group which may have one or more substituents, etc., R4 represents a hydrogen atom, etc., R5 represents Formula (III) (in the formula, the ring A represents a heterocycle which may have one or more substituents, wherein the heterocycle is any one selected from a pyrimidine ring, a tetrazole ring, etc.)]; a metal; and any one ion selected from the group consisting of an ion formed by addition of one or more protons to an amine, an ammonium ion and a quaternary ammonium ion.