An optical recording medium wherein a laser beam at a wavelength λ is irradiated and recording and reproducing of information are performed by optical power modulation of binary or more, and when the refraction index of the first substrate being n1, the refraction index of the intermediate layer being n2, the groove depth, the groove width and the track pitch of the first information layer being d1, w1 and p1 respectively and the groove depth, the groove width and the track pitch of the second information layer being d2, w2 and p2 respectively, the following conditions are satisfied. 4λ/16n1≦d1≦7λ/16n1 λ/16n2≦d2≦3λ/16n2 or 4λ/16n2≦d2≦7λ/16n2 0.2≦w1/p1≦0.55 0.2≦w2/p2≦0.55