A photoelectric conversion element, having: an electrically-conductive support; a photoconductor layer having a semiconductor fine-particle layer adsorbed a dye; a charge transfer layer containing an electrolyte; and a counter electrode; which are provided on one side of the support in this order, in which the dye has at least one terdentate ligand having at least one acidic group; at least one ligand coordinating to a metal atom M has an sp2 carbon atom; a cyclic group binds to the sp2 carbon atom; a specific substituent R is substituted at an atom of α- or β-position to the atom of the cyclic group directly binding to the sp2 carbon atom; and with the metal atom M, an atom G1 of the α- or β-position, and an atom G2 of the substituent R, an angle θ (∠MG1G2) is 150° or less.