Provided is an optical component including a cyclic olefin-based copolymer (A), in which the cyclic olefin-based copolymer (A) has a constitutional unit (a) derived from at least one olefin represented by the following general formula (I), a constitutional unit (b) derived from at least one cyclic olefin represented by the following general formula (II), and a constitutional unit (c) derived from at least one cyclic olefin represented by the following general formula (III), and the content of the constitutional unit (a) is equal to or less than 50 mol % in a case where the total content of the constitutional unit (a), the constitutional unit (b), and the constitutional unit (c) is taken as 100 mol %.