This liquid detergent contains an α-sulfofatty acid ester salt (component (a)), an alkylbenzene sulfonate (component (b)), a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate (component (c)), and an alkanolamine (component (d)). The amount of the component (a) is 5% by mass or greater; the total amount of the component (b) and the component (c) is 5% by mass or greater; the total amount of the component (a), the component (b), and the component (c) is 10% by mass to 50% by mass, the mass ratio represented by (d)/(a) is 1/5 or greater, and the mass ratio represented by (a)/((b) + (c)) is 1 or less.