Provided is a liquid crystal composition that, without decreasing or increasing the refractive index anisotropy or the nematic phase-isotropic liquid phase transition temperature, has a sufficiently low viscosity and has a positive dielectric anisotropy as a liquid crystal composition having a positive dielectric anisotropy without display defects when used in a liquid crystal display element. The liquid crystal composition contains one or more compounds selected from compounds represented by general formula (LC0), contains one or more compounds selected from the compound group represented by general formula (LC1) to general formula (LC5), and furthermore contains one or more compounds such that at least one of A01, A02, and A11 to A42 present in general formula (LC0) to general formula (LC4) is a tetrahydropyran-2,5-diyl group.