Provided are an optical film that can reduce reflectance, increase luminance, and reduce thickness of a display device, a display device using the optical film, and a composition for forming ultraviolet absorbing layer used for producing the optical film. An optical film characterized in that having a transparent substrate, a colored layer laminated on one side of the transparent substrate and containing a dye, and a functional layer laminated on the colored layer, in which the dye contains a first coloring material having a maximum absorption wavelength within the range of 470 to 530 nm, and a second coloring material having a maximum absorption wavelength in the range of 560 to 620 nm, and the functional layer includes an ultraviolet absorbing layer having an ultraviolet shielding rate of 85% or more, and the pencil hardness of the surface under a load of 500 g is H or higher.